Chris McKenna (b. 1969)

Birthplace:
Santa Monica, California, USA

Born:
December 3, 1969

Chris McKenna is an American television writer, film producer, screenwriter, and television producer. He has written for American Dad!, Community, and The Mindy Project, and part of the first Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man trilogy (2017–2021).  McKenna attended The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California.  McKenna was an uncredited writer on the 2004 film The Girl Next Door, having developed the screenplay with director Luke Greenfield. He was denied credit by the WGA arbitration process.  McKenna wrote some of Community's most critically acclaimed episodes, including "Paradigms of Human Memory,"  "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design,"  and the Emmy- and Hugo-nominated "Remedial Chaos Theory." He also co-wrote (along with his brother Matt McKenna) one of the most acclaimed episodes of American Dad!, "Rapture's Delight.".  During his time as a writer for American Dad, he met Erik Sommers, who would later become his writing partner. Together they have since written for The Lego Batman Movie (2017), co-writing Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and its sequels, Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021), along with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).  Having worked with the Russo brothers on the sitcom Community, McKenna contributed to the script of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) by writing jokes for the film.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris McKenna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Additional Writing:
2023  Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Executive Producer:
2008  RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2023  Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Producer:
2008  RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2023  Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2024  Lousy Carter

Screenplay:
2008  Igor
2008  RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2017  Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017  Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017  The Lego Batman Movie
2018  Ant-Man and the Wasp
2023  Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2024  Lousy Carter

Screenstory:
2008  Igor
2008  RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2017  Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017  Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017  The Lego Batman Movie
2018  Ant-Man and the Wasp
2023  Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2024  Lousy Carter

Thanks:
2008  Igor
2008  RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2009  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2014  Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
2017  Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017  Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017  The Lego Batman Movie
2018  Ant-Man and the Wasp
2023  Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2024  Lousy Carter

Writer:
2008  Igor
2008  RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2009  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2014  Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
2017  Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017  Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017  The Lego Batman Movie
2018  Ant-Man and the Wasp
2019  Peter's To-Do List
2019  Spider-Man: Far From Home
2021  Spider-Man: No Way Home
2023  Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023  Ghosted
2024  Lousy Carter
2026  Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Co-Executive Producer:
2009  Community

Executive Producer:
2009  Community
????  Haunted Hotel

Staff Writer:
2005  American Dad!
2009  Community
????  Haunted Hotel

Writer:
2005  American Dad!
2009  Community
2012  The Mindy Project
????  Haunted Hotel

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