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Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American filmmaker. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the neo-noir mystery film The Usual Suspects (1995).
Christopher McQuarrie is an Oscar-winning writer, producer and director of films such as The Usual Suspects, Mission: Impossible - Fallout and Top Gun: Maverick. IMDb provides his detailed biography, filmography, awards, trivia, photos and videos.
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Christopher McQuarrie is an acclaimed producer, director and an Academy Award® winning writer. McQuarrie grew up in Princeton Junction, New Jersey and in lieu of college, he spent the first five years out of school traveling and working at a detective agency.
- October 25, 1968
Jul 12, 2023 · If Tom Cruise is the Maverick of defying death, undertaking increasingly ludicrous and often sky-high stunts in his action-heavy blockbusters, then Christopher McQuarrie is his wingman.
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- 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One' (2023) But in the end, for as great as Mission: Impossible - Fallout was, Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise outdid themselves again come 2023, with the release of the seventh film in the series, Dead Reckoning Part One.
- 'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' (2018) It's very unlikely that anyone would've come out of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation feeling unsatisfied, but then three years later, the sixth movie – Fallout – made the previous movie feel like a mere warm-up by comparison.
- 'Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation' (2015) Three years after directing Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher, Christopher McQuarrie helmed the fifth movie in the Mission: Impossible series, Rogue Nation.
- 'The Way of the Gun' (2000) The Way of the Gun is certainly an interesting directorial debut for Christopher McQuarrie. Despite being the movie of his with the lowest budget of them all, it has a good deal more to offer than Jack Reacher, being an uncompromising, violent, and sometimes mean-spirited modern Western/neo-noir/action movie.
The Usual Suspects is a 1995 crime thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, and Kevin Spacey.
Mar 4, 2020 · Learn how the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Usual Suspects became one of the best action directors in Hollywood, working with Tom Cruise on Mission: Impossible. Read about his evolution from The Way Of The Gun to Fallout, and his influences and challenges.
