John Requa

John Requa is an American screenwriter (with Glenn Ficarra) of Cats & Dogs, Bad Santa and the 2005 remake Bad News Bears.

Requa and Ficarra directed Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in their screenplay I Love You Phillip Morris. For their writing on this film, Requa and Ficarra received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Early life Requa grew up in Burien, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, graduating from Burien's Highline High School in 1985.

Requa graduated from the film program at the Pratt Institute in the early 90s.

The pair directed Focus, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey and Robbie. More recently, his Zaftig company signed a deal with Fox Entertainment.

Filmography Film YearTitleDirectorWriter Notes 2001 Cats & Dogs Also co-producer 2003 Bad Santa 2005 Bad News Bears 2009 I Love You Phillip Morris 2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love 2015 Focus 2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 2018 Smallfoot Also producer 2021 Jungle Cruise TBA Honeymoon with Harry

Executive producer Storks (2016) DC League of Super-Pets (2022)

Television YearTitleDirectorExecutiveProducerWriter Notes 1998 The Wild Thornberrys Episode "Flight of the Donnie" 1998–2000 The Angry Beavers 16 episodes 2013 Back in the Game Co-directed "Pilot", co-wrote "Who's on First" 2015–2018 Patriot 2016–2018 This is Us 7 episodes 2017 Controversy TV movie 2020 neXt Co-directed 2 episodes 2022 WeCrashed 2023 Rabbit Hole 2025–2026 Paradise Co-directed 6 episodes