
Christopher McQuarrie
1 FOLLOWER • 23 CREDITS • OCT 25, 1968 • 56
Biography
Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. 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). He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film The Way of the Gun (2000).
McQuarrie is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), as well as four instalments of the Mission: Impossible film series: Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), Dead Reckoning (2023), and The Final Reckoning (2025). He was also a part of the writing and/or producing team on the Cruise films Valkyrie (2008), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), The Mummy (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), the last of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
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Production Credits

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Top Gun: Maverick

Edge of Tomorrow

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Jack the Giant Slayer

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

The Mummy

The Usual Suspects

Iron Curtain

Untitled Top Gun 3

The Tourist

Reacher

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Jack Reacher

Valkyrie

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
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