Glenn Ficarra is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He has frequently collaborated with John Requa.
Early life Ficarra is the son of Marianne and Robert F. Ficarra, grandchild of Theresa (née Filippone) and Frank Ficarra, and brother of Chris Ficarra. Ficarra attended St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel Township, New Jersey.
Ficarra met John Requa at Pratt Institute, where both were studying film.
Career After college Requa and Ficarra went to work in animation for the TV channel Nickelodeon.
As writers they wrote the comedy films Cats & Dogs (directed by Lawrence Guterman), Bad Santa (directed by Terry Zwigoff), and Bad News Bears (directed by Richard Linklater).
In 2009 they made their directorial debut with their self-penned I Love You Phillip Morris, based on the life of con man Steven Jay Russell. For their writing on this film, Ficarra and Requa received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Their subsequent release was the comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Julianne Moore, again directed with Requa, released in July 2011.
With Requa and Charlie Gogolak he has formed the production company Zaftig Films.
The pair also directed Focus, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey and Robbie.
Filmography Film Year TitleDirectorWriter Notes 2001 Cats & Dogs Also voiced Dimitri Kennelkoff/The Russian,Also credited as 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
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