Chris McKenna

Early life

McKenna attended The Bishop's School in San Diego, California, and graduated from Stanford University in 1992.

Career

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), No Way Home (2021), and Brand New Day (2026) 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.

Filmography

Film

Writer

The Girl Next Door (2004, uncredited)

Igor (2008)

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Ghosted (2023)

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

Avengers: Doomsday (2026)

Assistant

The Thing Called Love (1993)

Little Miss Millions (1993) (Production assistant)

Greedy (1994)

Grumpier Old Men (1995)

Executive producer

Registered Sex Offender (2008)

Producer

Lousy Carter (2023)

Special thanks

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)