Christopher McQuarrie

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 neonoir mystery film The Usual Suspects 1995 He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film The Way of the Gun 2000 He is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher 2012 Mission Impossible Rogue Nation 2015 Mission Impossible Fallout 2018 Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning 2023 and an untitled eighth Mission Impossible film 2025 He was also a part of the writing andor producing team on the 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