McKay’s credits include Netflix’s Don’t Look Up, a disaster movie about a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth that stands in as a metaphor for the climate crisis; Vice, which nabbed eight Academy Award nominations and The Big Short, which netted the Hollywood veteran an Oscar.
Upcoming feature projects include Sony Pictures’ untitled thriller from writer director Tommy Wirkola, starring Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, and Djimon Hounsou, and the HBO comedy series The Chair Company, with Tim Robinson starring and writing.
McKay also produced Searchlight Pictures’ The Menu and the social thriller Fresh, and he executive produced Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart, Netflix’s Dead to Me and Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers.
For TV, McKay executive produced the hit HBO show Succession and directed the pilot. He also executive produced and directed the pilot of HBO’s drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. And McKay executive produced HBO’s Painting with John and the HBO documentaries Q: Into the Storm, 537 Votes, Wild Wild Space, and Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery.
And he executive produced the Hulu documentary film God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty. Upcoming work includes a limited TV series from McKay and Bong Joon Ho, inspired by Oscar best picture winner Parasite.
McKay will also produce the Imax climate crisis documentary feature Stormbound, which follows Florida weather spotter Jeff Gammons into the dangerous world of storm chasing during peak U.S. storm season. That follows McKay increasingly expressing concern over global environmental change and damage.
McKay has produced original podcasts like the investigative series Broken: Seeking Justice, featuring Julie K. Brown and numerous survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. Other podcasts include Bedtime Stories with Adam McKay, Death at the Wing, and Death on the Lot.
Hyperobject Industries includes McKay’s long-time producer, Kevin Messick, and producers Todd Schulman, Betsy Koch and Maeve Cullinane.
In May 2023, McKay founded Yellow Dot Studios with managing director Staci Roberts-Steele, a non-profit media organization to challenge disinformation about the climate crisis through videos.
He continues to be represented by attorney Matt Johnson at JSSK.
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