---
name: "Dave McCary"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dave-mccary"
fi1m_id: "dave-mccary"
imdb_id: "nm5050824"
tmdb_id: 1640646
wikidata_id: "Q16732230"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 July 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-30T22:23:28.786880+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dave McCary

## Identity

Dave McCary

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dave-mccary
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dave-mccary
- **IMDb ID:** nm5050824
- **TMDB ID:** 1640646
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16732230
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McCary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16732230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5050824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1640646

Producer. Born 2 July 1985 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 July 1985, San Diego, California, USA
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ali Herting](https://film.one/person/ali-herting.md), [Emma Stone](https://film.one/person/emma-stone.md), [Jesse Eisenberg](https://film.one/person/jesse-eisenberg.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 80 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Horror 1, Music 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $30m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McCary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16732230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5050824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1640646

## Coming up

- *The Debut* (2026-12-10), Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-debut.md)
- *The Catch* (2027-05-21), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*A Real Pain*](https://film.one/film/a-real-pain.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dave McCary is an American producer, director and writer. Born on 2 July 1985 in San Diego, California, he studied at the University of Southern California and co-founded the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor.

From 2013 to 2018 he worked as a segment director and writer on *Saturday Night Live*. He directed the feature *Brigsby Bear* (2017).

In 2020 McCary and his wife, actress Emma Stone, founded the production company Fruit Tree. He has produced *When You Finish Saving the World* (2023), *Problemista* (2024), *I Saw the TV Glow* (2024) and *A Real Pain* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Debut* (2026), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-debut.md)
- *A Real Pain* (2024), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-real-pain.md)
- *Fantasmas* (2024), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fantasmas.md)
- *I Saw the TV Glow* (2024), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/i-saw-the-tv-glow.md)
- *The Curse* (2023), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-curse.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Catch* (2027), Director, Producer
- *The Debut* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-debut.md)
- *The Yogurt Shop Murders* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Y2K* (2024), Thanks
- *A Real Pain* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-real-pain.md)
- *Fantasmas* (2024), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/fantasmas.md)
- *I Saw the TV Glow* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/i-saw-the-tv-glow.md)
- *Problemista* (2024), Producer
- *The Curse* (2023), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-curse.md)
- *When You Finish Saving the World* (2023), Producer
- *Saturday Morning All Star Hits!* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres* (2019), Executive Producer, Director
- *Brigsby Bear* (2017), Director
- *Kyle Christmas Special* (2012), as Dave · Director
- *Epic Rap Battles of History* (2010), series, Director, Editor
- *Untitled Dea Kulumbegashvili Film*, Producer
- *Checkmate*, Producer
- *Untitled Raunchy Teen Comedy*, Producer
- *Dennis*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Dave McCary](https://film.one/media/person/10145/gallery-9e32d4a4f361.jpg) Dave McCary — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Dave_McCary_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Dave_McCary_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Dave McCary, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett and Kevin Costello speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Be](https://film.one/media/person/10145/gallery-064e5217d48c.jpg) Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Dave McCary, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett and Kevin Costello speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Be — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Akiva_Schaffer%2C_Jorma_Taccone%2C_Dave_McCary%2C_Kyle_Mooney%2C_Beck_Bennett_%26_Kevin_Costello_%2835285376774%29.jpg/1280px-Akiva_Schaffer%2C_Jorma_Taccone%2C_Dave_McCary%2C_Kyle_Mooney%2C_Beck_Bennett_%26_Kevin_Costello_%2835285376774%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Dave McCary, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett and Kevin Costello speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Be](https://film.one/media/person/10145/gallery-a955a7670e70.jpg) Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Dave McCary, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett and Kevin Costello speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Be — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Akiva_Schaffer%2C_Jorma_Taccone%2C_Dave_McCary%2C_Kyle_Mooney%2C_Beck_Bennett_%26_Kevin_Costello_%2835735364810%29.jpg/1280px-Akiva_Schaffer%2C_Jorma_Taccone%2C_Dave_McCary%2C_Kyle_Mooney%2C_Beck_Bennett_%26_Kevin_Costello_%2835735364810%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dave McCary speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Bear", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/10145/gallery-8f6fc5db05a9.jpg) Dave McCary speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Bear", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Dave_McCary_%2835318562663%29.jpg/1280px-Dave_McCary_%2835318562663%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dave McCary](https://film.one/media/person/10145/gallery-58d6269846df.jpg) Dave McCary — Image via TMDB
- ![Dave McCary speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Bear", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/10145/gallery-18b43b78db58.jpg) Dave McCary speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Bear", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Dave_McCary_%2835735406910%29.jpg/1280px-Dave_McCary_%2835735406910%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dave McCary speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Bear", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/10145/gallery-dd7f86ff35d5.jpg) Dave McCary speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Brigsby Bear", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Dave_McCary_%2835735409490%29.jpg/1280px-Dave_McCary_%2835735409490%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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