--- name: "Glenn Ficarra" canonical: "https://film.one/person/glenn-ficarra" fi1m_id: "glenn-ficarra" imdb_id: "nm0275629" tmdb_id: 56411 wikidata_id: "Q3108788" roles: ["Director","Producer"] born: "27 May 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "director" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-05T16:01:56.069922+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." --- # Glenn Ficarra ## Identity Glenn Ficarra - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/glenn-ficarra - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** glenn-ficarra - **IMDb ID:** nm0275629 - **TMDB ID:** 56411 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3108788 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Ficarra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108788, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56411 Director and producer. Born 27 May 1971 in New Jersey, U.S.. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Producer - **Born:** 27 May 1971, New Jersey, U.S. - **Active:** 2016–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 writing - **Frequently works with:** [John Requa](https://film.one/person/john-requa.md), [Dan Fogelman](https://film.one/person/dan-fogelman.md), [Ken Olin](https://film.one/person/ken-olin.md), [Sterling K. Brown](https://film.one/person/sterling-k-brown.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 67 (2) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Ficarra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108788, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56411 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76), [*Paradise*](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md) (73), [*Jungle Cruise*](https://film.one/film/jungle-cruise.md) (61) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Glenn Ficarra > Glenn Ficarra, working with John Requa, finds humour and feeling in flawed people. We like that sympathy, though *Paradise* shows how much a persuasive performance can be asked to do when the plotting becomes untidy. Sterling K. Brown keeps us interested in *Paradise* (2025) when its mystery takes an improbable turn. We were moved by his performance because the feelings remain convincing even when the plotting strains belief. Glenn Ficarra co-directs episodes with John Requa, and the series is a useful introduction to their preference for taking flawed people seriously. It also gives us a reason to qualify our affection for Ficarra's work: the performances can persuade us to accept more than the storytelling has earned. Ficarra and Requa came to directing through scripts including *Cats & Dogs* (2001) and *Bad Santa* (2003). Their self-written directorial debut, *I Love You Phillip Morris* (2009), adapted the true story of a con man, a fitting subject for filmmakers reluctant to regard their characters with contempt. *Crazy, Stupid, Love.* (2011) then put their balance of humour and emotion to work in an ensemble romance. *Focus* (2015), their grifter drama starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, continued the interest in deception. Their television work includes the family drama *This Is Us* (2016) and *Paradise*, both created by Dan Fogelman. Requa is central to any judgement of Ficarra, because the writing and directing partnership runs through these different kinds of story. There is little use pretending we can separate their instincts neatly when the work has been made together. With *Paradise*, the qualification is substantial. The second season's loose plotting and flashbacks ask for more patience, even as the mystery remains engaging and the feelings usually land. We would not call those plotting problems harmless simply because Brown helps us through them; a series still has to make its complications worth following. Start with *Paradise* if performances matter as much as answers, but expect to forgive some untidy storytelling. ## Biography Glenn Ficarra is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He has frequently collaborated with John Requa on films and television projects. Ficarra and Requa wrote the screenplays for *Cats & Dogs* (2001) and *Bad Santa* (2003). They made their directorial debut with *I Love You Phillip Morris* (2009), for which they received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Their subsequent films include *Crazy, Stupid, Love.* (2011), *Focus* (2015) and *Whiskey Tango Foxtrot* (2016). Ficarra has directed episodes of the series *This Is Us* and served as an executive producer on *Paradise* (2025), for which he directed several episodes alongside Requa. *Sources: motionpictures.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Directed (2) — the average rests on these - *Paradise* (2025), Fi1m 73, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md) - *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) ### Wrote (1) - *Jungle Cruise* (2021), Fi1m 61, Screenplay, Screenstory — [page](https://film.one/film/jungle-cruise.md) ## Complete filmography (29) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Paradise* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/paradise.md) - *Rabbit Hole* (2023), series, Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator - *DC League of Super-Pets* (2022), Executive Producer - *WeCrashed* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Director - *Jungle Cruise* (2021), Screenplay, Screenstory — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/jungle-cruise.md) - *NEXT* (2020), series, Director, Executive Producer - *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Creative Consultant — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md) - *Smallfoot* (2018), Producer, Screenstory - *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Creative Consultant — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md) - *Bad Santa 2* (2016), Characters - *Storks* (2016), Executive Producer - *This Is Us* (2016), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) - *Whiskey Tango Foxtrot* (2016), Director - *Patriot* (2015), series, Executive Producer - *Focus* (2015), Director, Writer - *Back in the Game* (2013), series, Executive Producer - *Crazy, Stupid, Love.* (2011), Director - *Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore* (2010), Characters - *I Love You Phillip Morris* (2010), Director, Writer - *Bad News Bears* (2005), Screenplay - *Bad Santa* (2003), Writer - *Cats & Dogs* (2001), as Russian Blue (voice) · Screenplay - *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, Writer - *The Angry Beavers* (1997), series, Writer - *Honeymoon with Harry*, Director - *King of the Jungle*, Director - *16 States*, Producer, Screenplay - *Guys and Dolls*, Screenplay - *Misadventure*, Director, Executive Producer --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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