Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the neo-noir mystery film The Usual Suspects (1995). He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film The Way of the Gun (2000). McQuarrie is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), as well as four instalments o
The films that I've always been drawn to are movies that are about surgical precision... Movies like John Frankenheimer's Ronin, and Le Samourai, and Le Cercle Rouge. These films are very, very inspiring in how they tell a story through pure visuals, with very little dialogue.