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Kevin J. Messick

Highest Rated: 89% The Big Short (2015)

Lowest Rated: 17% Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

Birthday: Jun 21, 1966

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Birthplace: California, USA

Kevin Messick is an Academy Award- and Emmy-nominated producer and a partner in Adam McKay's Hyperobject Industries. Messick was nominated for a PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Picture for "Vice" (2018) starring Christian Bale opposite Amy Adams, Steve Carrell and Sam Rockwell. The feature film received eight Academy Award, six BAFTA and six Golden Globe nominations. A recent TV venture is as executive producer of HBO's Golden Globe-winning series "Succession" created by Jesse Armstrong. In 2015, Messick served as an executive producer on McKay's "The Big Short," which went on to receive Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture and won the 2016 PGA for Best Picture and won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards, BAFTA and WGA. Prior to joining Hyperobject Industries with McKay, Messick was a producer at Gary Sanchez Productions where he produced/executive produced alongside McKay and Will Ferrell. His credits there include "The Other Guys" (Sony), "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Paramount), "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Paramount), "Tammy" (New Line), "Get Hard" (Warner Bros), "The Boss (Universal), "Casa de mi Padre," "Daddy's Home" and "Daddy's Home 2" (Paramount) and "Ibiza" (Netflix.)

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Highest rated movies

89% 88% The Big Short Watchlist 82% 81% Fresh Watchlist 79% 60% The Other Guys Watchlist 74% 52% Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Watchlist 67% 39% Ibiza Watchlist
64% 67% Jack Reacher
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64% 61% Vice Watchlist 56% 78% Don't Look Up Watchlist
55% 73% American Pimp
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42% 35% House of My Father
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 96% Daniel Producer - 2023
82% 81% Fresh Producer - 2022
56% 78% Don't Look Up Producer - 2021
64% 61% Vice Producer $47.8M 2018
67% 39% Ibiza Producer - 2018
21% 51% Daddy's Home 2 Producer $104.0M 2017
34% 35% Masterminds Executive Producer $17.3M 2016
22% 38% The Boss Executive Producer $63.0M 2016
31% 49% Daddy's Home Executive Producer $150.3M 2015
89% 88% The Big Short Executive Producer $70.2M 2015
28% 45% Get Hard Executive Producer $90.4M 2015
24% 36% Tammy Executive Producer $84.5M 2014
74% 52% Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Executive Producer $127.3M 2013
17% 53% Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Producer $55.7M 2013
64% 67% Jack Reacher Executive Producer $54.6M 2012
42% 35% House of My Father Executive Producer,
Producer
$5.9M 2012
79% 60% The Other Guys Executive Producer $119.2M 2010
27% 37% The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. Producer $15.1M 2009
32% 42% The Answer Man Producer $25.6K 2009
40% 77% A Lot Like Love Producer $21.8M 2005
No Score Yet 35% Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie Executive Producer - 2002
55% 73% American Pimp Producer $274.2K 1999
38% 46% Truth or Consequences, N.M. Producer $54.2K 1997
29% 17% The Babysitter Producer - 1995
35% 48% Surviving the Game Executive Producer $7.7M 1994

TV

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95% 88% Succession Executive Producer 2018-2019 2021 2023
No Score Yet 92% Motherland: Fort Salem Executive Producer 2020-2022
43% 62% This Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy Executive Producer 2019
20% 62% Bad Judge Executive Producer 2014-2015