Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | |
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.jpg) Markus and McFeely in 2019 | |
| Born | Markus: (1969-10-16)October 16, 1969 (age 56) Buffalo,New York, U.S. McFeely: (1970-02-24)February 24, 1970 (age 55) Walnut Creek,California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Markus:Rutgers University McFeely:University of Notre Dame Both:University of California, Davis |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse | Markus: |
Christopher Markus (born October 16, 1969) andStephen McFeely (born February 24, 1970) are American screenwriters and producers. They are the first and second most successful screenwriters of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts, with a shared total gross of $3.175 billion.[1]
They gained worldwide recognition for their works that includeThe Chronicles of Narnia film franchise and theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), having written the first threeCaptain America films (The First Avenger,The Winter Soldier andCivil War), in addition toThor: The Dark World,Avengers: Infinity War, andAvengers: Endgame,[2] which is currently thesecond highest-grossing film of all time unadjusted for inflation. They also createdABC'sAgent Carter TV series, set in the MCU.
Markus was born on October 16, 1969,[3] in Buffalo, New York.[4] He is the son ofBudapest, Hungary-born physician Dr. Gabor Markus and registered nurse Rosemary Golebiewski Markus. He has two siblings, sisters Jennifer and Elizabeth.[5] Markus earned a B.A. in creative writing fromRutgers University in 1991.[4] His father isJewish while his mother isCatholic.[6] As of April 2012[update], Markus is married to Claire Saunders.[5]
McFeely was born on February 24, 1970,[7] in Walnut Creek, California,[3] and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.[8] He earned a B.A. in English from theUniversity of Notre Dame in 1991.[8]
Markus and McFeely met on the graduate program for creative writing at theUniversity of California, Davis in 1994 and they were inspired to become novelists. "We couldn't see how we could make [book] writing our full-time day job," McFeely said in 2011, and they turned to screenwriting instead. After earning their master's degrees in 1996, they moved to Los Angeles to pursue that career, working at such jobs as receptionist at movie production companies. After acquiring an agent, they became professional screenwriters in 1998 with an eventually unproduced script about a real-life Los Angeles murder.[9] Interest generated from the purchased script led HBO Films to commission them to write a biographical drama about actorPeter Sellers.[3] ForThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers in 2004, they won aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special.[10] Subsequent work onThe Chronicles of Narnia film franchise set them up for theMarvel Cinematic Universe.[11]
They wrote 2022'sThe Gray Man starringRyan Gosling andChris Evans andThe Electric State starringMillie Bobby Brown andChris Pratt.[12] McFeely is also set to co-write the upcoming MCU filmsAvengers: Doomsday (2026) andAvengers: Secret Wars (2027) withMichael Waldron, while Markus will continue to runAGBO, theirs and the Russo brothers' production company, which is co-producing those films withMarvel Studios.[13][14]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Stephen Hopkins | |
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | |
| 2007 | You Kill Me | John Dahl | |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson | |
| 2010 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Michael Apted | |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Joe Johnston | |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Michael Bay | |
| Thor: The Dark World | Alan Taylor | ||
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony and Joe Russo | |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | ||
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | ||
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Also co-producers | |
| 2022 | The Gray Man | Also executive producers | |
| 2025 | The Electric State | ||
| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday | Stephen McFeely only |
Acting roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | SHIELD Interrogators | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Secretary Ross' Aide | Stephen McFeely only |
| Year | Title | Writers | Producers | Creators | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Good vs Evil | Yes | No | No | Episode "M Is for Morlock" |
| 2015–2016 | Agent Carter | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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