McG

American film director (born 1968)

Born

9 August 1968, Kalamazoo

Citizenship

United States

Occupation

film director, photographer, film producer, screenwriter, record producer

Films here

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Joseph McGinty Nichol (born August 9, 1968), known professionally as McG, is an American film director, film producer, and former record producer.

McG began his career in the music industry, directing music videos and producing various albums. He later rose to prominence with his debut theatrically released narrative feature, Charlie's Angels, which had the highest-grossing opening weekend for a directorial debut at the time. Since then, he has directed several other films, including Terminator Salvation, This Means War, and The Babysitter. On television, McG co-created Fastlane with John McNamara and executive produced The O.C., Supernatural, and Chuck.

McG also owns a production company, Wonderland Sound and Vision, founded in 2001, which has overseen the production of the films and television shows he has worked on since Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Cameron Diaz
• Drew Barrymore
• Lucy Liu
• Crispin Glover
• Luke Wilson
• Matt LeBlanc
• John Forsythe
• Melissa McCarthy
• Andrew Wilson

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q385058 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.