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Also known as Joseph McGinty "McG" Nichol

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

OverviewAI-generated

Joseph McG is an American film director, photographer, film producer, and screenwriter. Born in 1968 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he is a male citizen of the United States who speaks English. He was educated at the University of California, Irvine, and his professional work period began in 2000.

McG has been associated with the tags of director and rap on Last.fm. He is also known as Shane McG, an author with twelve works including Evie's Mad Hair Day, Rabbit's Hop, Tiger's Roar, Frankie Stein, and Great Big Softie. His unmarried partner is Bridget Moynahan.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, TMDb, MusicBrainz. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
12

Top works

  • Evie's Mad Hair Day
  • Rabbit's Hop
  • Tiger's Roar
  • Frankie Stein
  • Great Big Softie

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Directing · Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Joseph McGinty Nichol, better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television. He began his career in the music industry, directing music videos and producing various albums. He later rose to prominence with his first film, Charlie's Angels.

Known for

  • Time for Bed with Punam Patel — Himself2017
  • Punk'd — Self2003
  • Entertainment Tonight1981

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1968

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,407
Total plays
15,343

Tags

directorrap

MCG is an alias for Gavin from Walk-In Dolphin - past work includes collaborations with aksen and a remix of a Walk-In Dolphin track. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/MCG">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · MCG

Key facts

Person.image
McG at WonderCon 2009 1.JPG
Person.caption
McG at WonderCon in 2009
Person.birth_place
Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.
Person.birthname
Joseph McGinty Nichol
Person.notable_works
''Charlie's AngelsWe Are MarshallTerminator SalvationThis Means WarThe Babysitter''
Person.television
FastlaneThe O.C.SupernaturalChuck
Person.alma_mater
UC Irvine (BA)
Person.years_active
1993–present

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Joseph
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Kalamazoo
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
English language
Image
McG at WonderCon 2009 1.JPG
Height
188
Show 5 more facts
Commons category
McG
date of birth
1968-08-09
start of work period
2000-00-00
social media followers
43007
unmarried partner
Bridget Moynahan
Sources (7)

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Career
  • Early work
  • 2000–2007
  • 2007–present
  • Personal life
  • Filmography
  • Film
  • Television
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McG” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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