Dave McCary


David Lee McCary is an American comedian, writer, and director. He currently works as a segment director for Saturday Night Live. During college he formed a sketch comedy group, Good Neighbor.

Early life

McCary lived with his childhood friend, Kyle Mooney while Mooney attended the University of Southern California. It was there that McCary met future Good Neighbor members Nick Rutherford and Beck Bennett.

Career

Good Neighbor

In 2007, McCary came together with Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford to form the sketch comedy group, Good Neighbor. The group received personal acknowledgements from Steven Spielberg and comedian Louis C.K. Prior to landing on SNL, Good Neighbor had just finished filming a Comedy Central pilot, The Good Neighbor Show, that was produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay via their company Gary Sanchez. SNL reportedly had to work with Comedy Central to get them out of their contract so they could join the long-running sketch show. During this time, McCary directed the first two seasons of Epic Rap Battles of History.

''Saturday Night Live''

McCary joined Saturday Night Live for its thirty-ninth season as a segment director along with Good Neighbor co-founders, Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett, who joined as featured players, and Nick Rutherford, who joined as a staff writer.

Segments

In 2017, McCary directed comedy-drama film Brigsby Bear produced by The Lonely Island. The film stars Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Ryan Simpkins. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017, and was released on July 28, 2017 by Sony Pictures Classics.

Personal life

McCary has been dating actress Emma Stone since 2017. McCary and Stone announced their engagement on December 4, 2019.