ABOUT McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol)
Director

VITAL STATS

TALK ABOUT McG

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Non-acting careers:

Big break: He started as a still photographer in the music business, shooting local bands and musicians. This led him to form a record label known as G Recordings in 1993, and subsequently, he worked as a producer, and sometimes co-Songwriter, on Sugar Ray's first two albums, which were released in 1995 and 1997. His music career included directing over fifty music videos, such as Smash Mouth's "All Star" and The Offspring's "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)", and directing documentaries on Korn and Sugar Ray.

Best known for: Impressed with McG's recent flashy and energetic videos, Drew Barrymore approached McG about directing a Charlie's Angels film.

Director Movies: Korn: Who then Now, Subline: Sublime, Charlie's Angels, Cyprress Hill: Still Smokin', Charlie's Angels: Full Trottle, We Are Marshall, and Terminator Salvation.

Producer/Director TV Shows: Supernatural, Chuck, Exposed, Sorority Forever, Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious, Spaced, The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll, The O.C., Skyler's Revolution, Jump, Stay Alive, Mountain, Fastlane, and more.

Stage: N/A

Awards: 2002 Hollywood Breakthrough Award for Directing

Upcoming projects:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo (2011) (pre-production) (producer)

McG ON TERMINATOR LORE "I felt like it was time for a new beginning," the "Charlie's Angels" filmmaker said of his decision to ignore 2003's "Rise of the Machines" and instead create a companion piece to the first two films of the franchise." "I feel as though Jim Cameron finished the story after 'Terminator 2.' We respect the mythology of all three Terminator pictures that have come before us, but this is about the future war. And we only ever got a tiny peek at the world [after 'Judgment Day'] — I thought it would be a really interesting place to start, and therefore worthy of a jumping-off point to tell a new 'Terminator' story and begin again."