David Lawrence McCary (born July 2, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, and director. From 2013 to 2018, he served as a segment director for Saturday Night Live and was also the main director for the first two seasons of the popular web series Epic Rap Battles of History. During college he formed a sketch comedy group, Good Neighbor. McCary is married to actress Emma Stone, with whom he has one daughter.
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.
In 2007, McCary came together with Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford to form the sketch comedy group, Good Neighbor. 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.
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, came on a year later, and only lasted one season.
SNL Career[]
- 2013-2016: Segment Director
- 2014-2018: Writer