Dave McCary

David Lawrence McCary is an American comedian, writer, and director. From 2013 to 2019, 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 sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. He is married to actress Emma Stone, with whom he has a daughter. Early life McCary lived with his childhood friend Kyle Mooney while Mooney attended the University of Southern California but dropped out after his second year. 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. 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.