Editing Christopher McQuarrie (section)

==Early life==
McQuarrie was born in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/514129%7C0/Christopher-Mcquarrie/|title=Christopher McQuarrie|publisher = [[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date= July 14, 2015|quote=Birth Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA|archive-date= July 14, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150714153511/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/514129%7C0/Christopher-Mcquarrie/|url-status=live}}</ref> After graduating from [[West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South]] in 1986,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wwpinfo.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=75&twindow=&mad=No&sdetail=2578&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1108&hn=wwpinfo&he=.com|title=More West Windsor Filmmaking Stars on the Horizon|last=Miller|first=Lynn|date=December 15, 2007 <!--as per original editor-->|work=West Windsor & Plainsboro News|access-date=December 15, 2007 <!--as per original editor-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108131905/http://www.wwpinfo.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=75&twindow=&mad=No&sdetail=2578&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1108&hn=wwpinfo&he=.com|archive-date=January 8, 2008|url-status=dead|location=[[West Windsor, New Jersey]]|quote=Two West Windsor-Plainsboro High School graduates are following in the footsteps of two other filmmakers from West Windsor, Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie. Singer, Class of 1984, and McQuarrie, Class of 1986, have recently joined together for the filming of 'Valkyrie'...}} Archived from the original on January 8, 2008.<!--original URL, which will not format properly on the live page, is: http://www.wwpinfo.com/default.asp? sourceid=&smenu=75&twindow=&mad=No&sdetail=2578&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1108&hn=wwpinfo&he=.com--> Note: Name was simply West Windsor-Plainsboro High School until [http://www.west-windsor-plainsboro.k12.nj.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3592819/File/District%20Landmarks%202009.pdf being renamed West Windosor-Plainsboro High School South in 1997].</ref> he worked as an assistant at [[Christ Church Grammar School]] in [[Perth, Western Australia]], recalling in 2013, “I was offered an Interim program ... I picked a place out of a hat and ended up at Christ Church Grammar School. I lived at the school and worked at the boarding school, though I did very little work".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://enewspaper2.thewest.com.au/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_DEMO&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=WAN/2013/01/03&From=Archive&ID=Ar05203|work=[[The West Australian]]|date=January 3, 2013|page=52|title=Reaching for the Stars|first=Shannon|last=Harvey|access-date=July 14, 2015|archive-date=July 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714155423/http://enewspaper2.thewest.com.au/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_DEMO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=WAN%2F2013%2F01%2F03&From=Archive&ID=Ar05203|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fired after nine months, "I hitchhiked for three months, came home, knocked around for about a month and then immediately started working for this detective agency.... [It] was actually a glorified security-guard position. I think in the four years I worked there I did about six investigations."<ref name=cinetropolis>{{cite web|url=http://cinetropolis.net/christopher-mcquarrie-gets-verbal-on-the-usual-suspects/|title=Christopher McQuarrie Gets Verbal On The Usual Suspects|first=Tim|last=Pelan|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=July 14, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402072704/http://cinetropolis.net/christopher-mcquarrie-gets-verbal-on-the-usual-suspects/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

McQuarrie worked for four years at a movie theater in [[New Jersey]] as a security guard. Because the theater was in a violent area, he was often tasked to stand at the back of the room and observe the audience as they were watching the film, ensuring no fights broke out. He described the experience as "[his] film school" and "the single most educational experience [he] ever had," stating that it helped him "develop an innate sense of how the audience is responding" to a film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swinson |first1=Brock |title='Rhythm Over Flare.' Christopher McQuarrie On Mission Impossible – Fallout |url=https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/rhythm-flare-christopher-mcquarrie-mission-impossible-fallout/ |work=Creative Screenwriting |access-date=May 10, 2025 |date=July 27, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622152153/https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/rhythm-flare-christopher-mcquarrie-mission-impossible-fallout/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |publisher=[[Letterboxd]]|title=Mission: Impossible Director Christopher McQuarrie Recommends Movies from His Letterboxd Watchlist|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LLNcX_6N3o&t=269s|date=July 8, 2023|format=Video|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=May 11, 2025|time=4:29|interviewer-first1=Brian|interviewer-last1=Forno}}</ref>