Christopher McQuarrie 's screenplays include The Usual Suspects ( won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ) , The Way of the Gun and Jack Reacher .
A regular collaborator of director Bryan Singer , he wrote the screenplays of Singer 's films Public Access , The Usual Suspects , and Jack the Giant Slayer , and wrote and produced Valkyrie , winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Usual Suspects.