Joseph McGinty Nichol (born August 9, 1968), known professionally as McG, is an American director, producer, and former record producer. He began his career in the music industry, directing music videos and producing various albums. He later rose to prominence with his first theatrically released narrative feature, Charlie's Angels (2000), which had the highest-grossing opening weekend for a directorial debut at the time. Since then, he has directed several other films, including the sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009), This Means War (2012), The Babysitter (2017) and The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), co-created the television series Fastlane and has executive produced numerous television programs, such as The O.C., Supernatural, and Chuck.