Requa and Ficarra directed Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in their screenplay I Love You Phillip Morris.

[1] For their writing on this film, Requa and Ficarra received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

His talents as a writer were evident when he wrote and performed in a skit for his senior year Homecoming assembly titled "Fernbusters".

Requa attended Highline at the same time as Dana Newton, who became a senior producer on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Randy Dixon who is an internationally known improv artist who heads Unexpected Productions in Seattle, and Mike Starr who was the original Bassist for Alice in Chains and seen on season three of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Their first episode was season two's Kandid Kreatures which they followed with Dag for Night, Un-Barry-ble, Zooing Time, Sans-a-Pelt and Gonna Getcha.