Known For
Writing
Born
Nov 28, 1963
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Credits
61 titles
Armando Iannucci
Biography
Armando Giovanni Iannucci CBE (/jəˈnuːtʃi/ yə-NOO-chee; born 28 November 1963) is a Scottish satirist, writer, director, producer and performer. Born in Glasgow to Italian parents, Iannucci studied at the University of Glasgow, followed by the University of Oxford. Starting on BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series On the Hour transferred to television as The Day Today. A character from this series, Alan Partridge, co-created by Iannucci, went on to feature in several of Iannucci's television and radio programmes, including Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge and I'm Alan Partridge. Iannucci also fronted the satirical Armistice review shows and, in 2001, created his most personal work, The Armando Iannucci Shows, for Channel 4. Moving back to the BBC in 2005, Iannucci created the political sitcom The Thick of It and the spoof documentary Time Trumpet in 2006. In 2009, he won funding from the UK Film Council. He directed the critically acclaimed feature film In the Loop, featuring characters from The Thick of It. As a result of these works, he has been described by The Daily Telegraph as "the hardman of political satire". Other works during this period include the operetta libretto Skin Deep and his radio series Charm Offensive. Iannucci created the HBO political satire Veep and was its showrunner for four seasons from 2012 to 2015. For his work on Veep, he won two Emmys in 2015, Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. He followed this with the feature films The Death of Stalin (2017) and The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019), a 2019 adaptation of the novel David Copperfield. In 2020, he created the comedy series Avenue 5 on HBO. Description above from the Wikipedia article Armando Iannucci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Dr. Strangelove
Original Concept
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
Screenplay
The Academy of Armando
Self
Can Elon Musk Rule the World?
Self
The Franchise
Executive Producer
Art Matters
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Writer and satirist
Avenue 5
Executive Producer
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Director
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Himself
The Death of Stalin
Director
The Russell Howard Hour
Self
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
Himself
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Taskmaster
Self
Artsnight
Self - Presenter
A Life on Screen
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Self
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Writer
The Last Leg
Self
Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life
Executive Producer
Veep
Writer
Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens
Self
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Writer
You Have Been Watching
Self
Milton's Heaven and Hell
Presenter
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Interviewer
In the Loop
Director
Q&A
Self - Panellist
The Thick of It
Executive Producer
Comics Britannia
Himself - Narrator
Spinners and Losers
Director
Would I Lie to You?
Self
The Rise of the Nutters
Director
Time Trumpet
The Thick of It
Director
2004: The Stupid Version
Himself
Britain's Best Sitcom
Himself/Presenter
Gash
Creator
Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge
Writer
Timeshift
self
The Armando Iannucci Shows
Himself
Tube Tales
Director
Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt
Self
I'm Alan Partridge
Writer
Where's Elvis This Week?
Alan Partridge's Country Ramble
Producer