Armando Iannucci
Birth Name:
Armando Iannucci
Birth Place:
Scotland
Profession
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
Fast Facts
- Received an OBE honor in 2012 for his contributions to broadcasting
- Received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Glasgow and the University of Exeter
- Awarded the Writers' Guild of Britain Award in 2011
- After graduating from college, he decided to pursue a career in comedy by being featured on various BBC radio and television programs
- Quote: "[on his series "The Armando Iannucci Shows"] "That was the closest to me expressing my comic outlook on life․""
- Frequently collaborates with comics David Schneider, Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan and Rebecca Front
- Aspired to become a Roman Catholic priest as a teenager
- While researching "In the Loop," he used his BBC press pass to spend an hour taking photographs of the inside of the US State Department
- Worked as a broadcast media professor at Oxford University in 2005
- Claims that filmmaker Woody Allen is his comedic hero
Awards
- 1995BAFTA TV Award - Best Light Entertainment (Programme or Series):Nominated
- 1998BAFTA TV Award - Best Comedy (Programme or Series):Winner
- 2005British Comedy Award - Best New TV Comedy:Winner
- 2006British Comedy Award - Best TV Comedy:Nominated
- 2006Writer's AwardWinner
- 2006Golden Rose - Sitcom:Nominated
- 2007Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best TV Comedy/Light Entertainment:Winner
- 2009BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Writing in Film or Television:Winner
- 2009BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Directing in Film or Television:Winner
- 2009British Comedy Award - Best Comedy Film:Winner
- 2009British Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2009Douglas Hickox AwardNominated
- 2009British Independent Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009CFCA Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2009ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2009ICP Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2009LAFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2009NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2009Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best Feature Film Screenplay:Nominated
- 2010Oscar - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2010BAFTA TV Award - Best Writer:Nominated
- 2010BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted:Nominated
- 2010Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmNominated
- 2010BAFTA TV Award - Best Situation Comedy:Winner
- 2010British Comedy Award - Best TV Sitcom:Nominated
- 2010Writer's AwardWinner
- 2010Broadcasting Press Guild Award - Best Comedy/Entertainment:Winner
- 2010Chlotrudis Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
- 2010Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2010ICS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2010INOCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2010ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Winner
- 2010ALFS Award - Breakthrough British Filmmaker:Nominated
- 2010ALFS Award - British Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2010OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
- 2010OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2010Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Television Comedy/Light Entertainment:Nominated
- 2012OFTA Television Award - Best Writing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2012OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2012Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2013BAFTA TV Award - Best Situation Comedy:Nominated
- 2013BAFTA TV Award - Best Writer: Comedy:Nominated
- 2013Broadcasting Press Guild Award - Best Comedy/Entertainment:Nominated
- 2013Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Year:Nominated
- 2013OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2013Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2013RTS Television Award - Writer - Comedy:Winner
- 2013WGA Award (TV) - New Series:Nominated
- 2014Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Year:Nominated
- 2014Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Year:Nominated
- 2014INOCA TV - Best Writing for a Comedy Series:Winner
- 2014OFTA Television Award - Best Writing in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 2014OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2014PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:Nominated
- 2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2014Screenplay Competition - Best Television Comedy:Nominated
- 2014WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Winner
- 2015Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Year:Nominated
- 2015INOCA TV - Best Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2015INOCA TV - Best Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2015PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:Nominated
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Winner
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 2015WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2016PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:Nominated
- 2016WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Winner
- 2016Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best TV Situation Comedy:Winner
- 2017British Independent Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017British Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017DFCC - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
- 2017Prize of the City of Torino - Best Feature Film:Nominated
- 2017Platform PrizeNominated
- 2018BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Adapted):Nominated
- 2018BAFTA Film Award - Outstanding British Film of the Year:Nominated
- 2018BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Writer - Film/Television:Winner
- 2018BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Director (Fiction):Winner
- 2018British Screenwriters' Award - Best British Feature Film Writing:Nominated
- 2018CFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018Empire Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018EFA People's Choice AwardNominated
- 2018European Film Award - European Comedy:Winner
- 2018Lost Weekend Award - Best Ensemble Cast:Winner
- 2018Dragon Award - International Competition:Nominated
- 2018Jury Prize - Best Director:Winner
- 2018SDFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2019AFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019British Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2019British Independent Film Award - Best British Independent Film:Nominated
- 2019Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019ICS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019LFW Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2019LFW Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2019NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2019Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2019USC Scripter Award - Film:Nominated
- 2019Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2020BIFF Award - Best Feature Film:Winner
- 2020DFCC - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2020Youth Jury Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2020IFJA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best Screenplay:Winner