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Armando Iannucci Biography

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 Award-: winner
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 Award-: nominated
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 Film-: nominated
2010BAFTA TV Award-Best Situation Comedy: winner
2010British Comedy Award-Best TV Sitcom: nominated
2010Writer's Award-: winner
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 Prize-: winner
2017Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: nominated
2017Platform Prize-: nominated
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 Award-: nominated
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