Armando Iannucci
- 60 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, director, producer and satirist
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Armando Iannucci among DDA Spotlight Award winners
The new honour has been established to recognise diversity in inclusion in cinema. UK writer-director Iannucci will be honoured for his latest feature, The Personal History Of David Copperfield, which has an inclusive cast led by Dev Patel.
Michael Rosser, Screen Daily, 13th November 2020TV preview: HIGNFY takes on the US election
It was a busy week for news, with the panel getting stuck into the continued delay to the final result of the US election and the UK re-entering lockdown for the month of November, as well as some lighter stories about a new Guernsey police recruitment video and Cliff Richard announcing that he has stopped swearing.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th November 2020Armando Iannucci on impact of Donald Trump on satire
I created The Thick Of It and Veep but Donald Trump is beyond satire. Armando Iannucci's verdict on POTUS.
Armando Iannucci, Evening Standard, 30th October 2020The Oral History of Alan Partridge
Alan Partridge is Middle England incarnate. From hapless sports presenter, to hapless TV presenter, to hapless podcaster, Norwich's favourite son is as maddening as he is endearing. He's also managed to do what very few characters in the comedy world successfully manage to do: endure.
Daniel Dylan Wray, Vice.com, 9th October 2020Iannucci shares set he did of just Tory MPs' jokes
But possibly the best thing to come out the left-wing/right-wing BBC comics debate is this Armando Iannucci tweet, in which he remembered when he tried out Tory MPs' jokes on an unsuspecting audience, pretending it was new material.
The Poke, 1st September 2020Armando Iannucci's lockdown watch
Ran, Kurosawa's 'uplifting' film about poverty and Chernobyl are on the viewing roster of the Avenue 5 creator, who calls on the UK 'government to prioritise the arts sector'.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 19th June 2020Armando Iannucci warns of terrifying future for arts
The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci has warned that the coronavirus crisis may destroy the UK's cultural landscape if the government doesn't offer financial support to save it.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 9th June 2020Armando Iannucci leads calls for a 'Boo for Boris'
Scottish satirist Armando Iannucci has led the growing calls for a national "boo for Boris".
Gregor Young, The National (Scotland), 25th May 2020The Thick of It cast & creators look back at the sitcom
The comedy that gave us Malcolm Tucker was funny because it was true, but for politicians it was harrowing, says Ed Cumming. He speaks to Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Rebecca Front, Chris Addison and others about marzipan dildos, loudmouth spads, and ministers with no status or power as the show turns 15-years-old.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 16th May 2020Armando Iannucci on the current comedy landscape
How can I be funny when there is nothing to laugh about?
Armando Iannucci, The Big Issue, 27th April 2020