Armando Iannucci
- 61 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, director, producer and satirist
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Armando Iannucci & Sam Mendes set HBO pilot about superhero movie-making
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator and Skyfall director have scored a pilot order for comedy The Franchise at the premium cable network. The half-hour project takes a wry look at superhero movie-making.
Peter White, Deadline, 8th August 2022Armando Iannucci on Channel 4's privatisation
The government has threatened to privatise the broadcaster. Why is it intent on ruining our world-leading TV industry?
Armando Iannucci, The Guardian, 6th April 2022Armando Iannucci interview
"Everything since 2016 has been a wind-up".
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 24th February 2022Feel Good wins at Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards
Feel Good writers Mae Martin and Joe Hampson won the Best TV Situation Comedy prize at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards. Prizes also went to the writers behind radio series Olga Koch: Fight, film The Personal History Of David Copperfield and online sketch Remember Getting the Period Talk at School? #Menopause.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2022Kumar & Iannucci criticise Tories' plans to scrap BBC licence fee
Armando Iannucci and Nish Kumar are among the celebrities to speak out against government plans to abolish the BBC licence fee in 2027. On Sunday (16 January), the Conservative Party announced that they would scrap the licence fee at the next opportunity if they are still in government, with culture secretary Nadine Dorries introducing a two-year freeze that she said would "be the last".
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 16th January 2022Armando Iannucci to take on social media in new film
Armando Iannucci is planning a satirical movie set in the world of social media.
Chortle, 22nd December 2021Maureen Lipman thinks cancel culture is killing comedy. Don't make me laugh.
The veteran performer's concerns aren't shared by everyone in the comedy world, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 22nd December 2021Armando Iannucci: Veep writer on No 10's pandemic behaviour
Since the pandemic cancelled most of his film and television work, Iannucci has responded with a new book - a mock-epic poem about the government's handling of the crisis and his fears about the future. We asked him how he took on writing about something as deeply tragic as the pandemic.
Jon Snow, Channel 4, 21st December 2021Mae Martin, Sarah Kendall and Aisling Bea's shows up for writing award
The Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards shortlist features Feel Good creators Mae Martin and Joe Hampson, Sarah Kendall (Frayed) and Aisling Bea (This Way Up).
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2021Armando Iannucci interview
The comedy genius behind The Thick Of It and Veep tells how the Government's failures over the pandemic left him physically shaking and led to his latest work - an epic poem about Britain in the age of Covid.
Dorian Lynskey, i Newspaper, 4th November 2021