Armando Iannucci
Also Known As: 아만도 이아누치, 아르만도 이아누치
Biography: Armando Giovanni Iannucci is a Scottish-Italian comedian, satirist, writer, director, performer and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy. Rising quickly through BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series On the Hour was transferred to television as The Day Today. A character from this series, Alan Partridge, went on to feature in a number of Iannucci's television and radio programmes including Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge. In the meantime, 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 as well as the spoof documentary Time Trumpet in 2006. Winning funding from the UK Film Council, he directed a critically acclaimed feature film In the Loop featuring characters from The Thick of It in 2009. As a result of these works, he has been being described by The Daily Telegraph as "the hardman of political satire".[2] Other works during this period include a operetta libretto, Skin Deep and his radio series Charm Offensive. He is currently working on a U.S. political satire for HBO called Veep.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Birthday: November 28, 1963
Age: 61 years old
Gender: Male
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Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt
Overview: A mockumentary taking a comic-look at how the Lewinsky scandal is perceived in the year 2028.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-02
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Overview: Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-24
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Art Matters
Overview: Join Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over 60 years, Bragg passionately advocates for the importance of the arts as he reflects on his early experiences and engages with influential figures from the artistic world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-24
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Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Overview: Documentary looking back at Alan Partridge's journey from broadcaster caricature to the award-winning study of complexity and pathos that he has become.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-27
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Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
Overview: This special one-hour documentary reflects on Michael Palin's fascinating career as a BAFTA-winning actor, writer and presenter.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-07
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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Overview: Examine the rise and fall of Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein following the scandal in 2017. Learn from exclusive interviews with those who knew him in the industry, and a discussion of the start of the #MeToo movement.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-21
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Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
Overview: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the surreal art movement, comedian Jim Moir (a.k.a. Vic Reeves) presents this documentary exploring the history of Dadism and the lasting influence it has had on himself and others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-21
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Milton's Heaven and Hell
Overview: Armando Iannucci journeys through Milton's life and his great poem Paradise Lost, offering his own passionate and illuminating response to what he feels is a work of genius.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-26
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Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens
Overview: Armando Iannucci presents a personal argument in praise of the genius of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author's most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Armando looks beyond Dickens - the national institution - and instead explores the qualities of Dickens's work that still make him one of the best British writers. While Dickens is often celebrated for his powerful depictions of Victorian England and his role as a social reformer, this programme foregrounds the elements of his writing which make him worth reading, as much for what he tells us about ourselves in the twenty-first century as our ancestors in the nineteenth. Armando argues that Dickens's remarkable use of language and his extraordinary gift for creating characters make him a startlingly experimental and psychologically penetrating writer who demands not just to be adapted for television but to be read and read again.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-02
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The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Overview: As part of BBC Two's 50th birthday celebrations, this programme pulls from the shelf some rare and previously unseen comedy moments from some of the greatest names in comedy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-11
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Can Elon Musk Rule the World?
Overview: What does the world's richest man, dedicated chaos agent, and Donald Trump's new best buddy want out of politics? To shape the world? Or is it bigger than that?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-06
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The Academy of Armando
Overview: Alan Yentob profiles the stellar career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, whose impressive body of work includes The Day Today, The Thick of It, Veep, The Death of Stalin and The Personal History of David Copperfield. With contributions from key collaborators such as Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rebecca Front, Jesse Armstrong, Michael Palin and Peter Capaldi, imagine... sheds light on Iannucci’s unique creative process.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-03
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