Armando Iannucci
The Scottish satirist who created Veep and ran its first four seasons.
Armando Iannucci is a Scottish satirist and writer, born in Glasgow on 28 November 1963. He created Veep for HBO.
He was its showrunner for the first four seasons, from 2012 to 2015.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Armando Giovanni Iannucci
- Born
- 28 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Medium
- Television
- film
- radio
- stand-up
- Education
- University of Glasgow; University College, Oxford
- Active
- 1990–present
- Genre
- Sitcom, political satire
- Spouse
- Rachel Jones (1990)
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Background
Before Veep he made the BBC political comedy The Thick of It and its film spin-off In the Loop. Veep uses the same documentary-style camera work as The Thick of It.
He left as showrunner after season four, citing the strain of working between Baltimore and London. He won two Emmys for the show in 2015.
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