Andy Riley
British TV screenwriter, cartoonist (born 1970)
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Andy Riley |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England |
| occupation | Author, cartoonist, screenwriter and television producer |
| period | 1993–present |
| genre | Comedy, adventure, science fiction |
| alma_mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
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| name = Andy Riley | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England | occupation = Author, cartoonist, screenwriter and television producer | period = 1993–present | genre = Comedy, adventure, science fiction | alma_mater = Pembroke College, Oxford Andy Riley (born 1970) is a British author, cartoonist, and Emmy-winning screenwriter for TV and film.
Early life
Riley was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read Modern History.
Career
Riley has written and drawn many best-selling cartoon books, including The Book of Bunny Suicides (2003) and its sequels, and Great Lies To Tell Small Kids (2005). From 2002 until February 2010 he drew a weekly comic strip called Roasted in The Observer Magazine, a collection of which was released in book form in 2007. Riley also publishes the King Flashypants series of children's books*.*
With Kevin Cecil, his best friend since they attended Aylesbury Grammar School, he created and wrote the sitcoms Year of the Rabbit for Channel 4 and IFC, The Great Outdoors for BBC Four, Hyperdrive for BBC Two and Slacker Cats for the ABC Family Channel. Their other television work includes Veep (for which they each won an Emmy in 2015 in the Outstanding Comedy Series category), Black Books, the Comic Relief one-off special Robbie the Reindeer, for which he and Cecil won a BAFTA in 2000, Little Britain, Tracey Ullman's Show, Trigger Happy TV, So Graham Norton, Smack the Pony, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Harry and Paul, Big Bad World, Come Fly With Me, and Spitting Image. The Radio Four panel game they wrote with Jon Holmes and Tony Roche, The 99p Challenge, ran for five series from 2000.
They wrote for the Touchstone animated feature Gnomeo and Juliet, and its sequel Sherlock Gnomes.
Riley has co-written two TV adaptations of David Walliams books: Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress.
Screenwriting credits
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Bibliography
Standalone Cartoon Books
- Roasted (2007)
- D.I.Y. Dentistry and Other Alarming Inventions (2008)
- Selfish Pigs (2009)
- Wine Makes Mummy Clever (2011)
- Beer Makes Daddy Strong (2011)
- Puppy Versus Kitten (2017)
Bunny Suicides
- The Book of Bunny Suicides (2003)
- Return of the Bunny Suicides (2005)
- Dawn of the Bunny Suicides (2010)
Lies to Tell Small Kids
- Great Lies to Tell Small Kids (2006)
- Loads More Lies to Tell Small Kids (2007)
King Flashypants
- King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor (2017)
- King Flashypants and the Creature from Crong (2018)
- King Flashypants and the Toys of Terror (2018)
- King Flashypants and the Boo-Hoo Witches (2018)
- King Flashypants and the Snowball of Doom (2018)
Awards and nominations
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| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result | Reference |
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| 2012 | Annie Award | Gnomeo & Juliet (shared with Kelly Asbury, Mark Burton, Kevin Cecil, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Steve Hamilton Shaw, John R. Smith and Rob Sprackling) | Writing in a Feature Production | ||
| 2014 | Online Film & Television Association Award | Veep | Best Writing in a Comedy Series | ||
| 2015 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | |||
| Writers Guild of America Award | Comedy Series | ||||
| 2016 | Writers Guild of America Award | Comedy Series | |||
| Producers Guild of America Award | Veep, Season Four | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy | |||
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References
References
- Jarvis, Alice-Azania Jarvis. (1 November 2007). "The 5-minute Interview: Andy Riley, Cartoonist and author". The Independent.
- Riley, Andy. (26 January 2010). "Status". Twitter.
- (July 2007). "Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil". BBC Comedy.
- Deans, Jason. (14 February 2006). "Hyperdrive gets second series". The Guardian.
- Wiegund, David. (13 August 2007). "Review: Cartoon cats with adult themes? Bad, kitty, bad". San Francisco Chronicle.
- "Veep IMDB entry".
- Low, Lenny Ann. (13 June 2005). "In the bad books". Sydney Morning Herald.
- Mytton, Leigh. (26 December 2002). "Top comic cast for Reindeer Robbie". BBC News.
- "The 99p Challenge". BBC Comedy.
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