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Born 27 May 1966 Battersea, London Books The Thick of It: The Missing DoSAC Files Nominations Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Movies and TV shows In the Loop, Four Lions, Trying Again Similar People Tony Roche, Armando Iannucci, Julia Louis‑Dreyfus, Jesse Armstrong, Chris Addison Profiles | ||
Emmys 2015 simon blackwell armando iannucci and tony roche hbo win emmy award for writing for a co
Simon John Blackwell (born 27 May 1966) is a comedy writer and producer. He is best known for his work on The Thick of It, In The Loop and Veep, and for his collaborations with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain on Peep Show, Four Lions and The Old Guys.
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- Emmys 2015 simon blackwell armando iannucci and tony roche hbo win emmy award for writing for a co
- Veep season 4 chris addison simon blackwell tony roche premiere interview
- Career
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Veep season 4 chris addison simon blackwell tony roche premiere interview
Career
Blackwell started writing TV comedy in 1999 on shows such as Have I Got News For You, The Kumars at No. 42, Alastair McGowan's Big Impression and The Armstrong and Miller Show, for which he created the duo's street-talking RAF pilot characters.
He first worked with Armando Iannucci in 2003 on the topical Channel 4 show Gash. He went on to write on all four series of Iannucci's political sitcom The Thick of It and co-wrote its spin-off film In The Loop, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Other work with Iannucci includes 2004: The Stupid Version and Time Trumpet.
The two collaborated again on the HBO comedy Veep, with Blackwell co-writing the pilot episode and serving as writer and executive producer on the subsequent four seasons, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Blackwell wrote for Chris Morris's 2010 black comedy film Four Lions, alongside Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain. He had previously collaborated with them on the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show and BBC One's The Old Guys.
In 2016, Blackwell created the sitcom Back starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It premiered on Channel 4 on the 6th of September, 2017.