Editing Andy Riley

{{short description|British TV screenwriter, cartoonist (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name        = Andy Riley
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth year and age|1970}}
| 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.

Riley has written and drawn many best-selling cartoon books, including ''[[The Book of Bunny Suicides]]'' (2003) and its sequels,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-andy-riley-cartoonist-and-author-398471.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-andy-riley-cartoonist-and-author-398471.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Jarvis|first=Alice-Azania Jarvis|title=The 5-minute Interview: Andy Riley, Cartoonist and author|date=1 November 2007|work=The Independent|accessdate=6 February 2010|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and ''Great Lies To Tell Small Kids'' (2005). From 2002 until February 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AndyRileyish/statuses/8235406650|title=Status|last=Riley|first=Andy|date=26 January 2010|work=Twitter|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> 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 friend since they attended [[Aylesbury Grammar School]], he created and wrote the sitcoms ''[[Year of the Rabbit (TV series)|Year of the Rabbit]]'' for Channel 4 and IFC, ''The Great Outdoors'' for [[BBC Four]], ''[[Hyperdrive (BBC TV)|Hyperdrive]]'' for BBC Two<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/hyperdrive/actors/writers_person_page.shtml|title=Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil|date=July 2007|work=Hyperdrive|publisher=BBC Comedy|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/14/broadcasting.bbc|title=Hyperdrive gets second series|last=Deans|first=Jason|date=14 February 2006|work=The Guardian|accessdate=5 February 2010|location=London}}</ref> and ''[[Slacker Cats]]'' for the ABC Family Channel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/13/DD2IRG1D3.DTL|title=Review: Cartoon cats with adult themes? Bad, kitty, bad|last=Wiegund|first=David|date=13 August 2007|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> Their other television work includes ''[[Veep]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726978/|title=Veep IMDB entry|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> (for which they each won an Emmy in 2015 in the Outstanding Comedy Series category), ''[[Black Books]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/In-the-bad-books/2005/06/11/1118347624634.html|title=In the bad books|last=Low|first=Lenny Ann|date=13 June 2005|work=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> the [[Comic Relief]] one-off special ''[[Robbie the Reindeer]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2574021.stm|title=Top comic cast for Reindeer Robbie|first=Leigh|last=Mytton|date=26 December 2002|work=BBC News|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> for which he and Cecil won a [[BAFTA]] in 2000, ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|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 (TV series)|Big Bad World]]'', ''[[Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)|Come Fly With Me]]'', and ''[[Spitting Image]]''. The [[Radio Four]] panel game they wrote with [[Jon Holmes]] and [[Tony Roche (writer)|Tony Roche]],  ''[[The 99p Challenge]]'', ran for five series from 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/99pchallenge/|title=The 99p Challenge|work=BBC Comedy|accessdate=5 February 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100127091945/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/99pchallenge/| archivedate= 27 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

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 (film)|Gangsta Granny]]'' and ''[[The Boy in the Dress (film)|The Boy in the Dress]]''.

Riley was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and [[Pembroke College, Oxford]], where he read Modern History.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

==Screenwriting credits==
{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Production
! Notes
! Broadcaster
|-
|''[[The Good Sex Guide]]''
|
*Unknown episodes (1993)
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|-
|''Smith & Jones: One Night Stand''
|
*Television film (co-written with Mark Burton, Kevin Cecil, Simon Godley, Rory McGrath, John O'Farrell, Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, 1994)
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Friday Night Armistice]]''
|
*Unknown episodes (1995)
|[[BBC Two]]
|-
|''[[Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives]]''
|
*Unknown episodes (1996) (additional material)
|[[Channel 4]]
|-
|''[[Armstrong and Miller (TV series)|The Armstrong and Miller Show]]''
|
*Unknown episodes (1997)
|[[Paramount Comedy Channel]]
|-
|''[[Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round]]''
|
*6 episodes (1998)
|BBC Two
|-
|''[[Big Train]]''
|
*"Episode #1.1" (1998) (additional material)
|BBC Two
|-
|''[[Morwenna Banks|The Morwenna Banks Show]]''
|
*Unknown episodes (1998)
|[[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]
|-
|''[[Hooves of Fire]]''
|
*Short film (co-written with Kevin Cecil and Richard Curtis, 1999)
|BBC One<br />[[Freeform (TV channel)|Fox Family Channel]]
|-
|''[[The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything]]''
|
*Television film (co-written with Mark Burton and Kim Fuller, 1999)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show]]''
|
*Unknown episodes (2000)
|[[Sky 1]]
|-
|''[[Smack the Pony]]''
|
*7 episodes (2000–2001) (additional material)
|[[Channel 4]]
|-
|''[[Slacker Cats]]''
|
*Television film (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2001)
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]]
|-
|''[[TV to Go]]''
|
*Unknown episodes (2001)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[The Armando Iannucci Shows]]''
|
*8 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2001)
|Channel 4
|-
|''[[Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe]]''
|
*Short film (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2002)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[Black Books]]''
|
*8 episodes (2002, 2004)
|Channel 4
|-
|''[[Man Stroke Woman]]''
|
*"Episode #1.3" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2005)
|BBC Three
|-
|''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]''
|
*8 episodes (2005–2006) (additional material)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[Hyperdrive (British TV series)|Hyperdrive]]''
|
*12 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2005–2006)
|BBC Two
|-
|''[[Katy Brand's Big Ass Show]]''
|
*"Episode #2.2" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2007)
*"Episode #2.4" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2007)
|ITV2
|-
|''[[Slacker Cats]]''
|
*7 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2007, 2009)
|ABC Family
|-
|''[[The Great Outdoors (UK TV series)|The Great Outdoors]]''
|
*3 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010)
|BBC Four
|-
|''[[The Armstrong & Miller Show]]''
|
*"Episode #2.1" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2009)
*"Episode #3.1" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010)
*"Episode #3.4" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010)
*"Episode #3.6" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)|Come Fly with Me]]''
|
*6 episodes (2010–2011) (additional material)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul]]''
|
*"Episode #3.1" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) (additional material)
*"Episode #4.2" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2012) (additional material)
*"Episode #4.4" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2012) (additional material)
|BBC Two
|-
|''[[Gnomeo & Juliet]]''
|
*Feature film (co-written with [[Kelly Asbury]], [[Mark Burton (filmmaker)|Mark Burton]], [[Kevin Cecil]], Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Steve Hamilton Shaw, John R. Smith and Rob Sprackling, 2011)
|N/A
|-
|''[[Big Bad World (TV series)|Big Bad World]]''
|
*"Episode #1.6" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2013)
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|''[[Gangsta Granny (film)|Gangsta Granny]]''
|
*Television film (co-written with Kevin Cecil and David Walliams, 2013)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[The Boy in the Dress (film)|The Boy in the Dress]]''
|
*Television film (co-written with Kevin Cecil and David Walliams, 2014)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[Veep]]''
|
*"Clovis" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2014)
*"Detroit" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2014)
*"East Wing" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2015)
*"B/ill" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2015)
|[[HBO]]
|-
|''[[Tracey Ullman's Show]]''
|
*6 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2016–)
|BBC One
|-
|''[[Sherlock Gnomes]]''
|
*Feature film (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2018)
|Paramount Pictures
|-
|''[[Seize Them!]]''
|
*Feature film (2024)
|TBA
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Work
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Category
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Reference
|-
|2012
|[[Annie Award]]
|''[[Gnomeo & Juliet]]'' <small>(shared with [[Kelly Asbury]], Mark Burton, Kevin Cecil, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Steve Hamilton Shaw, John R. Smith and Rob Sprackling)</small>
|[[Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production|Writing in a Feature Production]]
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|2014
|Online Film & Television Association Award
|rowspan="4"|''[[Veep]]''
|Best Writing in a Comedy Series
|{{won}}
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2015
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|Outstanding Comedy Series
|{{won}}
|
|-
|[[Writers Guild of America Award]]
|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series|Comedy Series]]
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2016
|Writers Guild of America Award
|Comedy Series
|{{won}}
|
|-
|[[Producers Guild of America Award]]
|''Veep'', Season Four
|Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
|{{nom}}
|
|}

== 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)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.misterandyriley.com Andy Riley's official website]
*{{IMDb name|0726978}}

{{Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley}}

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