Ayoade on Top

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I’m not saying we don’t need lawyers. But that’s only because I’ve been legally advised not to make that statement.” Richard Ayoade | BFI". Bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016 . Retrieved 31 July 2020. Gordon, Jeremy (17 June 2016). "Watch Radiohead's New Short Video Directed by Richard Ayoade". Pitchfork . Retrieved 7 March 2018.

Sally is wearing capri pants, whose softly iridescent gun-metal hue speaks of an elegance beyond those common folk who scrap it out in the scrum of the quotidian.” Bafta Film Awards 2012: Nominations". BBC Online. British Broadcasting Service . Retrieved 16 June 2016.

Richard Ellef Ayoade ( / ˌ aɪ oʊ ˈ ɑː d i/ EYE-oh- AH-dee; born 23 May 1977) is a British [1] [2] comedian, actor, broadcaster, and filmmaker. [3] He played the role of socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd (2006–2013), for which he won the 2014 BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance. When Ayoade promoted the book on The Graham Norton Show last year, fellow guest Olivia Colman was clearly intrigued by it.

In 2008, Ayoade directed the music videos for two Vampire Weekend singles: " Oxford Comma", filmed in one long take, [10] and " Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa". [35] That year he also directed videos for The Last Shadow Puppets songs " Standing Next to Me" and " My Mistakes Were Made for You", the latter of which was inspired by Federico Fellini's Toby Dammit. [10] [36] He directed a live Arctic Monkeys DVD, At the Apollo (2008), recorded at the Manchester Apollo on super 16mm film. It was previewed at Vue cinemas across the UK in October 2008 and released on DVD the next month. [37] Ayoade was featured in Paul King's 2009 film Bunny and the Bull, playing an extremely boring museum tour guide. [38] That year he also directed two music videos for the Arctic Monkeys, " Crying Lightning" and " Cornerstone", and videos for Kasabian's " Vlad the Impaler", starring Fielding, and " Heads Will Roll" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. [36] [39] [40] DeFore, John (10 June 2011). " Submarine is director Richard Ayoade's coming of age". The Washington Post . Retrieved 4 January 2015. Ayoade on Top, his third book published by Faber and Faber, is a tongue-in-cheek ode to the critically maligned romantic comedy View from the Top starring Gwyneth Paltrow. [80] [81] The Financial Times included Ayoade on Top in its collection of the best books of 2019 and Ayoade was ranked 33rd of the 50 best comedians of the 21st century in a 2019 list published by The Guardian. [82] [83] I caught Richard Ayoade on The Graham Norton Show regaling the couch with a description of his new book and I knew I had to read it asap.In 2007, he directed the music videos for the songs " Fluorescent Adolescent" by Arctic Monkeys and Super Furry Animals's " Run-Away", which starred Matt Berry. The former received a UK Music Video Award nomination, attributed by Ayoade only to the song being "so good". [10] Ayoade has frequently appeared as a panellist on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, often with Noel Fielding, making his first appearance on The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz in 2007, which marked Channel 4's 25th anniversary. [34] Duralde, Alonso (31 August 2014). " 'Boxtrolls' Venice Review: A Charmless Misfire from Laika Studios". The Wrap . Retrieved 6 March 2018.

Shannon Miller, Liz (23 September 2017). " 'Neo Yokio' Voice Cast: A Visual Guide to Who Played Whom in New Netflix Animated Series". IndieWire . Retrieved 7 March 2018.

In February 2006, Ayoade began playing technically brilliant, but socially awkward, IT technician Maurice Moss in the sitcom The IT Crowd on Channel 4, appearing with Chris O'Dowd, Katherine Parkinson, Chris Morris, and later on, Matt Berry. The series' creator Graham Linehan wrote the part specifically for Ayoade. [29] In 2008, Ayoade won the award for an outstanding actor in a television comedy series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for his performance. [30] In 2009, Ayoade co-starred with Joel McHale in the pilot for an American version of The IT Crowd, reprising his role with the same appearance and personality; however, no series was commissioned, and the pilot never aired. [31] The original The IT Crowd ran for four seasons until 2010, with a special airing in 2013, for which Ayoade won a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance. [32] [33] here, the film seems to ask whether ‘going places’ is the same as ‘going to a place’. The first is a perpetual cycle. Sisyphus is going places, it’s just that the route is quite up and down.” This was a rather bizarre premise for a book but of course, comedy genius Richard Ayoade managed to pull it off. Anders, Charlie Jane (2 April 2014). "The Failed U.S. Remake Of The IT Crowd Is Fascinating To Watch". Gizmodo . Retrieved 26 January 2018. Evans, Bradford (26 February 2014). "Richard Ayoade Signs a Deal to Write Three Books About Film". Vulture . Retrieved 8 March 2022.