Armando Bó II (born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director. He won the
Academy Award
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for
Best Original Screenplay
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for the 2014 film ''
Birdman'' at the
87th Academy Awards
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in 2015, together with director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu,
Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Bo's cousin
Nicolás Giacobone.
He also directed the
Qualcomm
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-distributed short film ''Lifeline'' in 2016, which was also a Best of Branded Entertainment winner at the 2017 One Show Awards.
His father is the actor
Víctor Bó and his mother is Chia Sly. His paternal grandfather was film director
Armando Bó.
Filmography
*
''Animal'' (2018) - screenwriter, director; with
Guillermo Francella
* ''
Birdman'' (2014) - screenwriter; with
Michael Keaton
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,
Zach Galifianakis
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Galifianakis has starred in films including ''T ...
,
Edward Norton,
Emma Stone
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, and
Naomi Watts
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* ''
The Last Elvis'' (2012) - screenwriter, director, producer, editor
* ''
Biutiful'' (2010) - screenwriter; with
Javier Bardem
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References
External links
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Living people
Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners
Argentine screenwriters
Male screenwriters
Argentine male writers
Argentine film directors
1978 births
Best Screenplay AACTA International Award winners
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