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Sean Gray (born 15 June 1983) is a British comedy writer, producer and director. He is known for his work on the HBO series ''
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'', the BAFTA-winning BBC series ''
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'' and ''
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'' and the feature film '' The Day Shall Come''. He is a two-time Emmy-winner and Golden Globe-nominee.


Early life and education

Gray graduated from
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. During his time at Oxford he wrote for and edited the university magazine ''
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'', and has explained that this "was basically just an excuse to write funny stuff for an audience". Gray started writing comedy sketches as a student and has cited
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as the comedian who "opened iseyes to what comedy could be".


Television and Radio

Gray began his career in 2006 writing on the
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BBC2 comedy series ''
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''. He worked as Assistant Producer on Series 1 of ''
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'', and wrote for the red button "Stewart V Armando" interview segments with Iannucci. He worked on the
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comedy ''
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'', writing or co-writing 14 episodes. For the launch of Series 4, he and fellow ''The Thick of It'' writer Ian Martin were interviewed by
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for
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's '' Front Row'', and described how the show's seemingly farcical policies had often been mirrored in real life. Gray also wrote on this subject for the BBC News website. He is a writer and
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on HBO's Emmy-winning sitcom ''
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'', starring
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. The show and Gray won the Outstanding Comedy Series at both the
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and the
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, two Writers Guild Of America Awards and a 2016 Peabody Award. He is a credited writer on 9 episodes of ''Veep'': "Catherine" and "Chung" (Season 1); "Hostages" and "Running" (Season 2); "Some New Beginnings" and "Alicia" (Season 3); "Convention" and "Testimony" (Season 4); and "Thanksgiving" (Season 5). He is creator and sole writer of ''iGod'', a Radio 4 science fiction comedy series starring
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and
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about a man who accidentally causes the end of the world. The show was described by ''
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'' as "very, very funny", and by the '' Radio Times'' as "hilarious". He has also written for three series of ''
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'' and
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's ''One''.


Film

Gray directed
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in the award-winning short film ''Bistro'', which he also wrote and produced. The film co-stars
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and won Soho House's international "Electric Shorts" competition. While working on the Oscar-nominated film '' In The Loop'', he and Iannucci reportedly managed to get into the US State Department using their BBC passes, prompting acting spokesman Robert Wood to later issue a statement, and the State Department to conduct "a complete review of their security procedures". He wrote for the 2019 black comedy thriller '' The Day Shall Come'' alongside director Chris Morris and
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. He had previously collaborated with Morris on the Season 3 ''Veep'' episode "Alicia". He is currently developing "a comedy about artificial intelligence" for Armando Iannucci to direct. He contributed additional material to the satire ''
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'' for director
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, starring Steve Coogan.


Credits

* '' The Day Shall Come'' (additional material) * ''
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'' (Writer, 9 episodes, Co-Executive producer)
The Hollywood Reporter" 16 April 2011 * ''
The Thick of It ''The Thick of It'' is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of British government. Written and directed by Armando Iannucci, it was first broadcast for two short series on BBC Four in 2005, initially with a smal ...
'' (Writer, 14 episodes) * ''
Time Trumpet ''Time Trumpet'' is a six-episode satirical television comedy series which aired on BBC Two in August 2006. The series was written by Armando Iannucci, Roger Drew and Will Smith in a similar manner to Iannucci's earlier one-off programmes, '' 20 ...
'' (Writer) * ''
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle ''Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle'' is a British comedy series created by and starring Stewart Lee and broadcast on BBC Two. It features stand-up comedy and sketches united by a theme for each episode. It was script-edited by Chris Morris and was ...
'' (writer, additional material Series 2; Assistant Producer, writer 6 episodes of "Comedy Extra" segments on red button Series 1) * ''iGod'' on BBC Radio 4 (creator, writer 2010–2011) * ''Bistro'' (writer, director, producer) * ''
Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive ''Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive'' is a British radio comedy programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2005 with a second series in 2006, a third in 2007 and a fourth in 2008. Series 2, 3 and 4 of the show were broadcast in the p ...
'' on BBC Radio 4 * '' In the Loop (film), In the Loop''


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Sean British comedy writers British radio writers British television writers Living people 1983 births Alumni of the University of Oxford