Richard Yee (director)
Richard Yee (director)[edit]
Richard Yee is a writer, director, producer and Co-Founder of Me + You Productions. Born in Glasgow, he studied at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Pennsylvania where he studied Fine Art before pursuing a career in television.
Yee started in documentaries where he series produced, directed, and executive produced three series of An Idiot Abroad [1] starring Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The series was nominated for a BAFTA, RTS Award, Broadcast Award, National Television Award and British Comedy Award.
Yee later co-created the series The Moaning of Life with Karl Pilkington which was nominated for a Broadcast Award and Broadcast Digital Award.
In 2015 he co-created the comedy series Hoff the Record which was awarded an International Emmy Award for the best comedy series in 2016.[2]
In 2018 he followed this up co-creating, writing and directing comedy-drama Sick of it (TV series) with Karl Pilkington.[3]
Filmography:[edit]
An Idiot Abroad 1. 2010. (Director, Series Producer)
An Idiot Abroad 2. 2011 (Director, Executive Producer)
An Idiot Abroad 3. 2012 (Director, Executive Producer)
The Moaning of Life 1. 2013 (Director, Executive Producer)
The Moaning of Life 2. 2015 (Director, Executive Producer)
Hoff the Record 1. 2015 (Co-creator, Producer)
Hoff the Record 2. 2016 (Co-creator, Producer)
Urban Myths: The Dali and The Cooper 2018 (Producer)
Sick of it (TV series) 2018 (Co-creator, Writer, Director)
References[edit]
- ↑ Brown, Annie (2010-11-11). "Scots producer responsible for sending Karl Pilkington round the world reveals tour hell of TV idiot". dailyrecord. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "Hasselhoff show wins Best Comedy at International Emmy Awards". Sky News. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ↑ "Sick of It: All you need to know about Karl Pilkington's new show". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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