John Gordillo is a Perrier Award-nominated English director and Comedian who has directed shows by the Comedian Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard

Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime...

 and was the host and co-creator of The RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance), a daily late-night topical comedy show. The show did not make much of an impression in the popular media but ran for 60 episodes until BBC Choice

BBC Choice

BBC Choice was a BBC TV station which launched on 23 September 1998 and closed on 9 February 2003. It was the first British TV channel to broadcast exclusively in digital format, and was the first new channel from the BBC since BBC Two launched in 1964...

 was rebranded as BBC Three

BBC Three

BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...

.

In 2003 Gordillo made the final shortlist of two comics being considered by the BBC as a full-time replacement for Angus Deayton

Angus Deayton

Gordon Angus Deayton is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster. He is best known for his role as Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the comedy series One Foot in the Grave...

 as host of Have I Got News For You

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been broadcast since 1990, currently the BBC's longest-ever running television panel show...

, although Gordillo has never guest-hosted the show. Gordillo was screentested but the BBC offered the job to the other contender Alexander Armstrong

Alexander Armstrong (comedian)

Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong is a British comedian, actor and television presenter.-Early life and career:Armstrong was born in Rothbury, Northumberland, the youngest of three children, to Henry Angus Armstrong and his wife Emma Virginia Peronnet Thompson-McCausland, daughter of Lucius...

 before eventually deciding to employ neither comic and instead continue with the guest presenter format.

Press

"Gordillo is an inspiration, a consummate performer with an amazing talent, passion and intellect. If you are after cheap, silly laughs avoid this, but if you want intelligent, moving comedy with a point, then you cannot afford to miss it." - Chortle

"Gordillo's intellectual yet heartfelt show makes the personal political with the sort of relaxed intelligence associated with Reginald D. Hunter, whose shows Gordillo used to direct. Heartfelt, intellectual or angry, he's dynamite. It's the kind of show that makes you delighted to be at the Fringe." - The Times

"a grown-up comic who combines emotional intimacy with high-quality gags... You may not find a more accomplished Fringe show." - The Guardian

"manages the rare trick of being moving and wildly funny" - Metro

"One of our finest stand ups" - Evening Standard

"Superb" - Time Out

"Gordillo has found a perfectly sized niche for himself as a thought-provoking, kitchen-sink existentialist, asking questions about personal and public politics with a grace and hilarious insight beyond many of the young pretenders" - The Guardian

Filmography

Director

• Live at the Ambassadors
  Live at the Ambassadors
  Eddie Izzard made his West End debut in 1993 at the Ambassadors Theatre. The show originally had a 4 week run, which was extended twice due to the popularity of the performance...
  
   (1993)
• Unrepeatable
  Unrepeatable
  Unrepeatable is the title of a performance by British comedian Eddie Izzard. It was filmed on 14 March 1994 at the Albery Theatre, released on VHS, and follows his first show, Live at the Ambassadors....
  
   (1994)
• Blackout Comedy Lab
  Comedy Lab
  Comedy Lab is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998....
  
   (2005)

Performer

• The RDA with John Gordillo (2000-2001)
• The Comedy Store
  The Comedy Store
  The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. It has a sister comedy club in La Jolla, San Diego, California.-History:...
  
  

External links

• http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/london/event/john-gordillo-249140/
• http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/j/33204/john_gordillo
• http://www.comedycv.co.uk/johngordillo/index.htm
• http://www.offthekerb.co.uk/artists/john_gordillo.html
• http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22John+Gordillo%22&search_type=&aq=f
• http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/article.html?Listen_to_your_father_-_John_Gordillo&in_article_id=327823&in_page_id=271&in_a_source=
• http://www.channel4.com/4laughs/feature/reviews/john_gordillo.html
• http://www.garbledonline.net/cultheaven.html
• http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/reviews/2001/rda.htm
• http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/features/bbc3/birth.htm
• http://digicreamtimes.blogspot.com/2008/06/we-all-rushed-to-canteen-during.html