---
name: "Armando Bo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/armando-bo"
fi1m_id: "armando-bo"
imdb_id: "nm3174584"
tmdb_id: 661870
wikidata_id: "Q19359024"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 December 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T12:06:49.044231+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Armando Bo

## Identity

Armando Bo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/armando-bo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** armando-bo
- **IMDb ID:** nm3174584
- **TMDB ID:** 661870
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19359024
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_B%C3%B3_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19359024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3174584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/661870

Writer. Born 9 December 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 December 1978, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Active:** 2010–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [Alejandro González Iñárritu](https://film.one/person/alejandro-g-inarritu.md), [Nicolás Giacobone](https://film.one/person/nicolas-giacobone.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_B%C3%B3_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19359024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3174584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/661870

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)*](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md) (82)

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## Biography

Armando Bó is an Argentine screenwriter and film director. Born on 9 December 1978 in Buenos Aires, he is the son of actor Víctor Bó and grandson of film director Armando Bó.

He co-wrote the screenplay for *Biutiful* (2010) with Alejandro G. Iñárritu and his cousin Nicolás Giacobone. Bó shared the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014) with Iñárritu, Giacobone and Alexander Dinelaris Jr. He has also written and directed *The Last Elvis* (2012), *Animal* (2018) and the series *El Presidente* (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *Biutiful* (2010), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Barreda* (2026), Producer
- *MORIA* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Always Night* (2025), Producer
- *Cromañón - El documental* (2024), Producer
- *El Presidente* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- *Animal* (2018), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *The Last Elvis* (2012), Producer, Screenplay, Director, Editor
- *Biutiful* (2010), Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *Las Malas*, Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Time Fate Love*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2015: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Birdman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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