John Gordillo

John Gordillo is a director and former comedian. He has directed and produced live shows, specials and TV series for Eddie Izzard, Reginald D Hunter, Ross Noble, Josh Widdicombe, Dylan Moran, Michael Mcintyre, Mark Steel, Shappi Khorsandi, Seann Walsh, Shazia Mirza and Sean Lock among others.^[1][2][3]

John Gordillo
John Gordillo in March 2008.
Birth name	Alberto John Gordillo
Born	London
Medium	Stand-up and director.
Nationality	British
Website	johngordillo.square.site

Gordillo performed stand-up from 1996 to 2000 before he co-created & hosted two series of The RDA aka The Recommended Daily Allowance, a talk show for BBC Three.^[4][5][6][7] Gordillo returned to stand-up in 2006.^[8] In 2016, his Work-in-Progress stand-up set won Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival.^[9]

Gordillo's solo work includes the 2009 production of Fuckonomics which received mixed reviews. British comedy website Chortle said the show's subject placed Gordillo "on potentially hack, misogynistic ground"^[10] whilst The Herald described it as "excruciatingly unfunny."^[11] More favourable reviews described Fuckonomics as "intellectually ambitious."^[12]

His show about his father, Divide & Conga, was received some positive reviews at the Edinburgh fringe^{[13][14][15][16]} and his show Cheap Shots at the Defenceless toured internationally and received mixed reviews.^[17][18][19]

In 2017, he directed & co-devised Ugly Chief at Battersea Arts Centre with performance artist Victoria Melody and her father, TV antiques dealer Mike Melody. The show was a seriocomic examination of death and the tensions of a father-daughter relationship. The piece received positive reviews.^[20][21]

Gordillo is represented by the British talent agency Off The Kerb.^[22]

Filmography

Director

• Live at the Ambassadors (1993)
• Unrepeatable (1994)
• Blackout Comedy Lab (2005)
• Dave's One Night Stand (2011)
• Live: In The Midst of Crackers Reginald D. Hunter (2013)
• Freewheeling with Ross Noble (2014)
• Off the Hook: Dylan Moran Live (2015)
• Keep it Light: Sean Lock Live (2017)
• The RDA with John Gordillo (2000–2001)
• The Comedy Store
• Edinburgh Comedy Festival
• New Zealand Comedy Gala (2014)

Live credits

• 2007 Free John Gordillo (at the Edinburgh Fringe)^[23]
• 2008 Divide & Conga (at the Edinburgh Fringe)^[24]
• 2009 Fuckonomics (at the Edinburgh Fringe)^[25]
• 2013 Cheap Shots at the Defenceless (at the Edinburgh Fringe)^[26]
• 2016 Love Capitalism (at the Edinburgh Fringe)^[27]

Theatre credits

Director

• 2017 Ugly Chief^[28]