Armando Iannucci: Armando Iannucci. Writer: The Death of Stalin. Armando Iannucci was born on 28 November 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Death of Stalin (2017), In the Loop (2009) and Veep (2012). He has been married to Rachel Jones since 25 August 1990. They have two children.