Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born 1990) is an American comedian, musician and songwriter, actor and filmmaker. Burnham's comedy often is a blend of sketch, musical, and stand-up components. He was an established YouTube popular in the latter part of the 2000s, and gained a following in the late 2010s due to his humorous stand-up and subversive comedy. Burnham released four comedy albums as well as three comedy specials on Comedy Central Records: Words, Words & Words (2010) and What?. (2013), and Make Happy (2016)--created and appeared in the MTV mockumentary series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013) as well as published his poetry book Egghead: Or You'll Never Survive on Ideas All by Yourself (2013). He announced a career shift away from performing comedy in 2016 , before writing and directing the critically popular drama film Eighth Grade (2018). He has also directed other comedians' comedy specials and also starred in the Oscar Award-winning comedy thriller film Promising Young Woman (2020).Burnham wrote and performed in his fourth special, Inside (2021), without a crew or audience during the COVID-19 pandemic. the film was released by Netflix to much acclaim. The film was nominated in six categories during the 73rd Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Direction for a Variety Special, Outstanding Music Direction, and Outstanding Writing for the Variety Special. The 64th Grammy Awards, Inside was nominated for Best Music Film and Best Song composed for Visual Media, winning the award for the latter. The special included three tracks that were certified gold by United States Billboard and the accompanying album , Inside (The Songs).
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