Bo Burnham
Awards & Honours
25
Awards Won
4
Rankings
5
Covers
2
Records
Burnham's work has been recognized with major industry awards, including three Primetime Emmys and a Grammy for Inside, which also earned a Peabody Award. His directorial debut, Eighth Grade, won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, making him one of the few comedians to transition so successfully into filmmaking. Inside was a cultural touchstone, with its songs charting on Billboard and achieving platinum status. Burnham's ability to create a deeply personal, critically acclaimed special in isolation during the pandemic is a singular achievement in modern comedy.
Awards
Rankings & Lists
Greatest of All Time Comedy Albums
100 Most Influential People
Power of Comedy
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
Magazine Covers
TIME
June 2022
Bo Burnham: The Comedian Who Made a Masterpiece in Isolation
Rolling Stone
September 2021
Bo Burnham: The Pandemic's Unlikely Pop Star
Vanity Fair
March 2022
Bo Burnham: Inside the Mind of a Comedy Genius
GQ
October 2021
Bo Burnham on Anxiety, Fame, and the Future of Comedy
The New York Times Magazine
July 2021
The Lonely Genius of Bo Burnham
Records & Feats
First person to win a Grammy for a song from a self-produced COVID-era special
Bo Burnham won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media for 'All Eyes on Me' from Inside, which he created entirely alone.
Youngest person to perform a half-hour set on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham
At age 17, Burnham performed a half-hour set on Live at Gotham, the youngest ever to do so.