{{short description|British television and film director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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'''Andy De Emmony''' (born {{circa|1964}}; sometimes spelled ''DeEmmony'')<ref>{{cite webbook|url=https://books.google.iecom/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA280&lpg=PA280&dq=%22DeEmmony%22+married&source=bl&ots=UApOwVoWEZ&sig=jGeznf2-PJW4Gxzz7AbXvPJl33M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizn6jRuKXVAhVoD8AKHUMIA_UQ6AEISDAF#v=onepage&q=%22DeEmmony%22&fpg=falsePA280|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|first=Jerry|last=Roberts|date=5 June 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810863781|via=Google Books}}</ref>) is ana [[Irish people|Irish]]British television, theatre and film [[director]] and [[assistantFilm director|director]].<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/wiperstimes/andy-de-emmony|title=BBC – Interview with director of The Wipers Times, Andy De Emmony – Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/features/interviews/andy-deemmony/|title=Mr Flibble Talks To... Andy de Emmony – Features – Red Dwarf – The Official Website|website=www.reddwarf.co.uk}}</ref>
== Career ==
De Emmony has worked primarily in comedy, including ''[[Red Dwarf VI]]'',<ref>{{cite webbook|url=https://books.google.iecom/books?id=0nIuCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT136&dq=%22De+Emmony%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiArpnTuaXVAhVQFMAKHR04BzEQ6AEIITAA#v=onepage&q=%22De+Emmony%22&fpg=falsePT136|title=The Man In The Rubber Mask: The Inside Smegging Story of Red Dwarf|first=Robert|last=Llewellyn|date=14 May 2013|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781908717771|via=Google Books}}</ref> ''[[Father Ted]]'', ''[[Spitting Image]]''. He has directed two features: the comedy sequel ''[[West is West (2010 film)|West is West]]''<ref name="irishexaminer.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/filmandtv/horror-rites-of-passage-146373.html|title=Horror rites of passage|date=26 February 2011|publisher=}}</ref> and the comedy horror ''[[Love Bite]]''.<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
He has won one BAFTA ([[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)]], ''[[Father Ted]]'', 1999) and has picked up nominations for his work on ''Spitting Image'', ''[[Cutting It]]'', ''[[The Canterbury Tales (TV series)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' and ''[[Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!]]''.
