Andy de Emmony

Andy started his career on Spitting Image, directing ten series of the BAFTA nominated satirical show.  He has directed many sitcoms including Red Dwarf (Winning an Emmy) and Father Ted (Winning a BAFTA).  After successfully moving across to drama, he was BAFTA nominated for the first series of Cutting It and The Wife Of Bath, one of two Canterbury Tales he directed, and again for Fantabulosa! starring Michael Sheen, based on the Kenneth Williams Diaries.  Other noteable credits include Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee, from the novel by Meera Syal, Recovery, starring David Tenant, Filth, starring Julie Walters, God on Trial, set in Auschwitz, and Whistle and I’ll come to you, starring John Hurt. West is West, Andy's first feature film was released successfully here in the UK and World wide. This was followed by his second feature Love Bite which was also released worldwide. Recently on television he has made The Bletchley Circle starring Anna Maxwell-Martin and The Wipers Times a satirical black comedy set in WW1 which was nominated for a Bafta, and a two part adaptation of J M Falkner s classic novel Moonfleet, starring Ray Winstone. He recently completed the first three episodes of Our Zoo, a drama for BBC based on the real story of Chester Zoo in 1929.