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Red Dwarf
In 1993, de Emmony was brought in to direct Red Dwarf VI as regular directors Rob Grant and Doug Naylor were unavailable. During production, de Emmony was assumed by the cast to be a South African because of his name. Actor Robert Llewellyn (who played Kryten) would always talk to him in a South African accent to the chagrin of black actor Craig Charles as Llewellyn explained: "This was still during the period of apartheid so it wasn't a popular thing to be a White South African with two black actors..." The series as directed by de Emmony went on to win an International Emmy Award at the 22nd International Emmy Awards.