Amma Asante
Born: 1969-09-13 in Lambeth, London, England, UK
Known For: Directing
Biography
Amma Asante MBE (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she received her first role in BBC's children's television drama series Grange Hill. Asante wrote and produced the 1998 BBC Two series Brothers and Sisters, starring David Oyelowo. She was a childhood friend of model Naomi Campbell, whom she met when they were seven years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amma Asante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2022
- Art That Made Us as Self - Writer & Director
2021
- Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking as Self
- Drunk history: Black Stories as Narrator
2020
- Mrs. America ... (Director)
2018
- Where Hands Touch ... (Director)
2017
- The Handmaid's Tale ... (Director)
2016
- A United Kingdom ... (Director)
2014
2013
- Belle ... (Director)
2004
- A Way of Life ... (Director)
1991
- The Best of Friends as The Black Girl in Search of God
1989
- Birds of a Feather as Sydnee
1978
- Grange Hill as Cheryl Webb