Amma Asante
Directing
Born: 1969-09-13 · Lambeth, London, England, UK
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 seve
🎬 Movies (7)
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021
Self
Where Hands Touch
2018
Director
A United Kingdom
2016
Director
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
Self
Belle
2013
Director
A Way of Life
2004
Director
The Best of Friends
1991
The Black Girl in Search of God
📺 TV Shows (7)
Smillas Gespür für Schnee
2025
Co-Executive Producer
Art That Made Us
2022
Self - Writer & Director
Drunk history: Black Stories
2021
Narrator
Mrs. America
2020
Director
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
Director
Birds of a Feather
1989
Angela (voice)
Grange Hill
1978
Cheryl Webb