Amma Asante

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.

Known For

Grange Hill

Birds of a Feather

Art That Made Us

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

The Best of Friends

All Movies (3)

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking2021 · as Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women2014 · as Self
The Best of Friends1991 · as The Black Girl in Search of God

All TV Shows (5)

Art That Made Us2022 · as Self - Writer & Director
Drunk history: Black Stories2021 · as Narrator
Birds of a Feather1989 · as Sydnee
Birds of a Feather1989 · as Angela (voice)
Grange Hill1978 · as Cheryl Webb