
Amma Asante
Born
1969-09-13
Place of birth
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 seven years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amma Asante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, ful...
Known for

Grange Hill
Cheryl Webb

Birds of a Feather
Sydnee

Birds of a Feather
Angela (voice)

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self

The Best of Friends
The Black Girl in Search of God

Art That Made Us
Self - Writer & Director
Drunk history: Black Stories
Narrator