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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, England, to parents from Ghana.
The Official website of Bafta Award winning writer/director Amma Asante.
Biography. Amma Asante MBE is a multi-award winning writer and director who won a BAFTA for her first film, A Way of Life (2004). This made Amma the first Black director to win a BAFTA Film Award for writing and directing a feature film.
Amma Asante is a British BAFTA award winning screenwriter and director, known for Belle (2013), and A Way of Life (2004). She is a former child actress, who began her writing career at the age of 23 with a script deals from both Channel 4 in the UK and BBC.
May 2, 2014 · Director Amma Asante found the story behind her new movie, Belle, in a painting: artist Johann Zoffany's 18th century portrait of two beautiful, young...
Growing up in South London in the 1980s writer and first time director Amma Asante recalls “the part of London I lived in seems so diverse now. It wasn’t then. We were one of two black families living on a very long street.”
May 1, 2014 · “Belle,” comes from British director Amma Asante, who made a huge impression a decade ago with gritty drama “A Way Of Life” (which won her a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut—an award that’s ...
