2016Nominee
Best Director
A United Kingdom
Amma Asante
Actor · Director · Writer
Lambeth, London, England, UK
September 13, 1969
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2018Winner
Best Director
Where Hands Touch
2013Nominee
Best Director
Belle
Career Highlights
2021Highlight
Best Performance
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2014Highlight
Best Performance
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
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A United Kingdom
Where Hands Touch
Belle