Amma Asante

Person · Open Library

Born

1969

Works

2

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Film & TV

Lambeth, London, England, UK

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,…

Known for

• Art That Made Us — Self - Writer & Director2022
• Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking — Self2021
• Drunk history: Black Stories — Narrator2021
• Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women — Self2014
• The Best of Friends — The Black Girl in Search of God1991
• Birds of a Feather — Sydnee1989
• Birds of a Feather — Angela (voice)1989
• Grange Hill — Cheryl Webb1978

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Detroit

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

28

Total plays

44

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

London Borough of Lambeth

Occupation

screenwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Official website

www.ammaasante.com

Image

Amma Asante at MIFF.jpg

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