Director
Amma Asante
Born September 13, 1969 in Lambeth, London, England, UK
6 films
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.
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First watchWhere Hands Touch20187.9Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi…View filmEssential films
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6 films as director- TBABillion Dollar SpyDirector
- TBALondon, I Love YouDirector
- 2018Where Hands TouchDirector
- 2016A United KingdomDirector
- 2013BelleDirector
- 2004A Way of LifeDirector