Amma Asante is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, and former actress born in London to Ghanaian parents. She started her career as a child actress appearing in BBC's Grange Hill. Asante later left acting and focused on screenwriting, founding her own production company Tantrum Films. Through Tantrum Films, she wrote and produced two series for BBC Two. Asante has received accolades for her films Belle (2013) and A Way of Life (2004), and in 2017 she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to film.
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1. Amma Asante
Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress,
and Chancellor at NorwichUniversityof Arts born in London to parents from Ghana. She was born
in London, to Ghanaian parents: her mother was an entrepreneur who owned her own African
cosmetics and grocery store, and her accountant father received qualifications to work in the
United Kingdom.
Her love for the film industry started when she received her first role in BBC's Grange Hill
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. Her love for the film industry
started when she received her first role at the age of 23 with
a script deals from both Channel 4 in the UK and BBC.
Writing and directing career
Amma Asante’s career started when she first attended a
performing arts school that allowed her to draft her first sitcom
script. Later, she became a child actress and made her first
appearances on television in Grange Hill and Desmond’s In
her late teens, Asante left acting and worked in screenwriting
with a development deal from Chrysalis. She founded a
production company, Tantrum Films, where she wrote and
produced two series of the BBC Two drama Brothers and
Sisters (1998)
Asante was appointed Member of the Order of the British
Empire (MBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to film.
In 2018, Asante became the first woman to receive the British Urban Film Festival honorary
award from actress Dona Croll for outstanding contribution to film and television.