Amma Asante
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
Series
Grange Hill
Cheryl Webb
1978
Series
Birds of a Feather
Sydnee
1989
Series
Birds of a Feather
Angela (voice)
1989
Series
Art That Made Us
Self - Writer & Director
2022
Film
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
2014
Drunk history: Black Stories
Narrator
2021
Film
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
2021
Film
The Best of Friends
The Black Girl in Search of God
1991