Amma Asante
British actor and film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1969 · age 57
Amma Asante is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and, since 2019, chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts. She first appeared in the BBC children's television drama series Grange Hill, and later wrote and produced the 1998 BBC Two television series Brothers and Sisters, starring David Oyelowo.
Amma Asante is read about 103 times a day, in 16 languages.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Art That Made UsSeries2021Drunk history: Black StoriesSeries, Narrator
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingFilm, 20212020
Mrs. AmericaSeries, Director2018
Where Hands TouchFilm, Director, Writer2017OkayAfrica 100 WomenAward
The Handmaid's TaleSeries, 2017Director2016
A United KingdomFilm, Director2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenFilm2013
BelleFilm, Director2004
A Way of LifeFilm, Director, Writer1991
The Best of FriendsFilm, The Black Girl in Search of God1989
Birds of a FeatherSeries, Sydnee1978
Grange HillSeries, Cheryl Webb
The South Bank ShowSeries, 19781969Born13 September 1969People around Amma
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Tom Felton Amma directed A United Kingdom and Belle
Cate Blanchett Amma directed Mrs. America (2020)
Russell Crowe Amma directed Billion Dollar Spy
Vera Farmiga Amma directed Billion Dollar Spy
Emily Watson Amma directed Belle (2014)
Tom Wilkinson Amma directed Belle (2014)
Miranda Richardson Amma directed Belle (2014)
David Oyelowo Amma directed A United Kingdom (2017)
Brenda Blethyn Amma directed A Way of Life (2004)
Christopher Eccleston Amma directed Where Hands Touch (2018)
Justin Theroux Amma directed Billion Dollar Spy
Tony Goldwyn Amma directed Billion Dollar Spy
Sarah Gadon Amma directed Belle (2014)
Amandla Stenberg Amma directed Where Hands Touch (2018)
Jack Davenport Amma directed A United Kingdom (2017)
Penelope Wilton Amma directed Belle (2014)
Willa Fitzgerald Amma directed Billion Dollar Spy
Laura Carmichael Amma directed A United Kingdom (2017)
Claes Bang Amma directed Billion Dollar Spy
Charlotte Hope Amma directed A United Kingdom (2017)
Vusi Kunene Amma directed A United Kingdom (2017)
Jessica Oyelowo Amma directed A United Kingdom (2017)
Rick McCallum Produced A United Kingdom (2016)
Susan Brown Amma directed Belle (2014)
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Where Hands Touch 2018
Belle 2013
A United Kingdom 2016
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 9
21 credits on file
Television 7
Media & music
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About this person
She is known for directing the feature films A Way of Life (2004); Belle (2013); and A United Kingdom (2016), also starring Oyelowo. On television, she directed two episodes of season 3 of The Handmaid's Tale in 2019, and is co-creator, writer, and director of the internationally co-produced TV crime drama series Smilla's Sense of Snow, premiering on Australian television on 30 July 2025.
