Amma Asante Biography
Amma Asante is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, and former actress who currently serves as the Chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts. Her first role in the BBC’s Grange Hill is her most well-known. Brothers and Sisters, starring David Oyelowo, was written and produced by Asante for BBC Two in 1998.
How old is Amma Asante? – Age
She is 51 years old as of 13 September 2020. She was born in 1969 in Lambeth, London, United Kingdom.
Amma Asante Family
Asante was born to Ghanaian parents: her mother was an entrepreneur who ran her own African cosmetics and grocery store, and her father was a qualified accountant in the United Kingdom.
Amma Asante Husband
Previously, Asante was married to producer Charlie Hanson. She is married to Sren Pedersen, a spokesman for European police in The Hague.
Amma Asante Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $47 million.
Amma Asante Where Hands Touch
She is the director of the 2018 British-Belgian-Canadian-Irish romantic war drama film Where Hands Touch. On September 9, 2018, Where Hands Touch had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Vertical Entertainment released it in theaters in the United States on September 14, 2018. It was met with mixed to negative reviews, with praise for Stenberg’s performance and criticism for the screenplay.
Amma Asante Grange Hill
When she got her first role in BBC’s Grange Hill, she fell in love with the industry. She was one of nine Grange Hill kids who delivered it to Ronald Reagan in the White House.
Amma Asante Belle
Belle, Asante’s first feature film, was released in 2013 and is based on Dido Elizabeth Belle. An illegitimate mixed-race daughter of an enslaved African woman and a Royal Navy captain is depicted in the film. She discusses social and structural issues of the time, such as gender roles and abolitionism, by drawing on her personal experiences. Locations for the film included the Isle of Man, London, and Oxford. On 2 April 2014, as part of the UN commemorative events on slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, a special screening of the film was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Amma Asante A Way of Life
With the feature film A Way of Life, Asante made her directorial debut (2004) Peter Edwards, Patrick Cassavetti, and Charlie Hanson produced the film, which was developed and funded by the UK Film Council. “One of the most warmly received UK titles in the London Film Festival in the autumn and a harrowing drama in social-realist mode,” according to the press. Asante was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year by The Times newspaper in February 2005 and was nominated for Best Newcomer at both the Evening Standard and London Film Critics award ceremonies. In the same month, she was honored with the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Writer, Director, or Producer at the BAFTA Film Awards. She won the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Writer, Director, or Producer in Their First Feature Film at the BAFTA Film Awards later that month.
Amma Asante Movies
♦ 2018 – Where Hands Touch
♦ 2016 – A United Kingdom
♦ 2013 – Belle
♦ 2004 – A Way of Life
Amma Asante TV Shows
♦ 2020 – Mrs. America
♦ 2019 – The Handmaid’s Tale
