Biography
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. 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.
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Awards & recognition
- OkayAfrica 100 Women · 2017
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
Filmography7 titles
The Handmaid's Tale
Where Hands Touch
Mrs. America
Belle
A United Kingdom
Birds of a Feather
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking