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name: "Amma Asante"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amma-asante"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 September 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:02:48.070452+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Amma Asante

Director. Born 13 September 1969 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 September 1969, Lambeth, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Also known as:** Амма Асанте

## Biography

Amma Asante is a British filmmaker, screenwriter and former actress. Born on 13 September 1969 in Lambeth, London, to Ghanaian parents, she trained at the Barbara Speake Stage School and began her career as a child actress in the BBC series *Grange Hill*.

She wrote and produced the 1998 BBC Two series *Brothers and Sisters*. Her feature directorial debut was *A Way of Life* (2004). She is known for directing the films *Belle* (2013), *A United Kingdom* (2016) and *Where Hands Touch* (2018), and episodes of the series *The Handmaid's Tale* (2019) and *Mrs. America* (2020). Asante was appointed MBE in 2017 and has been chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts since 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Mrs. America* (2020), Director

## Also known for

- *Belle* (2013), Director
- *A United Kingdom* (2016), Director
- *Where Hands Touch* (2018), Director, Screenplay

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