Amma Asante
(1969-), Writer and film directorSitter in 4 portraits
British-born to Ghanaian parents, Amma Asante originally trained in dance and drama at the Barbara Speake Stage School in London and appeared in the television school drama Grange Hill. She later founded her own production company Tantrum Films. She made her directional debut with A Way of Life (2004), winning a number of prestigious awards including BAFTA's Carl Foreman Award. Her second feature, Belle (2013), inspired by the eighteenth-century portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray, received much critical acclaim. This was followed in 2016 with A United Kingdom, the first film by a black director to open the BFI London Film Festival, and Where Hands Touch (2018). In 2017, Asante was appointed MBE for services to film.
by Nina Mae Fowler
compressed charcoal and pencil on paper, 2019
NPG 7069
acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145
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by Bryan Adams
chromogenic print, 19 February 2008
NPG x131966
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