Portrait of Amma Asante

Directing

Amma Asante

Career

Active from 1991 to 2020, with a break from 1992 to 2003, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mrs. America
Mrs. America
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Amma Asante Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.8, average 2.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 2
  • Social Justice 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

11
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Billion Dollar Spy
Billion Dollar Spy

Director

London, I Love You
London, I Love You

Director, Writer

2020s

1 title
Drunk history: Black Stories
Drunk history: Black Stories (2021)

TV show ยท as Narrator

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 65
Where Hands Touch
Where Hands Touch (2018)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Screenplay

A United Kingdom
A United Kingdom (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Belle
Belle (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

2000s

1 title ยท average score 77
A Way of Life
A Way of Life (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Writer

1990s

1 title
The Best of Friends
The Best of Friends (1991)

as The Black Girl in Search of God

1980s

1 title ยท average score 63
Birds of a Feather
Birds of a Feather (1989)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Sydnee / Angela (voice)

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 66
Grange Hill
Grange Hill (1978)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Cheryl Webb

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show