Her second feature film, Belle (2013), is a historical romance. Additionally, Asante was awarded for this film by the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain and the Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina.Īsante has developed film projects in both the UK and US. The Wales Chapter of BAFTA gave A Way of Life four of its top awards in April 2005, including Best Director and Best Film. The 2005 Miami International Film Festival awarded A Way of Life as Best Dramatic Feature in World Cinema and the FIPRESCI prize (International Federation of Film Critics prize) for Best Feature Film.
That same month at the BAFTA Film Awards, Asante received the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Writer, director, or Producer in Their First Feature Film, which she has since cited as being a big break in her career. In February 2005 Asante was named The Times newspaper's Breakthrough Artist of the Year and was nominated for Best Newcomer at both the Evening Standard and London Film Critics award ceremonies. In November 2004, the London Film Festival awarded Asante the inaugural Alfred Dunhill UK Film Talent Award. On 17 January 2005, the Times said: "She is one of the most exciting prospects in British cinema to emerge in the past 12 months." The film has been described as "one of the most warmly received UK titles in the London Film Festival in the autumn and a harrowing drama in social realist mode". It also touches on the theme of cultural conflict, with their neighbour Hassan Osman (played by Oliver Haden), who had been the victim of a beating, after being accused of reporting Leigh Anne to social services for child neglect. As a young 17-year-old, Leigh Anne ( Stephanie James), finds it difficult to get by, especially due to the medical expenses that her daughter Eli Williams, incurred.
It also introduces her brother Gavin, played by Nathan Jones, who was also taken into foster care. It details the reality of a woman who recounts the suicidal death of her mother and the presence of foster care. Her first film, A Way of Life, focused on the life of a single mother, played by Stephanie James. It was developed and financed through the UK Film Council and produced by Peter Edwards, Patrick Cassavetti and Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award winner Charlie Hanson.
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She founded a production company, Tantrum Films, where she wrote and produced two series of the BBC Two drama Brothers and Sisters (1998).Īsante used Tantrum Films to make her directorial debut with a feature film, A Way of Life (2004). In her late teens, Asante left acting and worked in screenwriting with a development deal from Chrysalis. Later, she became a child actress and made her first appearances on television in Grange Hill and Desmond's. Writing and directing career Īmma Asante’s career started when she first attended a performing arts school that allowed her to draft her first sitcom script. She is now married to Søren Pedersen, spokesman for European police in The Hague. She gained credits in other British television series, including Desmond's ( Channel 4) and Birds of a Feather (BBC 1), and was a Children's Channel presenter for a year.Īsante was previously married to producer Charlie Hanson.
She appeared in the " Just Say No" anti-drugs campaign of the 1980s and was one of nine Grange Hill children to take it to the Reagan White House. Asante attended the Barbara Speake Stage School in Acton, where she trained in dance and drama.
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4 Professional associations and interestsĪmma Asante was born in Lambeth, London, to Ghanaian parents: her mother was an entrepreneur who owned her own African cosmetics and grocery, and her accountant father received qualifications to work in the United Kingdom.
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