Amma Asante is one of 100 women directors Hollywood should hire

Award-winning Writer/Director Amma Asante is named by the folks at Vulture as one of 100 Women Directors who should be hired by Hollywood.

The publication makes a case for women Directors who they believe should be hired to direct big-budget movies.

… And enough with the producers who claim that there’s still just a shallow pool of female directors to draw from, because we’ve got 100 reasons why that’s not the case.

…very few of whom are afforded the same major opportunities as their male counterparts. Some are promising up-and-comers, while others are award-winning veterans. Their talents run the gamut from comedy to drama, and from action to arthouse. Contrary to what Hollywood would have you believe, it wasn’t hard to assemble such an enormous list of smart, eminently hireable female directors.

Below is the text written about Amma Asante.

Asante’s Belle, the rare costume drama to star a black protagonist, was one of last year’s biggest indie sleepers, making more money than buzzed-about specialty films like Inherent Vice, Under the Skin, and A Most Violent Year. She’s currently shooting the provocative racial drama A United Kingdom, which romantically pairs David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike.

Trailer of the movie ‘Belle’ directed by Asante.