Alexandra Amon
Alexandra Amon, born 27 July 1981 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France is an actress, scriptwriter, producer,[1] entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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Biography
[edit]Of Ivorian heritage, she studied in the United States before returning to Côte d'Ivoire to found her production company and to rejoin her family.
In 2006, she obtained a bachelor's degree in advertising from the Pratt Institute.[2]
She did an internship for the famous American photographer and director David LaChapelle. Afterwards, she worked with various independent production companies in the United States and also did a stint with 3A Télésud.[3]
Around 2008, after having finished her studies and having completed internships in various production companies and for various television networks in the United States,[2] she left New York City[4] and moved to Abidjan.
In 2012, after two years as artistic director of the Agence McCann in Abidjan, Amon founded her own production company,[4] ZIV. Five years later, in 2017, she was a winner at the Fespaco.[5] Her career has focused on several French-language productions to be broadcast in Europe, in Africa and on international television stations such as Canal+,[6] BET France,[7] and TV5 Monde.[8]
List of various works
[edit]Television
[edit]November 2014 : Chroniques africaines. Broadcast on, A+,[6] TV5, BET,[7] produced by ZIV Productions.
This was the first semi-fictional Reality television series from the Ivory Coast that details many small stories inspired by the daily lives of the inhabitants of a large city. It combined elements from both fiction and reality television. The first city featured is Abidjan. Each story featured in the series[9] relates a piece of everyday life in an African city and revolves around the themes of love and of male-female relations.
February 2017 : Boutique hôtel. Broadcast on A+, TV5 and YouTube; a ZIV Productions et RED TV production.
Boutique hôtel features a young woman named Lola Durant, who, following in her mother's footsteps, takes over a hotel residence. As a novice, she will be faced with an extraordinary staff and a rather atypical clientele. As the series progresses, stories of love and low blows are intertwined. The series consists of eight fifteen-minute episodes, originally made for the World Wide Web. The series premiered at the official launch of the francophone version of Red TV Afrique.
Awards
[edit]- 2015 : Winner of best TV series for "Chroniques Africaines " – Panafrican Film and Television Festival.[10]
- 2017 : 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexandra Amon". imdb.com. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ a b "Alexandra, Superwoman: "Seul le travail bien fait vous emmènera au sommet". ayanawebzine.com (in French). March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Alexandra Amon, la nouvelle référence du 7e art africain". Forbes Afrique (in French). June 16, 2017. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ a b "Amon Marie Christine/réalisatrice de chroniques africaines : " femmes, n'abandonnez jamais vos rêves "". Afrique Femme (in French). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ "Palmarès officiel FESPACO 2015". fespaco.bf (in French). March 7, 2015. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ a b "L'audiovisuel ivoirien attend beaucoup de la chaîne A+" (in French). Jeune Afrique. January 29, 2015.
- ^ a b "" Boutique Hôtel ", bientôt sur la chaîne BET !". africatopsuccess.com (in French). August 3, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ Fleur-Jennifer Ntoko Moussio (June 16, 2017). "Alexandra Amon, la nouvelle référence du 7e art africain". Forbes (in French). Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Série TV de Côte d'Ivoire : Chroniques africaines". www.balancingact-africa.com (in French). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ Serge Noukoué (2015). "Abidjan, plaque tournante de l'audiovisuel africain" (in French). Le Monde.
- ^ "100 Most Influential Africans of 2017". newafricanmagazine.com. December 6, 2017.