Shola Amoo

Shola Amoo wrote and directed the feature THE LAST TREE, which premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. THE LAST TREE won Best Screenplay from The Writers Guild of Great Britain and two British Independent Film Awards. He adapted the book “My Name is Leon” for the BBC and is set to direct a feature based on Leigh Montville’s novel “Sting Like a Bee: Muhammed Ali vs. The United States of America” that centers on Muhammed Ali’s refusal to be inducted into the US Army during the Vietnam War. He is developing a variety of projects across Film and TV.