Alexandra Amon, born 27 July 1981 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France is an actress, scriptwriter, producer,[1] entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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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]
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 The series consists of eight fifteen-minute episodes, originally made for the World Wide Web.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.