Amy Winhouse’s Father Slams Director Asif Kapadia’s Oscar-Winning Doc, ‘Amy’

Director Asif Kapadia’s dedicated his Oscar for best documentary, Amy, to the “beautiful girl” who inspired it and as touching as his tribute was – it didn’t resonate with the late singer’s father, Mitch Winehouse who has been quite vocal about his disdain for the filmmaker’s allegedly dishonest portrayal of his daughter.

Right after, Kapadia’s win – Winehouse took to twitter to express his disapproval, “Always proud of my baby”. “Amy will not get an oscar though. Just ask Asif Kapadia. That is what this is all about…Asif. He’s fooled everybody”.
Winehouse was never supportive of Kapadia’s mission to expose the complex and intriguing story of Amy Winehouse’s tragically short life – mainly because he believed the filmmaker’s incentive was purely self-motivated.
He consistently attacked Kapadia’s vision by describing the finished product as a “negative, spiteful and misleading portrayal” of his daughter.
Despite the rabid criticism – both Kapadia and producing partner, James Gay-Rees have managed to succeed in their quest to give fans of the Rehab singer – something to celebrate nearly five years after her untimely death from alcohol poisoning.
Kapadia maintains that the goal was always to “make a film to show the world who she really was”
Gay-Rees concurs by adding that the late singer’s fans still adored her – even when times were rough, “This is for Amy’s fans, who loved her though thick and thin”.
The reception for Amy has been pretty encouraging and the good word has given both Kapadia Gay-Rees ammunition to produce their next controversial project about the life of soccer legend – Diego Maradona.
Hopefully they stick to the facts – we have a feeling that Maradona isn’t someone who will take being bamboozled lightly.