Horace Ové

Horace Ové

  • Birthday: 1939-01-01
  • Deathday: 2023-09-16
  • Place of birth: Trinidad

Biography

Born in Trinidad in 1939, Sir Horace Ové, CBE was a British director, writer and artist who emerged in the late '60s and throughout the '70s to become one of the leading UK based black independent film-makers. A fact notable for his Guinness World Record for being the first black British film-maker to direct a feature-length film, Pressure (1975). He was knighted in 2022 and passed away in 2023 following a battle with Alzheimer's.

Filmography

Production

Pressure

1976

As Director

Pressure

1976

As Screenplay

Baldwin's Nigger

1968

As Director

Playing Away

1987

As Director

Reggae

1971

As Director

A Hole in Babylon

1979

As Director

Skateboard Kings

1978

As Director

Stretch Hunter

1980

As Director

Reggae

1971

As Producer

When Love Dies

1990

As Director

King Carnival

1973

As Director

The Garland

1981

As Director

The Garland

1981

As Writer

James Baldwin Abroad

2023

As Director

The Mangrove Nine

1973

As Associate Producer

A Hole in Babylon

1979

As Writer

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