Horace Ové
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 January 1939
Died16 September 2023 (age 84)
Place of birthTrinidad
Known credits23
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.
James Baldwin Abroad
2023 · Director
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020 · Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)
Black and White in Colour
1992 · Self
The Orchid House
1991 · Director
When Love Dies
1990 · Director
4 Play
1989 · Director
Playing Away
1987 · Director
The Garland
1981 · Writer
The Garland
1981 · Director
The Latchkey Children
1980 · Director
Stretch Hunter
1980 · Director
A Hole in Babylon
1979 · Director
A Hole in Babylon
1979 · Writer
Empire Road
1978 · Director
Skateboard Kings
1978 · Director
The Professionals
1977 · Director
Pressure
1976 · Director
Pressure
1976 · Screenplay
The Mangrove Nine
1973 · Associate Producer
King Carnival
1973 · Director
Full House
1972 · Director
Reggae
1971 · Director
Reggae
1971 · Producer
Play for Today
1970 · Director
Play for Today
1970 · Writer
Review
1969 · Director
Baldwin's Nigger
1968 · Director
The World About Us
1967 · Director
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