Horace Ové
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1939
- Died
- September 16, 2023
- Birthplace
- Trinidad
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
James Baldwin Abroad 2023
Director
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today 2020
as Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)
Black and White in Colour 1992
as Self
When Love Dies 1990
Director
Playing Away 1987
Director
The Garland 1981
Director, Writer
- Stretch Hunter
Stretch Hunter 1980
Director
A Hole in Babylon 1979
Director, Writer
Skateboard Kings 1978
Director
Pressure 1976
Director, Screenplay
The Mangrove Nine 1973
Associate Producer
King Carnival 1973
Director
Reggae 1971
Director, Producer
Baldwin's Nigger 1968
Director
Credits from TMDB.