Directing
Horace Ové
EN cinema · 14 credits
Born
1 January 1939
Died
16 September 2023 (aged 84)
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.
Known for
Filmography
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
as Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)
When Love Dies
Director
Playing Away
Director
The Garland
Director, Writer
A Hole in Babylon
Director, Writer
Pressure
Director, Screenplay
The Mangrove Nine
Associate Producer
King Carnival
Director
Reggae
Director, Producer
Baldwin's Nigger
Director