Horace Ové

Birthday: 1939-01-01
Deathday: 2023-09-16
Birthplace: Trinidad
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
2023-02-03 James Baldwin Abroad
1990-01-20 When Love Dies
1987-01-02 Playing Away
1981-03-10 The Garland
1980-03-25 Stretch Hunter
1979-11-29 A Hole in Babylon
1978-01-01 Skateboard Kings
1976-11-19 Pressure
1973-07-22 King Carnival
1971-09-23 Reggae
1968-07-12 Baldwin's Nigger