Horace Ové
- Directing
- January 1, 1939 · Trinidad
- September 16, 2023
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.
Known for
Filmography
- James Baldwin Abroad · Director
- Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today · Self
- Black and White in Colour · Self
- The Orchid House · Director
- When Love Dies · Director
- 4 Play · Director
- Playing Away · Director
- The Garland · Director, Writer
- The Latchkey Children · Director
- Stretch Hunter · Director
- A Hole in Babylon · Director, Writer
- Empire Road · Director
- Skateboard Kings · Director
- The Professionals · Director
- Pressure · Screenplay, Director
- The Mangrove Nine · Associate Producer
- King Carnival · Director
- Full House · Director
- Reggae · Director, Producer
- Play for Today · Director, Writer
- Review · Director
- Baldwin's Nigger · Director
- The World About Us · Director