Horace Ové
Directing
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.
Filmography
Acting (2)
2020
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Todayas Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)
1992
Black and White in Colouras Self
10.0
Production & Directing (16)
2023
James Baldwin AbroadDirector
10.0
1990
When Love DiesDirector
1987
Playing AwayDirector
6.0
1981
The GarlandWriter
9.0
1981
The GarlandDirector
9.0
1980
Stretch HunterDirector
1979
A Hole in BabylonDirector
8.0
1979
A Hole in BabylonWriter
8.0
1978
Skateboard KingsDirector
1976
PressureDirector
6.5
1976
PressureScreenplay
6.5
1973
The Mangrove NineAssociate Producer
10.0
1973
King CarnivalDirector
1971
ReggaeDirector
7.0
1971
ReggaeProducer
7.0
1968
Baldwin's NiggerDirector
7.0