Horace Ové
Directing
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
Directing20
movieJames Baldwin Abroad
2023
Director
tvThe Orchid House
1991
Director
movieWhen Love Dies
1990
Director
4 Play
1989
Director
moviePlaying Away
1987
Director
movieThe Garland
1981
Director
movieA Hole in Babylon
1979
Director
tvEmpire Road
1978
Director
movieSkateboard Kings
1978
Director
tvThe Professionals
1977
Director
moviePressure
1976
Director
movieKing Carnival
1973
Director
Full House
1972
Director
movieReggae
1971
Director
tvPlay for Today
1970
Director
Review
1969
Director
movieBaldwin's Nigger
1968
Director
tvThe World About Us
1967
Director
Writing4
Acting2
movieDrama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020
Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)
Production2
movieThe Mangrove Nine
1973
Associate Producer
movieReggae
1971
Producer