Director
Horace Ové
Born 1939 · 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.
Directed
The Professionals
Director · 1977
James Baldwin Abroad
Director · 2023
The Garland
Director · 1981
Baldwin's Nigger
Director · 1968
Pressure
Director · 1976
A Hole in Babylon
Director · 1979
Reggae
Director · 1971
Playing Away
Director · 1987
The Orchid House
Director · 1991
When Love Dies
Director · 1990
Stretch Hunter
Director · 1980
Skateboard Kings
Director · 1978
King Carnival
Director · 1973
