Horace Ové

Directing·Jan 1, 1939·Trinidad

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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.

Film	Credit
James Baldwin Abroad2023 · Director	Director
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today2020 · Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)	Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)
Black and White in Colour1992 · Self	Self
When Love Dies1990 · Director	Director
Playing Away1987 · Director	Director
The Garland1981 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
SStretch Hunter1980 · Director	Director
A Hole in Babylon1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Skateboard Kings1978 · Director	Director
Pressure1976 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
King Carnival1973 · Director	Director
Reggae1971 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Baldwin's Nigger1968 · Director	Director