Horace Ové
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1939
- Place of birth
- Trinidad
- Died
- 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.
Movies with Horace Ové
Movies directed by Horace Ové
- Pressure 1976 · ★ 6.5
- Baldwin's Nigger 1968 · ★ 7.0
- Playing Away 1987 · ★ 6.0
- James Baldwin Abroad 2023 · ★ 10.0
- Reggae 1971 · ★ 7.0
- A Hole in Babylon 1979 · ★ 8.0
- The Garland 1981 · ★ 9.0
- Skateboard Kings 1978
- Stretch Hunter 1980
- When Love Dies 1990
- King Carnival 1973