Horace Ové

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.

Directed

1. The Professionals (1977) — Director
2. Pressure (1976) — Director
3. Play for Today (1970) — Director
4. Baldwin's Nigger (1968) — Director
5. Playing Away (1987) — Director
6. The Orchid House (1991) — Director
7. The World About Us (1967) — Director
8. James Baldwin Abroad (2023) — Director
9. Empire Road (1978) — Director
10. Reggae (1971) — Director
11. A Hole in Babylon (1979) — Director
12. The Garland (1981) — Director
13. 4 Play (1989) — Director
14. Skateboard Kings (1978) — Director
15. Stretch Hunter (1980) — Director
16. When Love Dies (1990) — Director
17. King Carnival (1973) — Director
18. Review (1969) — Director
19. Full House (1972) — Director
20. The Latchkey Children (1980) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Black and White in Colour (1992) — Self
2. Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020) — Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)