Jan 1, 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.
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| Movie | 1992 | Black and White in Colour | Himself |
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| Movie | 1976 | Pressure | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1976 | Pressure | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Baldwin's Nigger | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Playing Away | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | Reggae | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | A Hole in Babylon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | The Mangrove Nine | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | James Baldwin Abroad | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1978 | Skateboard Kings | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | A Hole in Babylon | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Stretch Hunter | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | Reggae | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1990 | When Love Dies | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | King Carnival | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | The Garland | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | The Garland | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Professionals | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1991 | The Orchid House | Director | Directing |
