Horace Ové

Director

Born: January 1, 1939 (84 years old)

Died: September 16, 2023

Place of birth: Trinidad

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.

Filmography (4)

• Pressure (1976, ★ 6.2)
• Baldwin's Nigger (1968, ★ 6.6)
• The Professionals (1977, ★ 7.5)
• Playing Away (1987, ★ 5.6)