01/01/1939
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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Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020) as Self – Director (archive footage, 1982) |
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Black and White in Colour (1992) as Self |
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James Baldwin Abroad (2023) Director |
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When Love Dies (1990) Director |
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Playing Away (1987) Director |
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The Garland (1981) Writer |
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The Garland (1981) Director |
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Stretch Hunter (1980) Director |
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A Hole in Babylon (1979) Director |
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A Hole in Babylon (1979) Writer |
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Skateboard Kings (1978) Director |
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Pressure (1976) Director |
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Pressure (1976) Screenplay |
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The Mangrove Nine (1973) Associate Producer |
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King Carnival (1973) Director |
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Reggae (1971) Director |
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Reggae (1971) Producer |
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Baldwin's Nigger (1968) Director |