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Horace Ové

Horace Ové

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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Known For

  • Pressure
  • Baldwin's Nigger
  • Playing Away
  • Reggae
  • A Hole in Babylon
  • James Baldwin Abroad
  • Skateboard Kings
  • Stretch Hunter
  • When Love Dies
  • King Carnival
  • The Garland