Directing
Community Rating
7.1
TMDB estimate
Born
January 1, 1939
Died
September 16, 2023 (age 84)
Born in
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.
James Baldwin Abroad
as Director
2023
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Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
as Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)
2020
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Black and White in Colour
as Self
1992
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The Orchid House
as Director
1991
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When Love Dies
as Director
1990
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Playing Away
as Director
1987
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The Garland
as Director, Writer
1981
—Stretch Hunter
as Director
1980
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A Hole in Babylon
as Director, Writer
1979
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Skateboard Kings
as Director
1978
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The Professionals
as Director
1977
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Pressure
as Screenplay, Director
1976
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The Mangrove Nine
as Associate Producer
1973
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King Carnival
as Director
1973
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Reggae
as Director, Producer
1971
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Baldwin's Nigger
as Director
1968
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