Born in Trinidad in 1939, Horace Ové, CBE is 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).
Horace Ové Biography / Wiki
| Name | Horace Ové |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Trinidad |
| Date of Birth | 1939-01-01 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 83 |
| Deathday |
Horace Ové Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Black and White in Colour | Himself | 1992-06-27 | A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992. Int… |
Horace Ové Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Pressure | Director | 1976-11-19 | A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures…. |
| Baldwin’s Nigger | Director | 1968-07-12 | Documentary featuring James Baldwin and Dick Gregory, discussing the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain…. |
| Playing Away | Director | 1987-01-02 | To mark the conclusion of their “Third World Week” celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South Lond… |
| Reggae | Director | 1971-09-23 | BBC documentary focusing on a reggae concert held at Wembley Stadium in 1970 featuring the Pyramids, Pioneers, Black Faith, Millie, the Maytals, and D… |
| A Hole in Babylon | Director | 1979-11-29 | Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbery becomes a siege, the men find themselves in a s… |
| Skateboard Kings | Director | 1978-01-01 | If you’re young, male and you live in the city, how do you prove yourself in the most materially comfortable country on earth? How do you show cour… |
| Stretch Hunter | Director | 1980-03-25 | A crucial few hours in the life of a would-be London gangster… |
| When Love Dies | Director | 1990-01-20 | A young man looks back over his unhappy marriage and struggles to come to terms with his wife’s suicide…. |
| King Carnival | Director | 1973-07-22 | An in-depth look at Trinidad and Tobago’s carnival through its turbulent history. African and East Indian rhthyms and rituals, combined with the Europ… |
| The Garland | Director | 1981-03-10 | “These Indian films. They’re done to a formula – songs, dance, routines and a lot of sentimental heavy breathing.” When her 17-year-old son Roy falls … |
| Director | The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain’s CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to… | ||
| Director | A white, plantation owning family in Dominica waits for the return of the patriarch from WWI, but things change when he does. Its focus on the declin… | ||
Horace Ové Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Reggae | Producer | 1971-09-23 | BBC documentary focusing on a reggae concert held at Wembley Stadium in 1970 featuring the Pyramids, Pioneers, Black Faith, Millie, the Maytals, and D… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Pressure | Screenplay | 1976-11-19 | A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures…. |
| The Garland | Writer | 1981-03-10 | “These Indian films. They’re done to a formula – songs, dance, routines and a lot of sentimental heavy breathing.” When her 17-year-old son Roy falls … |
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