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Horace Ové

Director

Horace Ové

Directing
1976 · 1 film
Lived
1 January 1939 — d. 2023
From
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.

Career Signature

How Horace Ové’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.