Horace Ové
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Associate Producer
Born Jan 1, 1939 · Trinidad
Active 1967–2023 · Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor
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.
Filmography
James Baldwin Abroad (2023) — DirectorThe Orchid House (1991) — DirectorWhen Love Dies (1990) — Director4 Play (1989) — DirectorPlaying Away (1987) — DirectorThe Garland (1981) — Writer · DirectorStretch Hunter (1980) — DirectorThe Latchkey Children (1980) — DirectorA Hole in Babylon (1979) — Director · WriterEmpire Road (1978) — DirectorSkateboard Kings (1978) — DirectorThe Professionals (1977) — DirectorPressure (1976) — Director · ScreenplayThe Mangrove Nine (1973) — Associate ProducerKing Carnival (1973) — DirectorFull House (1972) — DirectorReggae (1971) — Director · ProducerPlay for Today (1970) — Director · WriterReview (1969) — DirectorBaldwin's Nigger (1968) — DirectorThe World About Us (1967) — Director