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Horace Ové

Horace Ové

Known For Directing
Birthday Jan 01, 1939
Died Sep 16, 2023 (84)
Birthplace Trinidad
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Apr 25, 2024
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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Biography

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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The Garland

The Garland

1981

Writer

A Hole in Babylon

A Hole in Babylon

1979

Writer

Pressure

Pressure

1976

Screenplay

James Baldwin Abroad

James Baldwin Abroad

2023

Director

When Love Dies

When Love Dies

1990

Director

Playing Away

Playing Away

1987

Director

The Garland

The Garland

1981

Director

A Hole in Babylon

A Hole in Babylon

1979

Director

Pressure

Pressure

1976

Director

Baldwin's Nigger

Baldwin's Nigger

1968

Director

The Mangrove Nine

The Mangrove Nine

1973

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Organization Category Movie
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