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11
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Regular directing credits.
Director
Horace Ové
Directing
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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 2All crew credits: 12
TMDB ID: 588373
IMDb ID: nm0654048
Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1939
Died: September 16, 2023
Age: 84
Place of birth: Trinidad
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2023
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 7.5
Wikidata: Q3140463
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Director (11)Associate Producer (1)
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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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Horace Ové.
10.0
James Baldwin Abroad
Director
2023 Movie
5.6
Playing Away
Director
1987 Movie
The Garland
Director
1981 Movie
A Hole in Babylon
Director
1979 Movie
Skateboard Kings
Director
1978 Movie
6.2
Pressure
Director
1976 Movie
King Carnival
Director
1973 Movie
Reggae
Director
1971 Movie
6.6
Baldwin's Nigger
Director
1968 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Horace Ové.
Movies
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A Hole in Babylon
Director
1979 Movie
5.6
Playing Away
Director
1987 Movie
6.2
Pressure
Director
1976 Movie
Black and White in Colour
as Self
1992 Movie
The Garland
Director
1981 Movie
6.6
Baldwin's Nigger
Director
1968 Movie
10.0
James Baldwin Abroad
Director
2023 Movie
Reggae
Director
1971 Movie
The Mangrove Nine
Associate Producer
1973 Movie
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
as Self – Director (archive footage, 1982)
2020 Movie
King Carnival
Director
1973 Movie
Skateboard Kings
Director
1978 Movie
Series
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Most viewed series linked with Horace Ové.
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