Horace Ové

Horace Ové
Born	1939 (age 77–78) Belmont, Trinidad
Occupation	Director, producer
Notable work	Pressure (1975)
Children	Indra Ové; Zak Ové Ezana Ové Kaz Ové

Horace Ové, CBE (born 1939), is a British filmmaker, photographer, painter and writer, one of the leading black independent film-makers to emerge in Britain since the post-war period. Ové holds the Guinness World Record for being the first black British film-maker to direct a feature-length film, Pressure (1975). In its retrospective history, 100 Years of Cinema, the British Film Institute (BFI) declared: "Horace Ové is undoubtedly a pioneer in Black British history and his work provides a perspective on the Black experience in Britain."

Ové has built a prolific and sometimes controversial career as a filmmaker, documenting racism and the Black Power movement in Britain over many decades through photography and in films such as Baldwin's Nigger (1968), Pressure and Dream to Change the World (2003). His documentaries such as Reggae (1971) and Skateboard Kings (1978) have also become models for emerging filmmakers.

The actress Indra Ové is his daughter and artist Zak Ové is his son.

Born in 1939 in Belmont, Trinidad, where he grew up, Horace Ové came to Britain in 1960 to study painting, photography and interior design. His entry into the film world was working as a film extra on the set of the 1963 Joseph L. Mankiewicz epic Cleopatra after its production moved to Rome.

On returning to London, Ové went to study at the London School of Film Technique.

In 1966 Ové directed The Art of the Needle, a short film for the Acupuncture Association. In 1969 he made another short film, Baldwin's Nigger, in which African-American novelist James Baldwin — in conjunction with civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory — discusses Black experience and identity in Britain and America. Filmed at the West Indian Students Centre in London, the film documents a lecture by Baldwin and a question-and-answer session with the audience.

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