Horace Ové

Who is Horace Ové?

Horace Ové, CBE, 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. In its retrospective history, 100 Years of Cinema, the British Film Institute 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 N*gger, Pressure and Dream to Change the World. His documentaries such as Reggae and Skateboard Kings have also become models for emerging filmmakers.

The actress Indra Ové is his daughter.