Pioneering director Horace Ove given knighthood in New Year Honours

Pioneering director Horace Ove has been given a knighthood in the New Year Honours (Kaz Ove/PA)

Pioneering director Horace Ove has said his knighthood is “testament to how far we have come and in many respects how far we still have to go” after being recognised in the New Year Honours.

The 82-year-old, who was born in Trinidad, is credited by Guinness World Records as being the first black British film-maker to direct a feature-length picture, with Pressure in 1976.