Harry Watt
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday18 October 1906
Died2 April 1987 (age 80)
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known credits34
Biography
Raymond Egerton Harry Watt (18 October 1906 – 2 April 1987) was a Scottish documentary and feature film director, who began his career working for John Grierson and Robert Flaherty. His 1959 film The Siege of Pinchgut was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of the Scottish Liberal MP Harry Watt. He studied at Edinburgh University but failed to complete his degree. He enlisted in the Merchant Navy and worked in a number of industrial jobs.
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
1986 · Interviewee
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
1978 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961 · Director
The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961 · Writer
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961 · Director
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961 · Writer
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959 · Director
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959 · Adaptation
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959 · Screenplay
West of Zanzibar
1954 · Director
West of Zanzibar
1954 · Story
Where No Vultures Fly
1951 · Director
Where No Vultures Fly
1951 · Story
Eureka Stockade
1949 · Director
Eureka Stockade
1949 · Screenplay
The Overlanders
1946 · Director
The Overlanders
1946 · Writer
Fiddlers Three
1944 · Director
For Those in Peril
1944 · Screenplay
Nine Men
1943 · Director
Nine Men
1943 · Writer
Save Your Shillings and Smile
1943 · Director
Twenty-One Miles
1942 · Director
Target for Tonight
1941 · Director
Christmas Under Fire
1940 · Director
London Can Take It!
1940 · Director
Britain at Bay
1940 · Director
War and Order
1940 · Script
The Story of an Air Communiqué
1940 · Producer
Squadron 992
1940 · Director
The Front Line
1940 · Director
Health in War
1940 · Producer
Jamaica Inn
1939 · Special Effects
The First Days
1939 · Director
Wealth of a Nation
1938 · Commentator
North Sea
1938 · Director
North Sea
1938 · Writer
Big Money
1937 · Director
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
1936 · Director
Night Mail
1936 · Director
Coal Face
1935 · Additional Photography
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
1935 · Director
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
1935 · Additional Photography
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
1935 · Editor
6.30 Collection
1934 · Editor
6.30 Collection
1934 · Director
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