Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 18, 1906
Died
Apr 02, 1987
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Credits
34 titles
Harry Watt
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.
Known For
Filmography
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Interviewee
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
Self
Film '72
Self
The Boy Who Loved Horses
Director
Vidunderhunden Bara
Director
The Siege of Pinchgut
Director
West of Zanzibar
Director
Where No Vultures Fly
Director
Eureka Stockade
Director
The Overlanders
Director
Fiddlers Three
Director
For Those in Peril
Screenplay
Nine Men
Director
Save Your Shillings and Smile
Director
Twenty-One Miles
Director
Target for Tonight
Director
Christmas Under Fire
Director
London Can Take It!
Director
Britain at Bay
Director
The Story of an Air Communiqué
Producer
War and Order
Script
Health in War
Producer
The Front Line
Director
Squadron 992
Director
Jamaica Inn
Special Effects
The First Days
Director
Night Mail
Director
Wealth of a Nation
Commentator
North Sea
Director
Big Money
Director
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
Director
Coal Face
Additional Photography
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Director
6.30 Collection
Editor