Harry Watt
Directing·October 18, 1906·† April 2, 1987 — 80 years old·Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
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1986Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing StudiosInterviewee1978How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of AranSelf1971Film '72TVSelf1961The Boy Who Loved HorsesDirector · Writer1961Vidunderhunden BaraDirector · Writer1959The Siege of PinchgutDirector · Screenplay · Adaptation1954West of ZanzibarDirector · Story1951Where No Vultures FlyDirector · Story1949Eureka StockadeDirector · Screenplay1946The OverlandersWriter · Director1944Fiddlers ThreeDirector1944For Those in PerilScreenplay1943Nine MenDirector · Writer1943Save Your Shillings and SmileDirector1942Twenty-One MilesDirector1941Target for TonightDirector1940Christmas Under FireDirector1940London Can Take It!Director1940Britain at BayDirector1940War and OrderScript1940The Story of an Air CommuniquéProducer1940Squadron 992Director1940The Front LineDirector1940Health in WarProducer1939Jamaica InnSpecial Effects1939The First DaysDirector1938Wealth of a NationCommentator1938North SeaDirector · Writer1937Big MoneyDirector1936The Saving of Bill BlewittDirector1936Night MailDirector1935Coal FaceAdditional Photography1935Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave TransmitterDirector · Additional Photography · Editor19346.30 CollectionEditor · Director