Directing
Harry Watt
PT, EN, NO, DA cinema · 34 credits
Born
18 October 1906
Died
2 April 1987 (aged 80)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
Cavalcanti
as Self (archive footage)
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
as Interviewee
Vidunderhunden Bara
Director, Writer
The Boy Who Loved Horses
Director, Writer
The Siege of Pinchgut
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
West of Zanzibar
Director, Story
Where No Vultures Fly
Director, Story
Eureka Stockade
Director, Screenplay
The Overlanders
Director, Writer
For Those in Peril
Screenplay
Fiddlers Three
Director
Nine Men
Director, Writer
Twenty-One Miles
Director
Target for Tonight
Director
London Can Take It!
Director
Squadron 992
Director
Britain at Bay
Director
Christmas Under Fire
Director
Health in War
Producer
The First Days
Director
Jamaica Inn
Special Effects
Wealth of a Nation
as Commentator
Night Mail
Director, Producer
North Sea
Director, Writer
Coal Face
Additional Photography
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Director, Additional Photography, Editor
6.30 Collection
Editor, Director