Harry Watt
Born
18 October 1906 (119)
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography (27)
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
1986
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
1978
The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961
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The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
West of Zanzibar
1954
Where No Vultures Fly
1951
Eureka Stockade
1949
The Overlanders
1946
Fiddlers Three
1944
Nine Men
1943
Save Your Shillings and Smile
1943
Twenty-One Miles
1942
Target for Tonight
1941
Christmas Under Fire
1940
London Can Take It!
1940
Britain at Bay
1940
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Squadron 992
1940
The Front Line
1940
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The First Days
1939
Wealth of a Nation
1938
North Sea
1938
Big Money
1937
🎬 DirectorThe Saving of Bill Blewitt
1936
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Night Mail
1936
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
1935
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6.30 Collection
1934