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.
Personal Details
Movies (33)
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
as Interviewee
1986
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
as Self
1978
The Boy Who Loved Horses
Director (Directing)
1961
Vidunderhunden Bara
Director (Directing)
1961
The Siege of Pinchgut
Director (Directing)
1959
West of Zanzibar
Director (Directing)
1954
Where No Vultures Fly
Director (Directing)
1951
Eureka Stockade
Director (Directing)
1949
The Overlanders
Writer (Writing)
1946
Fiddlers Three
Director (Directing)
1944
For Those in Peril
Screenplay (Writing)
1944
Nine Men
Director (Directing)
1943
Save Your Shillings and Smile
Director (Directing)
1943
Twenty-One Miles
Director (Directing)
1942
Target for Tonight
Director (Directing)
1941
Christmas Under Fire
Director (Directing)
1940
The Story of an Air Communiqué
Producer (Production)
1940
London Can Take It!
Director (Directing)
1940
Britain at Bay
Director (Directing)
1940
War and Order
Script (Crew)
1940
Squadron 992
Director (Directing)
1940
The Front Line
Director (Directing)
1940
Health in War
Producer (Production)
1940
Jamaica Inn
Special Effects (Crew)
1939
The First Days
Director (Directing)
1939
Wealth of a Nation
as Commentator
1938
North Sea
Director (Directing)
1938
Big Money
Director (Directing)
1937
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
Director (Directing)
1936
Night Mail
Director (Directing)
1936
Coal Face
Additional Photography (Camera)
1935
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Director (Directing)
1935
6.30 Collection
Editor (Editing)
1934