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Harry Watt

Personal Info

Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1906-10-18 00:00:00
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known For:Directing
Death Date:1987-04-02 00:00:00
Popularity:1
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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.

Filmography (40)

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Role: Interviewee1986
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
Role: Self1978
No Image
War and Order
script1940
Where No Vultures Fly
Where No Vultures Fly
director1951
Where No Vultures Fly
Where No Vultures Fly
story1951
No Image
The Front Line
director1940
6.30 Collection
6.30 Collection
editor1934
6.30 Collection
6.30 Collection
director1934
The First Days
The First Days
director1939
Britain at Bay
Britain at Bay
director1940
No Image
Big Money
director1937
No Image
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
director1936
London Can Take It!
London Can Take It!
director1940
Coal Face
Coal Face
additional photography1935
Save Your Shillings and Smile
Save Your Shillings and Smile
director1943
Christmas Under Fire
Christmas Under Fire
director1940
Health in War
Health in War
producer1940
North Sea
North Sea
writer1938
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn
special effects1939
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
director1935
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
additional photography1935
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
editor1935
No Image
The Story of an Air Communiqué
producer1940
Twenty-One Miles
Twenty-One Miles
director1942
The Boy Who Loved Horses
The Boy Who Loved Horses
writer1961
Nine Men
Nine Men
writer1943
Fiddlers Three
Fiddlers Three
director1944
West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar
director1954
West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar
story1954
Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade
director1949
Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade
screenplay1949
The Siege of Pinchgut
The Siege of Pinchgut
director1959
The Siege of Pinchgut
The Siege of Pinchgut
adaptation1959
The Siege of Pinchgut
The Siege of Pinchgut
screenplay1959
The Boy Who Loved Horses
The Boy Who Loved Horses
director1961
Squadron 992
Squadron 992
director1940
Wealth of a Nation
Wealth of a Nation
Role: Commentator1938
The Overlanders
The Overlanders
director1946
The Overlanders
The Overlanders
writer1946
Night Mail
Night Mail
director1936