Harry Watt
Directing
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 28
Movies (27)
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios1986Interviewee
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran1978Self
The Boy Who Loved Horses1961Directing
Vidunderhunden Bara1961Directing
The Siege of Pinchgut1959Directing
West of Zanzibar1954Directing
Where No Vultures Fly1951Directing
Eureka Stockade1949Directing
The Overlanders1946Directing
Fiddlers Three1944Directing
Nine Men1943Directing
Save Your Shillings and Smile1943Directing
Twenty-One Miles1942Directing
Target for Tonight1941Directing
Christmas Under Fire1940Directing
London Can Take It!1940Directing
Britain at Bay1940Directing
Squadron 9921940Directing- The Front Line1940Directing
The First Days1939Directing
Wealth of a Nation1938Commentator
North Sea1938Directing- Big Money1937Directing
- The Saving of Bill Blewitt1936Directing
Night Mail1936Directing
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter1935Directing
6.30 Collection1934Directing
Shows (1)
- Film '721971Self