Harry Watt
Known for: Directing
Born: October 17, 1906 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Died: April 1, 1987
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.
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Wealth of a Nation
Commentator
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Interviewee
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
Self
Film '72
Self
Eureka Stockade
Director
The Overlanders
Writer
Night Mail
Director
For Those in Peril
Screenplay
Target for Tonight
Director
Vidunderhunden Bara
Director
The Siege of Pinchgut
Director
North Sea
Director
London Can Take It!
Director
Fiddlers Three
Director
Squadron 992
Director
Where No Vultures Fly
Director
The Front Line
Director
6.30 Collection
Editor
West of Zanzibar
Director
Nine Men
Director
The First Days
Director
Britain at Bay
Director
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
Director
Big Money
Director