Harry Watt

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-10-18

Deathday

1987-04-02 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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.

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Camera

1935
Coal Face as Additional Photography
1935
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter as Additional Photography

Crew

1940
War and Order as Script
1939
Jamaica Inn as Special Effects

Directing

1961
The Boy Who Loved Horses as Director
1961
Vidunderhunden Bara as Director
1959
The Siege of Pinchgut as Director
1954
West of Zanzibar as Director
1951
Where No Vultures Fly as Director
1949
Eureka Stockade as Director
1946
The Overlanders as Director
1944
Fiddlers Three as Director
1943
Nine Men as Director
1943
Save Your Shillings and Smile as Director
1942
Twenty-One Miles as Director
1941
Target for Tonight as Director
1940
Christmas Under Fire as Director
1940
London Can Take It! as Director
1940
Britain at Bay as Director
1940
Squadron 992 as Director
1940
The Front Line as Director
1939
The First Days as Director
1938
North Sea as Director
1937
Big Money as Director
1936
The Saving of Bill Blewitt as Director
1936
Night Mail as Director
1935
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter as Director
1934
6.30 Collection as Director

Production

1940
The Story of an Air Communiqué as Producer
1940
Health in War as Producer

Writing

1961
The Boy Who Loved Horses as Writer
1961
Vidunderhunden Bara as Writer
1959
The Siege of Pinchgut as Adaptation
1959
The Siege of Pinchgut as Screenplay
1954
West of Zanzibar as Story
1951
Where No Vultures Fly as Story
1949
Eureka Stockade as Screenplay
1946
The Overlanders as Writer
1944
For Those in Peril as Screenplay
1943
Nine Men as Writer
1938
North Sea as Writer
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