Harry Watt
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-10-18
Day of Death
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.
Known For
Acting
(1986)
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
as Interviewee
(1978)
(1938)
Wealth of a Nation
as Commentator
Crew
(1961)
Vidunderhunden Bara
Director, Writer
(1961)
The Boy Who Loved Horses
Director, Writer
(1959)
The Siege of Pinchgut
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
(1954)
West of Zanzibar
Director, Story
(1951)
Where No Vultures Fly
Director, Story
(1949)
Eureka Stockade
Director, Screenplay
(1946)
The Overlanders
Director, Writer
(1944)
For Those in Peril
Screenplay
(1944)
Fiddlers Three
Director
(1943)
Nine Men
Director, Writer
(1943)
Save Your Shillings and Smile
Director
(1942)
Twenty-One Miles
Director
(1941)
Target for Tonight
Director
(1940)
London Can Take It!
Director
(1940)
Squadron 992
Director
(1940)
The Front Line
Director
(1940)
Britain at Bay
Director
(1940)
War and Order
Script
(1940)
Christmas Under Fire
Director
(1940)
Health in War
Producer
(1940)
The Story of an Air Communiqué
Producer
(1939)
The First Days
Director
(1939)
Jamaica Inn
Special Effects
(1938)
North Sea
Director, Writer
(1937)
Big Money
Director
(1936)
Night Mail
Director
(1936)
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
Director
(1935)
Coal Face
Additional Photography
(1935)
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Director, Additional Photography, Editor
(1934)
6.30 Collection
Editor, Director