Harry Watt
Born: 1906-10-18 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died: 1987-04-02
Known For: 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
1986
- Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios as Interviewee
1971
- Film '72 as Self
1961
- The Boy Who Loved Horses ... (Director)
- Vidunderhunden Bara ... (Director)
1959
- The Siege of Pinchgut ... (Director)
1954
- West of Zanzibar ... (Director)
1951
- Where No Vultures Fly ... (Director)
1949
- Eureka Stockade ... (Director)
1946
- The Overlanders ... (Writer)
1944
- For Those in Peril ... (Screenplay)
- Fiddlers Three ... (Director)
1943
- Nine Men ... (Director)
- Save Your Shillings and Smile ... (Director)
1942
- Twenty-One Miles ... (Director)
1941
- Target for Tonight ... (Director)
1940
- The Story of an Air Communiqué ... (Producer)
- London Can Take It! ... (Director)
- Christmas Under Fire ... (Director)
- Britain at Bay ... (Director)
- Health in War ... (Producer)
- War and Order ... (Script)
- Squadron 992 ... (Director)
- The Front Line ... (Director)
1939
- Jamaica Inn ... (Special Effects)
- The First Days ... (Director)
1938
- North Sea ... (Director)
- Wealth of a Nation as Commentator
1937
- Big Money ... (Director)
1936
- Night Mail ... (Director)
- The Saving of Bill Blewitt ... (Director)
1935
- Coal Face ... (Additional Photography)
- Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter ... (Director)
1934
- 6.30 Collection ... (Editor)