Harry Watt
Directing
Born: 1906-10-18 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died: 1987-04-02
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
1986
Interviewee
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
1978
Self
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961
Director
The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961
Director
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
Director
West of Zanzibar
1954
Director
Where No Vultures Fly
1951
Director
Eureka Stockade
1949
Director
The Overlanders
1946
Director
For Those in Peril
1944
Screenplay
Fiddlers Three
1944
Director
Nine Men
1943
Director
Save Your Shillings and Smile
1943
Director
Twenty-One Miles
1942
Director
Target for Tonight
1941
Director
London Can Take It!
1940
Director
Squadron 992
1940
Director
The Front Line
1940
Director
Britain at Bay
1940
Director
War and Order
1940
Script
Christmas Under Fire
1940
Director
Health in War
1940
Producer
The Story of an Air Communiqué
1940
Producer
The First Days
1939
Director
Jamaica Inn
1939
Special Effects
Wealth of a Nation
1938
Commentator
North Sea
1938
Director
Big Money
1937
Director
Night Mail
1936
Director
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
1936
Director