Person

Harry Watt

Directing · 1906–1987 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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

Filmography

1986Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing StudiosInterviewee
1978How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of AranSelf
1971Film '72Self
1961The Boy Who Loved HorsesDirector
1961Vidunderhunden BaraDirector
1959The Siege of PinchgutDirector
1954West of ZanzibarDirector
1951Where No Vultures FlyDirector
1949Eureka StockadeDirector
1946The OverlandersWriter
1944Fiddlers ThreeDirector
1944For Those in PerilScreenplay
1943Nine MenDirector
1943Save Your Shillings and SmileDirector
1942Twenty-One MilesDirector
1941Target for TonightDirector
1940Christmas Under FireDirector
1940London Can Take It!Director
1940Britain at BayDirector
1940War and OrderScript
1940The Story of an Air CommuniquéProducer
1940Squadron 992Director
1940The Front LineDirector
1940Health in WarProducer
1939Jamaica InnSpecial Effects
1939The First DaysDirector
1938Wealth of a NationCommentator
1938North SeaDirector
1937Big MoneyDirector
1936The Saving of Bill BlewittDirector
1936Night MailDirector
1935Coal FaceAdditional Photography
1935Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave TransmitterDirector
19346.30 CollectionEditor

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