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.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (24 movies)
Eureka Stockade
1949
The Overlanders
1946
Night Mail
1936
Target for Tonight
1941
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
North Sea
1938
London Can Take It!
1940
Fiddlers Three
1944
Squadron 992
1940
Where No Vultures Fly
1951
The Front Line
1940
West of Zanzibar
1954
6.30 Collection
1934
Nine Men
1943
The First Days
1939
Britain at Bay
1940
Big Money
1937
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
1936
Save Your Shillings and Smile
1943
Christmas Under Fire
1940
The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
1935
Twenty-One Miles
1942
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| North Sea | 1938 | Writer |
| Health in War | 1940 | Producer |
| The Story of an Air Communiqué | 1940 | Producer |
| Nine Men | 1943 | Writer |
| For Those in Peril | 1944 | Screenplay |
| The Overlanders | 1946 | Writer |
| Eureka Stockade | 1949 | Screenplay |
| The Siege of Pinchgut | 1959 | Screenplay |
| Vidunderhunden Bara | 1961 | Writer |
| The Boy Who Loved Horses | 1961 | Writer |