Harry Watt

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Harry Watt

Directing October 18, 1906

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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 Flahert…

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Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

6.1 1939 Movie
Night Mail

Night Mail

6.2 1936 Movie
London Can Take It!

London Can Take It!

6.6 1940 Movie
The Overlanders

The Overlanders

6.0 1946 Movie
The Siege of Pinchgut

The Siege of Pinchgut

6.3 1959 Movie
Eureka Stockade

Eureka Stockade

6.0 1949 Movie
Coal Face

Coal Face

6.3 1935 Movie
Target for Tonight

Target for Tonight

5.9 1941 Movie
Nine Men

Nine Men

6.4 1943 Movie
For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril

6.1 1944 Movie
Where No Vultures Fly

Where No Vultures Fly

6.3 1951 Movie
Vidunderhunden Bara

Vidunderhunden Bara

9.0 1961 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1986
    Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

    Movie Interviewee

  2. 1978
    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    Movie Self

  3. 1971
    Film '72

    TV show Self

  4. 1961
    The Boy Who Loved Horses

    Movie Director

  5. 1961
    Vidunderhunden Bara

    Movie Director

  6. 1959
    The Siege of Pinchgut

    Movie Director

  7. 1954
    West of Zanzibar

    Movie Director

  8. 1951
    Where No Vultures Fly

    Movie Director

  9. 1949
    Eureka Stockade

    Movie Director

  10. 1946
    The Overlanders

    Movie Director

  11. 1944
    Fiddlers Three

    Movie Director

  12. 1944
    For Those in Peril

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1943
    Nine Men

    Movie Director

  14. 1943
    Save Your Shillings and Smile

    Movie Director

  15. 1942
    Twenty-One Miles

    Movie Director

  16. 1941
    Target for Tonight

    Movie Director

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  1. 1940
    Christmas Under Fire

    Movie Director

  2. 1940
    London Can Take It!

    Movie Director

  3. 1940
    Britain at Bay

    Movie Director

  4. 1940
    War and Order

    Movie Script

  5. 1940
    The Story of an Air Communiqué

    Movie Producer

  6. 1940
    Squadron 992

    Movie Director

  7. 1940
    Health in War

    Movie Producer

  8. 1940
    The Front Line

    Movie Director

  9. 1939
    Jamaica Inn

    Movie Special Effects

  10. 1939
    The First Days

    Movie Director

  11. 1938
    Wealth of a Nation

    Movie Commentator

  12. 1938
    North Sea

    Movie Director

  13. 1937
    Big Money

    Movie Director

  14. 1936
    The Saving of Bill Blewitt

    Movie Director

  15. 1936
    Night Mail

    Movie Director

  16. 1935
    Coal Face

    Movie Additional Photography

  17. 1935
    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter

    Movie Director

  18. 1934
    6.30 Collection

    Movie Editor