Harry Watt

Birthday: 1906-10-18
Deathday: 1987-04-02
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1961-11-06 The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961-10-02 Vidunderhunden Bara
1959-08-01 The Siege of Pinchgut
1954-03-24 West of Zanzibar
1951-11-06 Where No Vultures Fly
1949-01-26 Eureka Stockade
1946-09-27 The Overlanders
1944-10-01 Fiddlers Three
1943-02-22 Nine Men
1943-01-01 Save Your Shillings and Smile
1941-08-18 Target for Tonight
1940-12-25 Christmas Under Fire
1940-10-01 London Can Take It!
1940-07-31 Britain at Bay
1940-01-01 Squadron 992
1940-01-01 The Front Line
1939-01-01 The First Days
1938-03-07 North Sea
1937-01-02 Big Money
1936-12-30 The Saving of Bill Blewitt
1936-01-13 Night Mail
1935-01-01 Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
1934-07-31 6.30 Collection