Harry Watt
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
West of Zanzibar
1954
Director
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
Director
Eureka Stockade
1949
Director
Fiddlers Three
1944
Director
Where No Vultures Fly
1951
Director
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961
Director
6.30 Collection
1934
Director
North Sea
1938
Director
The Overlanders
1946
Director
Night Mail
1936
Director
Nine Men
1943
Director
The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961
Director
Target for Tonight
1941
Director
London Can Take It!
1940
Director
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
1935
Director
Save Your Shillings and Smile
1943
Director
The Front Line
1940
Director
Twenty-One Miles
1942
Director
The First Days
1939
Director
Christmas Under Fire
1940
Director