Harry Watt - Filmography

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

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios 1986

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

Vidunderhunden Bara 1961

The Boy Who Loved Horses 1961

The Siege of Pinchgut 1959

West of Zanzibar 1954

Where No Vultures Fly 1951

Eureka Stockade 1949

The Overlanders 1946

Fiddlers Three 1944

Nine Men 1943

Save Your Shillings and Smile 1943

Twenty-One Miles 1942

Target for Tonight 1941

Christmas Under Fire 1940

Squadron 992 1940

Britain at Bay 1940

London Can Take It! 1940

The First Days 1939

Wealth of a Nation 1938

North Sea 1938

Night Mail 1936

6.30 Collection 1934