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Harry Watt

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Additional Credits
Born October 18, 1906Died April 2, 1987 (80 years)
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.

Known For

  • Night Mail
  • The Overlanders
  • Target for Tonight
  • Four Desperate Men
  • London Can Take It!
  • Nine Men
  • Eureka Stockade
  • Ivory Hunter
  • North Sea
  • Christmas Under Fire
  • For Those in Peril
  • Squadron 992
  • Britain at Bay
  • The First Days
  • Twenty-One Miles
  • The Boy Who Loved Horses

Filmography

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