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Harry Watt

Harry Watt

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.

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Known For

  • Eureka Stockade
  • The Overlanders
  • Night Mail
  • Target for Tonight
  • Vidunderhunden Bara
  • The Siege of Pinchgut
  • North Sea
  • London Can Take It!
  • Fiddlers Three
  • Squadron 992
  • Where No Vultures Fly
  • The Front Line
  • 6.30 Collection
  • West of Zanzibar
  • Nine Men
  • The First Days
  • Britain at Bay
  • The Saving of Bill Blewitt
  • Big Money
  • Save Your Shillings and Smile
  • Christmas Under Fire
  • The Boy Who Loved Horses
  • Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
  • Twenty-One Miles