Harry Watt
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 18, 1906
- Died
- April 2, 1987
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
Cavalcanti 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios 1986
as Interviewee
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran 1978
as Self
The Boy Who Loved Horses 1961
Director, Writer
Vidunderhunden Bara 1961
Director, Writer
The Siege of Pinchgut 1959
Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
West of Zanzibar 1954
Director, Story
Where No Vultures Fly 1951
Director, Story
Eureka Stockade 1949
Director, Screenplay
The Overlanders 1946
Writer, Director
Fiddlers Three 1944
Director
For Those in Peril 1944
Screenplay
Nine Men 1943
Director, Writer
Save Your Shillings and Smile 1943
Director
Twenty-One Miles 1942
Director
Target for Tonight 1941
Director
Christmas Under Fire 1940
Director
London Can Take It! 1940
Director
Britain at Bay 1940
Director
- The Story of an Air Communiqué
The Story of an Air Communiqué 1940
Producer
- War and Order
War and Order 1940
Script
Health in War 1940
Producer
- The Front Line
The Front Line 1940
Director
Squadron 992 1940
Director
Jamaica Inn 1939
Special Effects
The First Days 1939
Director
Night Mail 1938
Director, Producer
Wealth of a Nation 1938
as Commentator
North Sea 1938
Director, Writer
- Big Money
Big Money 1937
Director
- The Saving of Bill Blewitt
The Saving of Bill Blewitt 1936
Director
Coal Face 1935
Additional Photography
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter 1935
Director, Additional Photography, Editor
6.30 Collection 1934
Editor, Director
Credits from TMDB.