Biography
Raymond Egerton Harry Watt (18 October 1906 β 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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Filmography
all 29
Movies 29
Director 21
self 2
Writer 2
Producer 1
Self
Britain Through a Lens - The Documentary Film Mob (2011)
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Interviewee
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios (1986)
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Self
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran (1978)
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Director
The Boy Who Loved Horses (1961)
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Director
Vidunderhunden Bara (1961)
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Director
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
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6
Director
West of Zanzibar (1954)
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Director
Where No Vultures Fly (1951)
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Director
Eureka Stockade (1949)
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Director
The Overlanders (1946)
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Director
Fiddlers Three (1944)
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Writer
For Those in Peril (1944)
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Director
Nine Men (1943)
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Director
Save Your Shillings and Smile (1943)
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Director
Twenty-One Miles (1942)
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Director
Target for Tonight (1941)
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Director
Christmas Under Fire (1940)
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Director
London Can Take It! (1940)
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Director
Britain at Bay (1940)
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Writer
War and Order (1940)
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Director
Squadron 992 (1940)
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Director
The Front Line (1940)
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Special Effects
Jamaica Inn (1939)
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4
Director
The First Days (1939)
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Producer
Men of the Alps (1939)
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Director
North Sea (1938)
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6
Director
Night Mail (1936)
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Additional Photography
Coal Face (1935)
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Director
6.30 Collection (1934)
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Ratings
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1906-10-18
Deathday1987-04-02 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceGlasgow, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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