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
all 35
Movies 35
Director 24
Producer 3
self 2
Writer 2
Director
Vidunderhunden Bara (1961)
Movie
Director
West of Zanzibar (1954)
Movie
Director
Eureka Stockade (1949)
Movie
Director
The Overlanders (1946)
Movie
Director
Fiddlers Three (1944)
Movie
Director
Nine Men (1943)
Movie
Director
Twenty-One Miles (1942)
Movie
Director
Target for Tonight (1941)
Movie
Director
Christmas Under Fire (1940)
Movie
Director
London Can Take It! (1940)
Movie
Director
Britain at Bay (1940)
Movie
Producer
Health in War (1940)
Movie
Director
Squadron 992 (1940)
Movie
Director
The Front Line (1940)
Movie
Special Effects
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Movie
4
Director
The First Days (1939)
Movie
Producer
Men of the Alps (1939)
Movie
Commentator
Wealth of a Nation (1938)
Movie
Director / Writer
North Sea (1938)
Movie
6
Director
Big Money (1937)
Movie
Director
Night Mail (1936)
Movie
Additional Photography
Coal Face (1935)
Movie
Director / Additional Photography / Editor
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter (1935)
Movie
Director
6.30 Collection (1934)
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1906-10-18
Deathday1987-04-02 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceGlasgow, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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