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Harry Watt

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 10/18/1906 († 80, 04/02/1987) | Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom (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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | War

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A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them. ...

Where No Vultures Fly

Certification unknown

1951 | 2.8/5 | 1h 47min
Adventure
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It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a disparate ...

The Overlanders

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1946 | 3.0/5 | 1h 31min
Western, Adventure
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The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they can be reliev ...

Nine Men

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1943 | 3.1/5 | 1h 8min
War, Drama
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An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name. ...

The Siege of Pinchgut

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1959 | 3.0/5 | 1h 40min
Action, Crime, Drama
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Movies with Harry Watt as Actor(3)

as Interviewee1986 Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
as himself1978 How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
as Commentator1938 Wealth of a Nation

Movies with Harry Watt as Crew(34)

Directing/Director1961 Vidunderhunden Bara
Writing/Writer1961 Vidunderhunden Bara
Directing/Director1961 The Boy Who Loved Horses
Writing/Writer1961 The Boy Who Loved Horses
Directing/Director1959 The Siege of Pinchgut
Writing/Adaptation1959 The Siege of Pinchgut
Writing/Screenplay1959 The Siege of Pinchgut
Directing/Director1954 West of Zanzibar
Writing/Story1954 West of Zanzibar
Directing/Director1951 Where No Vultures Fly
Writing/Story1951 Where No Vultures Fly
Directing/Director1949 Eureka Stockade
Writing/Screenplay1949 Eureka Stockade
Directing/Director1946 The Overlanders
Writing/Writer1946 The Overlanders
Directing/Director1944 Fiddlers Three
Writing/Screenplay1944 For Those in Peril
Directing/Director1943 Nine Men
Directing/Director1943 Save Your Shillings and Smile
Directing/Director1941 Christmas Under Fire
Directing/Director1941 Target for Tonight
Directing/Director1940 Britain at Bay
Crew/Script1940 War and Order
Directing/Director1940 Squadron 992
Directing/Director1940 London Can Take It!
Directing/Director1940 The Front Line
Directing/Director1939 The First Days
Crew/Special Effects1939 Jamaica Inn
Directing/Director1938 North Sea
Directing/Director1937 Big Money
Directing/Director1936 Night Mail
Directing/Director1936 The Saving of Bill Blewitt
Directing/Director1934 6.30 Collection
Editing/Editor1934 6.30 Collection

Full Name: Harry Watt
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 10/18 1906 (October) in Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 04/02 1987 (April) in Amersham (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Edinburgh
Harry Watt frequently works together with these people:
Michael Balcon (8x, Crew)
Leslie Norman (3x, Crew)
Bill Blewitt (3x, Cast)
Frederick Piper (3x, Actor)
J. B. Priestley (3x, Crew)
Alan Rawsthorne (3x, Crew)
Quentin Reynolds (3x, Actor)
George C. Stoney (3x, Crew)
Ernest Irving (2x, Crew)
James B. Brown (2x, Crew)
Sidney Turner (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:434742, Added: 09/23/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024