Directing

Harry Watt

Born October 18, 1906 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Died April 2, 1987 · aged 80

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 …

Known For

Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn · 1939

MovieCrimeAdventure

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

Vidunderhunden Bara

Vidunderhunden Bara · 1961

Vidunderhunden Bara

The dog Bara train from it is a small puppy to become a useful working dog. It is owned by a Norwegian farmer who, together with his wife, settles in a rugged and isolated mountain terrain. Only used as a post dog, but also to look for casualties in the mountains.

For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril · 1944

For Those in Peril

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.

Where No Vultures Fly

Where No Vultures Fly · 1951

Where No Vultures Fly

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.

The Siege of Pinchgut

The Siege of Pinchgut · 1959

The Siege of Pinchgut

MovieActionCrime

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

Eureka Stockade

Eureka Stockade · 1949

Eureka Stockade

MovieDramaHistory

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.

The Overlanders

The Overlanders · 1946

The Overlanders

MovieWesternAdventure

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 group decides to drive them overland half way across the continent, from Wyndham in Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland.

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar · 1954

West of Zanzibar

Game warden Bob Payton tracks an ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the African veldt.

Filmography

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Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn · 1939

MovieCrimeAdventure

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

Special Effects

Vidunderhunden Bara

Vidunderhunden Bara · 1961

Vidunderhunden Bara

The dog Bara train from it is a small puppy to become a useful working dog. It is owned by a Norwegian farmer who, together with his wife, settles in a rugged and isolated mountain terrain. Only used as a post dog, but also to look for casualties in the mountains.

Director

For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril · 1944

For Those in Peril

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.

Screenplay

Where No Vultures Fly

Where No Vultures Fly · 1951

Where No Vultures Fly

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.

Director

The Siege of Pinchgut

The Siege of Pinchgut · 1959

The Siege of Pinchgut

MovieActionCrime

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

Director

Eureka Stockade

Eureka Stockade · 1949

Eureka Stockade

MovieDramaHistory

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.

Director

The Overlanders

The Overlanders · 1946

The Overlanders

MovieWesternAdventure

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 group decides to drive them overland half way across the continent, from Wyndham in Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland.

Director

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar · 1954

West of Zanzibar

Game warden Bob Payton tracks an ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the African veldt.

Director

Coal Face

Coal Face · 1935

MovieDocumentary

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Additional Photography

Fiddlers Three

Fiddlers Three · 1944

Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.

Director

6.30 Collection

6.30 Collection · 1934

6.30 Collection

MovieDocumentary

Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.

Editor

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios · 1986

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

MovieDocumentary

Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.

Interviewee

North Sea

North Sea · 1938

MovieDramaDocumentary

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

Director

Night Mail

Night Mail · 1936

MovieDocumentary

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.

Director

Nine Men

Nine Men · 1943

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 relieved.

Director

Twenty-One Miles

Twenty-One Miles · 1942

Twenty-One Miles

MovieDocumentary

A short documentary illustrating the lives of the residents of Dover in Kent as the Nazi war machine - a mere 21 miles away - did it’s worst and at just how ready they were to fight back.

Director

London Can Take It!

London Can Take It! · 1940

London Can Take It!

MovieDocumentaryWar

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

Director

Target for Tonight

Target for Tonight · 1941

Target for Tonight

MovieDocumentaryHistory

This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany... how it is planned and how it is executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of the Royal Air Force from Commander-in-Chief to aircraft hand, re-enacting his own daily life on the job. They are the men and women who actually direct, plan and execute the raids.

Director

The First Days

The First Days · 1939

MovieDocumentary

Londoners prepare for war.

Director

The Boy Who Loved Horses

The Boy Who Loved Horses · 1961

The Boy Who Loved Horses

MovieDramaFamily

The film tells the story of a boy and his great love for horses, especially a beautiful white stallion, to which he becomes very attached. When he hears that the horse is to be slaughtered, he flees with it, and it becomes an escape that is not without drama.

Director

Save Your Shillings and Smile

Save Your Shillings and Smile · 1943

Save Your Shillings and Smile

Tommy Trinder chooses which of the chorus line to take out. The lucky lady is the one who knows all about war savings.

Director

Britain at Bay

Britain at Bay · 1940

MovieDocumentary

Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.

Director

Christmas Under Fire

Christmas Under Fire · 1940

Christmas Under Fire

MovieDocumentaryWar

How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.

Director

Squadron 992

Squadron 992 · 1940

Shows how the RAF's barrage balloon squadron are trained, and then on the job.

Director