Harry Watt

Directing

Harry Watt

Born 1906-10-18 · 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.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Vidunderhunden Bara poster
9.0

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.

Vidunderhunden Bara

1961

Vidunderhunden Bara poster
9.0

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.

Vidunderhunden Bara

1961

The Siege of Pinchgut poster
6.3

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

The Siege of Pinchgut

1959

The Siege of Pinchgut poster
6.3

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

The Siege of Pinchgut

1959

For Those in Peril poster
6.1

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.

For Those in Peril

1944

Eureka Stockade poster
6.0

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

Eureka Stockade

1949

Eureka Stockade poster
6.0

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

Eureka Stockade

1949

Where No Vultures Fly poster
6.3

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

1951

West of Zanzibar poster
5.5

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

West of Zanzibar

1954

Fiddlers Three poster
8.4

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

Fiddlers Three

1944

No artwork available
NR

Sponsored by the Ministry of Information and shown as part of cinema programmes throughout the Second World War, this short film takes place halfway through the Battle of Britain and at the beginning of the Blitz, during sustained bombing raids on UK cities.

The Story of an Air Communiqué

1940

Night Mail poster
6.2

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.

Night Mail

1936

Nine Men poster
6.4

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.

Nine Men

1943

Nine Men poster
6.4

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.

Nine Men

1943

6.30 Collection poster
2.0

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

6.30 Collection

1934

The Overlanders poster
6.0

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.

The Overlanders

1946

The Overlanders poster
6.0

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.

The Overlanders

1946

The Boy Who Loved Horses poster
8.0

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.

The Boy Who Loved Horses

1961

The Boy Who Loved Horses poster
8.0

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.

The Boy Who Loved Horses

1961

North Sea poster
6.0

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

North Sea

1938

North Sea poster
6.0

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

North Sea

1938

Save Your Shillings and Smile poster
6.0

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

Save Your Shillings and Smile

1943

The First Days poster
7.0

Londoners prepare for war.

The First Days

1939

Target for Tonight poster
5.9

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.

Target for Tonight

1941