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Harry Watt
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.
In 1932, Watt joined the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit under John Grierson and began working on documentaries. He was an assistant on Man of Aran (1934).
In 1936 Watt became a director for the London unit of the American newsreel series March of Time, where his films included England's Tithe War (1936).
Watt then joined the GPO Film Unit where he made his reputation as a documentarian with Night Mail (1936) which received much acclaim. He followed it with The Saving of Bill Blewitt (1936) starring Bill Blewitt, who then appeared in Watt's North Sea (1938).
World War II saw Watt make war-themed films: Squadron 992 (1940), London Can Take It! (1940) and Christmas Under Fire (1941). His film Target for Tonight (1941) won an honorary Academy Award in 1942.
Watt made his feature debut with Nine Men (1943), a war movie produced by Michael Balcon. He helped write For Those in Peril and followed this with a comedy, Fiddlers Three (1944) starring Tommy Trinder.
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Harry Watt
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.
In 1932, Watt joined the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit under John Grierson and began working on documentaries. He was an assistant on Man of Aran (1934).
In 1936 Watt became a director for the London unit of the American newsreel series March of Time, where his films included England's Tithe War (1936).
Watt then joined the GPO Film Unit where he made his reputation as a documentarian with Night Mail (1936) which received much acclaim. He followed it with The Saving of Bill Blewitt (1936) starring Bill Blewitt, who then appeared in Watt's North Sea (1938).
World War II saw Watt make war-themed films: Squadron 992 (1940), London Can Take It! (1940) and Christmas Under Fire (1941). His film Target for Tonight (1941) won an honorary Academy Award in 1942.
Watt made his feature debut with Nine Men (1943), a war movie produced by Michael Balcon. He helped write For Those in Peril and followed this with a comedy, Fiddlers Three (1944) starring Tommy Trinder.