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.
Directing
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Male
1906-10-18
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Wealth of a Nation
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
Eureka Stockade
The Overlanders
Night Mail
Target for Tonight
Vidunderhunden Bara
The Siege of Pinchgut
North Sea
London Can Take It!
Fiddlers Three
Squadron 992
Where No Vultures Fly
The Front Line
6.30 Collection
West of Zanzibar
Nine Men
The First Days
Britain at Bay
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
Big Money
Save Your Shillings and Smile
Christmas Under Fire
Health in War
The Boy Who Loved Horses
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Twenty-One Miles
The Story of an Air Communiqué