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Peter Watkins began his career in advertising as an assistant producer and turned to amateur filmmaking in the late 1950s. In the mid-'60s he was commissioned by BBC-TV to make two feature-length docudramas incorporating a quasi-newsreel style and nonprofessional actors. The second of these, The War Game... See full bio »

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2000 La commune (Paris, 1871)
 
1994 Fritänkaren (video)
 
1991 The Media Project (documentary)
 
1987 Resan (documentary)
 
1977 Evening Land
 
1975 The Seventies People (TV documentary)
 
1975 The Trap (TV movie)
 
1974 Edvard Munch (TV movie)
 
1971 Punishment Park
 
1969 Gladiatorerna
 
1967 Privilege
 
1965 The War Game
 
1964 The Battle of Culloden (TV documentary)
 
1963 The Controllers (documentary short)
 
1961 The Forgotten Faces (short)
 
1959 The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (short)
 
1958 The Field of Red (short)
 
1956 The Web (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (16 titles)
2000 La commune (Paris, 1871)
 
1994 Fritänkaren (video)
 
1991 The Media Project (documentary)
 
1987 Resan (documentary)
 
1977 Evening Land
 
1975 The Seventies People (TV documentary)
 
1975 The Trap (TV movie)
 
1974 Edvard Munch (TV movie)
 
1971 Punishment Park
 
1969 Gladiatorerna (writer)
 
1967 Privilege (additional scenes and dialogue)
 
1965 The War Game
 
1964 The Battle of Culloden (TV documentary)
 
1961 The Forgotten Faces (short)
 
1959 The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (short) (writer)
 
1956 The Web (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (9 titles)
2000 La commune (Paris, 1871)
 
1991 The Media Project (documentary)
 
1987 Resan (documentary)
 
1977 Evening Land
 
1975 The Seventies People (TV documentary)
 
1974 Edvard Munch (TV movie)
 
1971 Punishment Park
 
1961 The Forgotten Faces (short)
 
1959 The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
1987 Resan (documentary) (producer)
 
1967 Privilege (producer)
 
1965 The War Game (producer)
 
1964 The Battle of Culloden (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1959 The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
1971 Punishment Park
Documentarist (uncredited)
 
1965 The War Game
Documentist (uncredited)
 
1965 It Happened Here (uncredited)
 
1964 The Battle of Culloden (TV documentary)
Field Interviewer (uncredited)
 
1959 The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (2 titles)
1959 The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (short)
 
1956 The Web (short)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2012 The Debridement of Rome (short) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2001 The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Ex-S (TV series documentary)
Himself - interviewed
– Culloden: Making Reel History (1996) … Himself - interviewed
 
1988 Du côté de chez Fred (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 November 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1975 The Seventies People (TV documentary)
Narrator/Interviewer
 

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Retrospective at the 42nd Gijón International Film Festival, Spain. [2004] See more »

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Directs dramatized films with a documentary-like appearance See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio