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Harry Watt(1906-1987)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Scottish-born director Harry Watt began his career in the 1930s, and directed several documentaries during World War II, most notably Target for Tonight (1941). He went to Ealing Studios after the war, and the five films he made there were all shot in Africa or Australia. He turned to directing television in the 1950s, and afterward he went back to his roots and shot documentaries.
BornOctober 18, 1906
DiedApril 2, 1987(80)
BornOctober 18, 1906
DiedApril 2, 1987(80)
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  • Awards
    • 2 nominations

Known for

Victor Maddern and Aldo Ray in Four Desperate Men (1959)
Four Desperate Men
6.3
  • Director
  • 1959
The Overlanders (1946)
The Overlanders
6.5
  • Director
  • 1946
Nine Men (1943)
Nine Men
6.3
  • Director
  • 1943
Ivory Hunter (1951)
Ivory Hunter
6.2
  • Director
  • 1951

Credits

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Director

  • Preben Neergaard and Lise Ringheim in The Boy Who Loved Horses (1961)
    The Boy Who Loved Horses
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Vidunderhunden bara
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1961
  • The Four Just Men (1959)
    The Four Just Men
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1959–1960
  • Victor Maddern and Aldo Ray in Four Desperate Men (1959)
    Four Desperate Men
    • Director
    • 1959
  • People Like Maria
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Sheila Sim and Anthony Steel in West of Zanzibar (1954)
    West of Zanzibar
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Ivory Hunter (1951)
    Ivory Hunter
    • Director
    • 1951
  • Eureka Stockade (1949)
    Eureka Stockade
    • Director
    • 1949
  • The Overlanders (1946)
    The Overlanders
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Frances Day and Tommy Trinder in While Nero Fiddled (1944)
    While Nero Fiddled
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Save Your Shillings and Smile (1943)
    Save Your Shillings and Smile
    • Director (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1943
  • Nine Men (1943)
    Nine Men
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Twenty-One Miles
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Target for Tonight (1941)
    Target for Tonight
    • Director
    • 1941
  • The Front Line (1940)
    The Front Line
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1940

Writer

  • Preben Neergaard and Lise Ringheim in The Boy Who Loved Horses (1961)
    The Boy Who Loved Horses
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • Vidunderhunden bara
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1961
  • Victor Maddern and Aldo Ray in Four Desperate Men (1959)
    Four Desperate Men
    • adapted by
    • screenplay
    • 1959
  • Sheila Sim and Anthony Steel in West of Zanzibar (1954)
    West of Zanzibar
    • story
    • 1954
  • Ivory Hunter (1951)
    Ivory Hunter
    • story
    • 1951
  • Eureka Stockade (1949)
    Eureka Stockade
    • screenplay
    • 1949
  • The Overlanders (1946)
    The Overlanders
    • written by
    • 1946
  • For Those in Peril (1944)
    For Those in Peril
    • screenplay
    • 1944
  • Nine Men (1943)
    Nine Men
    • written for the screen by
    • 1943
  • Target for Tonight (1941)
    Target for Tonight
    • original screenplay
    • 1941
  • War and Order (1940)
    War and Order
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1940
  • Wealth of a Nation
    • commentary writer
    • Short
    • 1938
  • North Sea (1938)
    North Sea
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1938
  • Big Money (1937)
    Big Money
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1937

Producer

  • Health at War
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1940
  • War and Order (1940)
    War and Order
    • producer (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1940
  • Making Fashion (1938)
    Welfare of the Workers
    • producer (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1940
  • Air Communique
    • producer (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1940
  • Forty Million People
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1939
  • Men of the Alps
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1939
  • Four Barriers
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1938
  • The Line to Tschierva Hut
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Night Mail (1936)
    Night Mail
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1936

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • R.H. Watt
  • Born
    • October 18, 1906
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • April 2, 1987
    • Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 1164-1168. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

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