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documentary and film director, producer, writer. 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.
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.
- Director, Writer, Producer
- October 18, 1906
- Harry Watt
- April 2, 1987
Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Scotland and the staff who operate it.
Harry Watts Academy is a special school providing education for children aged 5-16 based in the city of Sunderland. The academy opened September 2020 and is part of Prosper Learning Trust.
Harry Watt. Director: Four Desperate Men. 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).
The Overlanders is a 1946 British-Australian Western film about drovers driving a large herd of cattle 1,600 miles overland from Wyndham, Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland during World War II.
The son of a Scottish Liberal MP, Raymond Egerton Harry Watt was born in Edinburgh on 18 October 1906. He studied at Edinburgh University, but failed to complete his degree.
