Peter Watkins
Biography
Peter Watkins (29 October 1935 – 30 October 2025) was an English filmmaker, documentarian, writer and film theorist. He is known as a pioneer of the docudrama and the mockumentary genres, typically with heavy political content. His films present pacifist and radical ideas in a nontraditional style. He mainly concentrated his works and ideas around the mass media and viewers' relation/participation to a movie or television documentary. Nearly all of Watkins' films have used a combination of dram…
Known For
The War Game
Documentist (uncredited)
Punishment Park
Documentarist (uncredited)
Edvard Munch
Narrator (voice)
Culloden
Field Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
Director
It Happened Here
Assistant Director
Privilege
Director
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
Narrator (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (12)
Movies (11)
The Making of Culloden
2006as Self
Introduction to Punishment Park
2004as Himself
The Role of a Lifetime
2003as Self
The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
2001as Himself
The Freethinker
1994as Policeman
The Journey
1987as Narrator / Self
Edvard Munch
1974as Narrator (voice)
Punishment Park
1971as Documentarist (uncredited)
The War Game
1966as Documentist (uncredited)
Culloden
1964as Field Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
1959as Narrator (voice)
Television (1)
Crew (53)
Movies (50)
The Trap
2012Director
The Trap
2012Writer
Introduction to Punishment Park
2004Director
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003Director
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003Editor
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003Writer
The Freethinker
1994Director
The Freethinker
1994Editor
The Freethinker
1994Post Production Supervisor
The Freethinker
1994Script
The Freethinker
1994Writer
The Media Project
1991Director
The Media Project
1991Editor
The Media Project
1991Writer
The Journey
1987Director
The Journey
1987Editor
The Journey
1987Producer
The Journey
1987Sound Editor
The Journey
1987Writer
Evening Land
1977Director
Evening Land
1977Editor
Evening Land
1977Idea
The Seventies People
1975Director
The Seventies People
1975Writer
Edvard Munch
1974Director
Edvard Munch
1974Editor
Edvard Munch
1974Writer
Punishment Park
1971Director
Punishment Park
1971Editor
Punishment Park
1971Screenplay
The Gladiators
1969Director
The Gladiators
1969Writer
Privilege
1967Director
Privilege
1967Writer
The War Game
1966Director
The War Game
1966Producer
The War Game
1966Writer
It Happened Here
1966Assistant Director
Culloden
1964Director
Culloden
1964Producer
Culloden
1964Writer
The Forgotten Faces
1961Director
The Forgotten Faces
1961Writer
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
1959Cinematography
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
1959Director
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
1959Editor
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
1959Producer
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
1959Writer
The Web
1956Director
The Web
1956Producer
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