PETER WATKINS
Peter Watkins
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: October 29, 1935
Deathday: October 30, 2025
Place of Birth: Norbiton, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
Peter Watkins (29 October 1935 - 30 October 2025) is an English film and television director. He was born in Norbiton, Surrey, lived in Sweden, Canada and Lithuania for many years, and now lives in France. He is one of the pioneers of docudrama. His movies, pacifist and radical, strongly review the limit of classic documentary and movies. He mainly concentrates his works and ideas around the mass media and our relation/participation to a movie or television documentary.
Filmography
Starring
Himself
Self
1994·
The FreethinkerPoliceman
1987·
The JourneyNarrator / Self
1974·
Edvard MunchNarrator (voice)
1971·
Punishment ParkDocumentarist (uncredited)
1966·
The War GameDocumentist (uncredited)
1964·
CullodenField Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Narrator (voice)
1954·
Reflets de CannesSelf
Production
2012·
The TrapDirector, Writer
Director
Editor, Writer, Director
Editor, Writer, Director
1994·
The FreethinkerWriter, Director, Script, Editor, Post Production Supervisor
1991·
The Media ProjectEditor, Director, Writer
1987·
The JourneySound Editor, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
1977·
Evening LandIdea, Editor, Director
1975·
The Seventies PeopleDirector, Writer
1974·
Edvard MunchCreator, Editor, Writer, Director
1971·
Punishment ParkEditor, Director, Screenplay
1969·
The GladiatorsWriter, Director
1967·
PrivilegeWriter, Director
1966·
The War GameProducer, Writer, Director
1966·
It Happened HereAssistant Director
1964·
CullodenProducer, Writer, Director
1961·
The Forgotten FacesDirector, Writer
Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Writer, Director
1956·
The WebProducer, Director