Peter Watkins
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born Oct 29, 1935 · Norbiton, Surrey, England, UK
Active 1956–2025 · Awards: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Berliner Kunstpreis
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.
Filmography
The Trap (2012) - Writer · DirectorIntroduction to Punishment Park (2004) - DirectorLa Commune (Paris, 1871) (2003) - Director · Editor · WriterLa Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000) - Director · Editor · WriterThe Freethinker (1994) - Policeman · Post Production Supervisor · Editor · Script · Director · WriterThe Media Project (1991) - Writer · Director · EditorThe Journey (1987) - Writer · Director · Sound Editor · Producer · EditorEvening Land (1977) - Director · Editor · IdeaThe Seventies People (1975) - Director · WriterEdvard Munch (1974) - Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer · EditorEdvard Munch (1974) - Director · Director of Operations · CreatorPunishment Park (1971) - Documentarist (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay · EditorThe Gladiators (1969) - Director · WriterPrivilege (1967) - Director · WriterThe War Game (1966) - Documentist (uncredited) · Director · Producer · WriterIt Happened Here (1966) - Assistant DirectorNET Playhouse (1966) - Director · WriterCulloden (1964) - Field Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) · Director · Writer · ProducerThe Controllers (1963) - Director · WriterThe Forgotten Faces (1961) - Writer · DirectorThe Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959) - Narrator (voice) · Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · CinematographyThe Web (1956) - Director · Producer