Peter Watkins
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born Oct 29, 1935 · Norbiton, Surrey, England, UK
Active 1956–2025
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 War Game (1966) — Documentist (uncredited) · Director · Writer · ProducerPunishment Park (1971) — Documentarist (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay · EditorEdvard Munch (1974) — Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer · EditorCulloden (1964) — Field Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) · Director · Writer · ProducerLa Commune (Paris, 1871) (2003) — Director · Writer · EditorIt Happened Here (1966) — Assistant DirectorPrivilege (1967) — Director · WriterThe Web (1956) — Director · ProducerThe Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959) — Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer · Producer · Cinematography · EditorThe Gladiators (1969) — Director · WriterThe Freethinker (1994) — Policeman · Script · Editor · Post Production Supervisor · Director · WriterEvening Land (1977) — Director · Idea · EditorThe Forgotten Faces (1961) — Director · WriterThe Seventies People (1975) — Director · WriterThe Media Project (1991) — Director · Writer · EditorLa Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000) — Director · Writer · EditorEdvard Munch (1974) — Director · Director of Operations · CreatorNET Playhouse (1966) — Director · WriterThe Trap (2012) — Director · WriterThe Journey (1987) — Director · Writer · Producer · Editor · Sound EditorIntroduction to Punishment Park (2004) — DirectorThe Controllers (1963) — Director · Writer