Peter Watkins
English film director (1935-2025) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 90
Peter Watkins 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.
Peter Watkins is read about 199 times a day, in 17 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 3 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 105 days, one point a day.
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2025Died31 October 20252012
The TrapFilm, Director, Writer2006Making Reel HistoryFilm2003
La Commune (Paris, 1871)Film, Director, Writer2001
The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter WatkinsFilm, Himself2000
La Commune (Paris, 1871)Series, Director, Writer1991
The Media ProjectFilm, Director, Writer1977
Evening LandFilm, Director1976Berliner KunstpreisAward1975
The Seventies PeopleFilm, Director, Writer1974
Edvard MunchSeries, Director, Creator1971
Punishment ParkFilm, Director, Writer1967
PrivilegeFilm, Director, Writer1966Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature FilmAward
NET PlayhouseSeries, 1966Director, Writer
The War GameFilm, 1966Director, Writer1964
The Wednesday PlaySeries, Director, Writer1963
The ControllersFilm, Director, Writer1961
The Forgotten FacesFilm, Director, Writer1956
The WebFilm, Director, Producer1954
Reflets de CannesSeries1935Born29 October 1935
The TrapFilm, Director, Writer2006Making Reel HistoryFilm2003La Commune (Paris, 1871)Film, Director, Writer2001The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter WatkinsFilm, Himself2000La Commune (Paris, 1871)Series, Director, Writer1991The Media ProjectFilm, Director, Writer1977Evening LandFilm, Director1976Berliner KunstpreisAward1975The Seventies PeopleFilm, Director, Writer1974Edvard MunchSeries, Director, Creator1971Punishment ParkFilm, Director, Writer1967PrivilegeFilm, Director, Writer1966Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature FilmAwardNET PlayhouseSeries, 1966Director, WriterThe War GameFilm, 1966Director, Writer1964The Wednesday PlaySeries, Director, Writer1963The ControllersFilm, Director, Writer1961The Forgotten FacesFilm, Director, Writer1956The WebFilm, Director, Producer1954Reflets de CannesSeries1935Born29 October 1935People around Peter
Close ties
Jeremy Child Peter directed Privilege (1967)
Carmen Argenziano Peter directed Punishment Park (1972)
Jean Shrimpton Peter directed Privilege (1967)
François Damiens Peter directed La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
Paul Jones Peter directed Privilege (1967)
Flemming Jørgensen Peter directed Evening Land (1977)
George Harris Peter directed The Gladiators (1969)- Pik-Sen Lim Peter directed The Gladiators (1969)
Michael Aspel Peter directed The War Game (1985)
Stig Björkman Produced Evening Land (1977)- Lotte Wæver Peter directed Evening Land (1977)
Alexander Gruszynski Peter directed Evening Land (1977)
Aurélia Petit Peter directed La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)- James Cossins Peter directed Privilege (1967)
Gérard Watkins Peter directed La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)- Allan Mortensen Peter directed Evening Land (1977)
Known for
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The War Game 1966
Culloden 1964
Edvard Munch 1974
Punishment Park 1971
Filmography 23
79 credits on file
Television 5
Awards
About this person
He mainly concentrated his works and ideas around the mass media and viewers' relation to and participation in a movie or television documentary.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1935 to 2025 · aged 90
