Peter Watkins

English film director (1935-2025)

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. He mainly concentrated his works and ideas around the mass media and viewers' relation to and participation in a movie or television documentary.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 5 films (1966–1976) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 5 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1976 Edvard Munch unknown 16mm Color sound
1971 Punishment park. Peter Watkins 3240 16mm Color sound
1970 The Gladiators 121 University Place 102 min 16mm sound
1966 The War game Films inc. 49 16mm B&W sound
1966 The War game Peter Watkins 48 min B&W