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Peter Watkins
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Film & TV
Norbiton, Surrey, England, UK
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. His films present pacifist and radical ideas in a nontraditional style. He mainly concentrated his works and ideas around the mass media and viewers'…
Known for
- The War Game at Cinecity — Self (Archival footage)2026
- Peter Watkins and the Playcraft Film Unit2017
- Making Reel History — Self2006
- Introduction to Punishment Park — Himself2004
- The Role of a Lifetime — Self2003
- The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins — Himself2001
- The Freethinker — Policeman1994
- The Journey — Narrator / Self1987
- Edvard Munch — Narrator (voice)1974
- Punishment Park — Documentarist (uncredited)1971
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Official website
PeterWatkins_Home
Peter Watkins' Web site and latest critical media statement, along with detailed information regarding each of PW's films and their current availability.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Watkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Norbiton
- Place of death
- Bourganeuf
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- mass media
- Genre
- documentary film
- Official website
- pwatkins.mnsi.net
- Work location
- England
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1935-10-29
- name in native language
- Peter Watkins
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Peter Watkins
- date of death
- 2025-10-31
- birth name
- Peter Ralph Watkins
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