Updated Feb 20, 2026
Details
Birthday
(Tuesday)
Died
Nationality
Languages
English
Zodiac Sign
♏ Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac
猪 Pig
Name Origin
English < Middle English < Latin < Ancient Greek (Πέτρος)
DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Peter Watkins: English film director (1935-2025).
Born (died at age 90).
The name Peter means derived from the latin "petra" meaning "rock" or "stone".
AWARDS (1)
G
Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
1966
WON
Biography
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' relation to and participation in a movie or television documentary. Nearly all of Watkins's films used a combination of dramatic and documentary elements to dissect historical occurrences or possible near future events.
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