Oscar-winning British filmmaker Peter Watkins dies aged 90
He liked to blur the boundaries between documentary and fiction to denounce the flaws of our societies. The British filmmaker died in Creuse where he had lived for 25 years.
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Oscar-winning British filmmaker Peter Watkins, who lived in Felletin (Creuse) for more than 25 years, died on Friday October 31 at the age of 90, reports ICI Creuse (formerly France Bleu), citing his family.
Peter Watkins won an Oscar in 1967 for The Bomba mockumentary about the atomic bomb and nuclear force.
Author of The Commune (2000), filmed in the former studios of Georges Méliès in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), The Journey (1987), The Gladiators(1969), or even “Punishment Park” (1971), the filmmaker, with his committed work, liked to mix fiction and documentary.
“He left peacefully in the night” alongside his family, according to those close to him. The filmmaker had chosen to leave the United Kingdom to settle in Felletin more than twenty-five years ago, according to his son.
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