Robert Watts


Robert Watts is a British film producer who is best known for his involvement with the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series.

Career

Watts began working in the film industry in 1960, after two years' National Service. His first film work was as a runner on the Boulting brothers production A French Mistress. Watts earned his union membership during two years as a runner, and later production manager, at a company based at England's Shepperton Studios which made TV commercials and documentaries. He then returned to feature films as a second assistant director on the film Man in the Middle.
During the 1960s, Watts worked extensively as a production manager and location manager, including on Darling starring Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde, the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice and Kubrick's '.
Watts was employed by producer Gary Kurtz as production supervisor on ', having met Kurtz several years earlier in Los Angeles. Watts then enjoyed a long collaboration with George Lucas and Lucasfilm, working as associate producer on The Empire Strikes Back and co-producer on Return of the Jedi; and as associate producer on Raiders of the Lost Ark and producer on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He also worked on other Steven Spielberg-presented productions including as producer on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and , and with Spielberg's long-term producer Frank Marshall on Marshall's second feature as director, Alive.

Personal life

His half brother is Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Filmography

YearFilmProducerProduction
manager		Roles
1968'
1970El Condor
1973Papillon
1977'
1980'
1981Raiders of the Lost Ark
1983'Lt. Watts
1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1991Additional Voices
1993Alive
1994On Deadly Ground