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 television commercials and documentaries.
He then returned to feature films as a second assistant director on the film Manitoba in the Middle.
During the 1960s, Watts worked extensively as a production manager and location manager, including on Darling (1965) starring Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde, the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice and Kubrick"s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Watts was employed by producer Gary Kurtz as production supervisor on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, having met Kurtz several years earlier in Los Los Angeles
He also worked on other Steven Spielberg-presented productions including as producer on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and with Spielberg"s long-term producer Frank Marshall on Marshall"s second feature as director, Alive.
