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Humphrey Jennings

Birthday: 1907-08-19
Died: 1950-09-24
Birthplace: Walberswick, United Kingdom


Frank Humphrey Sinkler Jennings (19 August 1907 – 24 September 1950) was an English documentary filmmaker, celebrated for his poetic and visually striking portrayals of British life during World War II. A co-founder of the Mass Observation social research organization, Jennings blended avant-garde techniques with a deep sense of national identity, creating films that captured the resilience and spirit of the British people. His most acclaimed works, including Listen to Britain (1942), Fires Were Started (1943), and A Diary for Timothy (1945), showcase his unique ability to fuse documentary realism with lyrical storytelling. Film critic and director Lindsay Anderson described him as "the only real poet that British cinema has yet produced."

Filmography

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Character: Self (archive footage)
The Glorious Sixth of June
Character: Albert Goodbody

Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
Character: Grocer (uncredited)
Fires Were Started
Job: Director
Listen to Britain
Job: Director

Words for Battle
Job: Director
Post-Haste
Job: Director
A Diary for Timothy
Job: Director

London Can Take It!
Job: Director
The Birth of the Robot
Job: Color Designer
English Harvest
Job: Director

Cargoes
Job: Director
Locomotives
Job: Director
The Story of the Wheel
Job: Director

Farewell Topsails
Job: Director
Penny Journey
Job: Director
Speaking from America
Job: Director

The Farm
Job: Director
Making Fashion
Job: Director
Spare Time
Job: Director

S.S. Ionian
Job: Director
The First Days
Job: Director
Welfare of the Workers
Job: Director

Spring Offensive
Job: Director
The Heart of Britain
Job: Director
The Silent Village
Job: Director

Family Portrait
Job: Director
The Cumberland Story
Job: Director
This Is England
Job: Director

The Eighty Days
Job: Director
Myra Hess
Job: Director

The Dim Little Island
Job: Director
The Silent Village
Job: Producer
A Defeated People
Job: Director

Coal Face
Job: Additional Photography
Fires Were Started
Job: Writer
Listen to Britain
Job: Writer

Family Portrait
Job: Writer
The Dim Little Island
Job: Producer
V. 1
Job: Director

Listen to Britain
Job: Editor
David Low Animation
Job: Producer