Humphrey Jennings
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."
Fires Were Started
(Director)
Listen to Britain
(Director)
Words for Battle
(Director)
Post-Haste
(Director)
A Diary for Timothy
(Director)
London Can Take It!
(Director)
The Birth of the Robot
(Color Designer)
Locomotives
(Director)
Making Fashion
(Director)
Spare Time
(Director)
Penny Journey
(Director)
The Farm
(Director)
The First Days
(Director)
S.S. Ionian
(Director)
Welfare of the Workers
(Director)
English Harvest
(Director)
Farewell Topsails
(Director)
Speaking from America
(Director)
Cargoes
(Director)
Spring Offensive
(Director)
The Story of the Wheel
(Director)
The Heart of Britain
(Director)
The Silent Village
(Director)
Family Portrait
(Director)
The Cumberland Story
(Director)
This Is England
(Director)
Myra Hess
(Director)
The Eighty Days
(Director)
The True Story of Lili Marlene
(Director)
The Dim Little Island
(Director)
The Silent Village
(Producer)
A Defeated People
(Director)
Coal Face
(Additional Photography)
Fires Were Started
(Writer)
Listen to Britain
(Writer)
Family Portrait
(Writer)
The Dim Little Island
(Producer)
V. 1
(Director)
The True Story of Lili Marlene
(Writer)
Listen to Britain
(Editor)
David Low Animation
(Producer)