7.0
7.0
The First Days
1939
Director
Humphrey Jennings
Directing
Born:August 19, 1907
Died:September 24, 1950(aged 43)
Birthplace:Walberswick, United Kingdom
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CommunityBiography
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 (36 movies)
7.0
7.0
This Is England
1941
Director
6.8
6.8
The Silent Village
1943
Director
6.8
6.8
The Heart of Britain
1941
Director
6.6
6.6
A Diary for Timothy
1945
Director
6.6
6.6
London Can Take It!
1940
Director
6.5
6.5
Spring Offensive
1940
Director
6.2
6.2
S.S. Ionian
1939
Director
6.2
6.2
The Farm
1938
Director
6.2
6.2
Words for Battle
1941
Director
6.2
6.2
English Harvest
1938
Director
6.2
6.2
Spare Time
1939
Director
6.2
6.2
Listen to Britain
1942
Writer
6.1
6.1
A Defeated People
1946
Director
6.0
6.0
The Eighty Days
1944
Director
6.0
6.0
The True Story of Lili Marlene
1944
Director
6.0
6.0
Making Fashion
1938
Director
6.0
6.0
Welfare of the Workers
1940
Director
6.0
6.0
Locomotives
1934
Director
6.0
6.0
Fires Were Started
1943
Writer
6.0
6.0
Farewell Topsails
1937
Director
6.0
6.0
V. 1
1944
Director
5.8
5.8
Family Portrait
1950
Writer
5.5
5.5
Speaking from America
1938
Director
5.5
5.5
Penny Journey
1938
Director
5.5
5.5
The Story of the Wheel
1934
Director
5.5
5.5
Cargoes
1939
Director
5.0
5.0
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934
as Grocer (uncredited)
4.9
4.9
Post-Haste
1934
Director
3.0
3.0
Myra Hess
1945
Director
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
as Self (archive footage)
BBC: The Voice of Britain
1935
The Glorious Sixth of June
1934
as Albert Goodbody
The Cumberland Story
1948
Director
The Dim Little Island
1949
Producer
David Low Animation
1936
Producer
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