Acting credits
3
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Humphrey Jennings
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.9
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Movies: 35Series: 1Crew credits: 33
TMDB ID: 936343
IMDb ID: nm0421165
Known for: Directing
Born: August 19, 1907
Died: September 24, 1950
Age: 43
Place of birth: Walberswick, United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 2025
Years active: 92
Average TMDB rating: 6.35
Wikidata: Q352565
Other jobs
Director (31)Additional Photography (1)Color Designer (1)
Biography
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."
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Humphrey Jennings.
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
5.8
Family Portrait
Director
1950 Movie
The Dim Little Island
Director
1949 Movie
The Cumberland Story
Director
1948 Movie
6.1
A Defeated People
Director
1946 Movie
6.6
A Diary for Timothy
Director
1945 Movie
3.0
Myra Hess
Director
1945 Movie
6.0
V. 1
Director
1944 Movie
6.0
The Eighty Days
Director
1944 Movie
6.0
The True Story of Lili Marlene
Director
1944 Movie
6.8
The Silent Village
Director
1943 Movie
6.0
Fires Were Started
Director
1943 Movie
6.2
Listen to Britain
Director
1942 Movie
6.8
The Heart of Britain
Director
1941 Movie
6.2
Words for Battle
Director
1941 Movie
7.0
This Is England
Director
1941 Movie
6.6
London Can Take It!
Director
1940 Movie
6.5
Spring Offensive
Director
1940 Movie
6.0
Welfare of the Workers
Director
1940 Movie
5.5
Cargoes
Director
1939 Movie
6.2
Spare Time
Director
1939 Movie
6.2
S.S. Ionian
Director
1939 Movie
7.0
The First Days
Director
1939 Movie
6.2
The Farm
Director
1938 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Humphrey Jennings.
