Humphrey Jennings
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Humphrey Jennings''' (19 August 1907, [[Walberswick|Walberswick, Suffolk]] – 24 September 1950) was an [[England|English]] documentary [[filmmaker]] and one of the founders of the [[Mass Observation]] organization. Jennings was described by film maker [[Lindsay Anderson]] as: "the only real [[poet]] that [[British cinema]] has yet produced." |
| + | ==Filmography== | ||
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| + | ===As director=== | ||
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| + | * ''[[Post Haste]]'' (1934) | ||
| + | * ''[[Locomotives (film)|Locomotives]]'' (1934) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Story of the Wheel]]'' (1934) | ||
| + | * ''[[Farewell Topsails]]'' (1937) | ||
| + | * ''[[Penny Journey]]'' (1938) | ||
| + | * ''[[Speaking from America]]'' (1938) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Farm (1938 film)|The Farm]]'' (1938, aka ''English Harvest'') | ||
| + | * ''[[Making Fashion]]'' (1938) | ||
| + | * ''[[Spare Time]]'' (1939) | ||
| + | * ''[[SS Ionian]]'' (1939, aka ''Cargoes'') | ||
| + | * ''[[The First Days]]'' (1939) | ||
| + | * ''[[Spring Offensive (1940 film)|Spring Offensive]]'' (1940) | ||
| + | * ''[[Welfare of the Workers]]'' (1940) | ||
| + | * ''[[London Can Take It!]]'' (1940, aka ''Britain Can Take It!'') | ||
| + | * ''[[The Heart of Britain]]'' (1941, aka ''This Is England'') | ||
| + | * ''[[Words for Battle]]'' (1941) | ||
| + | * ''[[Listen to Britain]]'' (co-director 1942) | ||
| + | * ''[[Fires Were Started]]'' (1943, aka ''I Was A Fireman'') | ||
| + | * ''[[The Silent Village]]'' (1943) | ||
| + | * ''[[The True Story of Lili Marlene]]'' (1944) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Eighty Days]]'' (1944, aka ''V. 1'') | ||
| + | * ''[[Myra Hess (film)|Myra Hess]]'' (1945) | ||
| + | * ''[[A Diary for Timothy]]'' (1945) | ||
| + | * ''[[A Defeated People]]'' (1946) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Cumberland Story]]'' (1947) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Dim Little Island]]'' (1949) | ||
| + | * ''[[Family Portrait (1950 film)|Family Portrait]]'' (1950) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Good Life (1951 film)|The Good Life]]'' (completed by Graham Wallace 1951) | ||
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| + | ===As producer/creative contributor=== | ||
| + | * ''[[Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs]]'' (dir. [[Alberto Cavalcanti]], 1934) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Birth of the Robot]]'' (dir. [[Len Lye]], 1936) | ||
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Humphrey Jennings (19 August 1907, Walberswick, Suffolk – 24 September 1950) was an English documentary filmmaker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organization. Jennings was described by film maker Lindsay Anderson as: "the only real poet that British cinema has yet produced."
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Filmography
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As director
- Post Haste (1934)
- Locomotives (1934)
- The Story of the Wheel (1934)
- Farewell Topsails (1937)
- Penny Journey (1938)
- Speaking from America (1938)
- The Farm (1938, aka English Harvest)
- Making Fashion (1938)
- Spare Time (1939)
- SS Ionian (1939, aka Cargoes)
- The First Days (1939)
- Spring Offensive (1940)
- Welfare of the Workers (1940)
- London Can Take It! (1940, aka Britain Can Take It!)
- The Heart of Britain (1941, aka This Is England)
- Words for Battle (1941)
- Listen to Britain (co-director 1942)
- Fires Were Started (1943, aka I Was A Fireman)
- The Silent Village (1943)
- The True Story of Lili Marlene (1944)
- The Eighty Days (1944, aka V. 1)
- Myra Hess (1945)
- A Diary for Timothy (1945)
- A Defeated People (1946)
- The Cumberland Story (1947)
- The Dim Little Island (1949)
- Family Portrait (1950)
- The Good Life (completed by Graham Wallace 1951)
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As producer/creative contributor
- Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, 1934)
- The Birth of the Robot (dir. Len Lye, 1936)
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