Humphrey Jennings (1907, Suffolk +!+ 1950, Cambridge) was a painter, poet, critic, scientist and film-maker. He studied English literature at Cambridge before focusing on (documentary) filming. His films about wartime England are regarded as the warmest and most lyrical documents on the subject.
Filmography
Films: Post Haste (1934), Locomotives (1934), The Birth of a Robot (1936, with Len Lye), Penny Journey (1938, short), Spare Time (1939, short), Speaking from America (1939, short), The First Days (1939, short, with Harry Watt & Pat Jackson), Her Last Trip (1939), An Unrecorded Victory (1940), London Can Take It (1940, short, with Harry Watt), Welfare of the Workers (1940, short, with Pat Jackson), The Heart of Britain (1941, short), Words for Battle (1941, short), Listen to Britain (1941, short, with S. McAllister), The Silent Village (1943, short), Fires Were Started (1943, short), The True Story of Lilli Marlene (1944, short), The 80 Days (1944, short), A Diary for Timothy (1945, short), A Defeated People Ü(1946, short), The Cumberland Story (1947, short), Dim Little Island (1949, short), Family Portrait (1950, short).