Humphrey Jennings
(1907-1950), Documentary film-makerSitter in 1 portrait
Humphrey Jennings was a film-maker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation movement. He was also a writer, painter, editor and set-designer. Jennings made groundbreaking documentary films for the renowned wartime GPO broadcasting unit. His films such as Listen to Britain (1942), Fires Were Started (1943) and A Diary for Timothy (1945) changed the face of public service broadcasting. Throughout his life Jennings also worked on an anthology of the Industrial Revolution, Pandaemonium. He died while making a film in Greece in 1950; Pandaemonium was finally published in 1985.
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