Humphrey Jennings

Film director

1907 – 1950

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Who was Humphrey Jennings?

Frank Humphrey Sinkler Jennings was an English documentary filmmaker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organisation. Jennings was described by film critic and director Lindsay Anderson in 1954 as: "the only real poet that British cinema has yet produced."

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Born
Aug 19, 1907
Walberswick
Also known as
  • F.H. Jennings
  • Frank Humphrey Sinkler Jennings
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Pembroke College, Cambridge
  • University of Cambridge
Died
Sep 24, 1950
Poros
Resting place
Proto Nekrotafio

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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