Artist in oil, pencil, pastel, film and photography, born in Walberswick, Suffolk, father of the artist Charlotte Jennings. Jennings read English at Cambridge University and never went to art school. He worked in theatre design in Cambridge and as a painter, 1929–34, then until 1950 in documentary film, based in London. He was a member of International Surrealist Group, showing with it in 1936. Solo shows were held at London Gallery, 1938; ICA, 1951; and Riverside Studios, 1982. Jennings, one of the founders of the social survey group Mass-Observation, is best known for work in wartime documentary film, working before and during the war variously as a director, writer and editor with the GPO/Ministry of Information/Crown Film Units; titles included: Spare Time, 1939; Listen to Britain, 1941; Fires Were Started, 1943; and A Diary for Timothy, 1945.