Fires Were Started (1943) is a British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings. Michael Caine in Get Carter (1971) The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial and artistic development of cinema. ... Humphrey Jennings (August 19, 1907 Walberswick, Suffolk - September 24, 1950 Greece) was a British film-maker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organisation. ...