Stuart Legg

Directing

Born August 31, 1910 · London, England

19 films as director · Active 1930–2025

Stuart Legg (August 31, 1910 – July 23, 1988) was a pioneering English documentary filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking work with the National Film Board of Canada. His most notable achievement…

Known for

Night Mail

1936

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

2025

Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs

1934

Atoms at Work

1952

Air Outpost

1937

Directed(19)

2025The New Generation

1962Food or Famine

1953Powered Flight: The Story of the Century★ 8.5

1945Now—The Peace

1945Food: Secret of the Peace

1945John Bull's Own Island

1944Inside France★ 8.0

1944Zero Hour★ 8.0

1944Global Air Routes

1943The War for Men's Minds★ 8.0

1942Inside Fighting China★ 5.6

1942The Invasion of North Africa

1941Warclouds in the Pacific★ 6.1

1941Churchill's Island★ 6.6

1940Atlantic Patrol

1939The Case of Charlie Gordon★ 8.0

1935BBC: The Voice of Britain

1933The Coming of the Dial

1930Varsity★ 10.0

Acting(5)

2025Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to BritainSelf (archive footage)

Film

1952Atoms at Work

Film

1937Air OutpostCommentator (voice)

Film