Peter Hennessy

Birth : 1916-07-10, Bickleigh, Devon, England, UK

Movies

Never a Backward Step
Director of Photography
This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and even a baronetcy in England. A native of Timmins, Ontario, Thomson had a tremendous career as publisher, television magnate, financier, and owner of many newspapers, including leading London dailies. The film is a frank study of an equally frank man.
The Eyes of Annie Jones
Director of Photography
Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.
Portrait of Queenie
Director of Photography
Film profiling actress and singer, Queenie Watts as she entertains at her London pub.
The Quare Fellow
Director of Photography
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.
The Savage Innocents
Director of Photography
An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.
Model for Murder
Director of Photography
An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.
Chain of Events
Cinematography
When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
Carry On Sergeant
Director of Photography
Fall in for the first ever film in the highly successful Carry On comedy series—now an acclaimed British institution. Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are the prankish misfits who become the hilarious bane of Army Officers existence when he makes a bet he will turn them into ‘Star Squad’ Award soldiers—or bust!
Heart of a Child
Director of Photography
A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.
The Flying Scot
Director of Photography
A gang of four would-be robbers plans to steal a fortune in currency hidden aboard the "Flying Scotsman" in a railroad stateroom by cutting through the wall of the adjacent stateroom, but find themselves up against numerous unexpected drawbacks, including interference by their fellow passengers.
Cat Girl
Director of Photography
A psychiatrist treats a woman who is convinced that she turns into a killer leopard because of a family curse.
Time Lock
Director of Photography
A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.
Suspended Alibi
Director of Photography
A married man having an affair visits a friend to establish an alibi for a rendezvous with his girlfriend. His friend is murdered the same night and he is accused of the crime.
The Mask
Additional Photography
In 1909 Cornwall, the affair between a disfigured miller's wife and his estranged cousin leads to a tragic case of mistaken identity.
Street Corner
Camera Operator
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
Fenlands
Director of Photography
A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.
We Will Remain Faithful
Camera Operator
The compilation documentary We Will Remain Faithful is a testimony to the Czechoslovak resistance during the Second World War. The film covers the period from the end of the First Czechoslovak Republic to the victorious Allied advance in 1944. Director Jiří Weiss compiled it from archival footage, his own authentic and subsequently staged war footage, and material from both Allied and enemy newsreels.
Teeth of the Wind
Camera Operator
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the international co-ordination involved in dealing with a locust plague.