Cecil M. Hepworth

DirectorProducerActorWriterCinematographer Mar 19 (died age 79) Lewisham, London, England, UK 1899–2023 (124 year career)

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Biography

Cecil Milton Hepworth (19 March 1874 – 9 February 1953) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Hepworth Studios. His works include Alice in Wonderland (1903), the first film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Known For

Film

Alice in Wonderland

Frog

Film

The Kiss in the Tunnel

Director of Photography

Film

Explosion of a Motor Car

Driver

Film

Rescued by Rover

Harassed father

Film

How It Feels to Be Run Over

Driver

Film

A Day in the Hayfields

Director

Film

The Doll's Revenge

Director

Film

The Beggar's Deceit

Director

Filmography

Acting (8)

Movies (8)

The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

as The Kidnapper

Rescued by Rover

as Harassed father

The Unclean World

as Professor

Alice in Wonderland

as Frog

How to Stop a Motor Car

1902

as The Driver

5.9

Explosion of a Motor Car

as Driver

The Bathers

as Bather

How It Feels to Be Run Over

1900

as Driver

6.0

Crew (65)

Movies (65)

Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909

2023

Director

The House of Marney

1927

Director

Stratford-on-Avon

1925

Director

The Coveted Coat

1924

Producer

6.0

Comin' Thro the Rye

1923

Director

Mist in the Valley

1923

Director

6.0

Through Three Reigns

1922

Director

Little Red Riding Hood

1922

Producer

A Day with the Gipsies

1922

Producer

The Narrow Valley

1921

Producer

Tansy

1921

Director

Dollars in Surrey

1921

Producer

Anna the Adventuress

1920

Director

Helen of Four Gates

Director

Alf's Button

Director

Broken in the Wars

Director

Oh'phelia: A Cartoon Burlesque

1919

Producer

5.0

Wisp o' the Woods

1919

Director

The Leopard's Spots

1918

Director

5.0

Comin' Thro' the Rye

1916

Director

Molly Bawn

1916

Director

Annie Laurie

1916

Producer

Schoolgirl Rebels

1915

Producer

Sweet Lavender

1915

Director

The Midnight Mail

1915

Producer

The Outrage

1915

Director

The Magic Glass

1914

Producer

4.7

The Basilisk

1914

Director

An Engagement of Convenience

1914

Producer

5.0

Heart of Midlothian

1914

Producer

How Things Do Develop

1914

Producer

The Book

1913

Producer

Are We Down-Hearted?

1911

Producer

4.0

Coronation of George V

1911

Director

Invisibility

1909

Director

Burnham Beeches

1909

Director

8.0

Lace Making

1908

Director

The Doll's Revenge

Director

The Doll's Revenge

Producer

Baby's Toilet

Director

Rescued by Rover

Director

Prehistoric Peeps

Producer

What the Curate Really Did

1905

Producer

The Bewitched Traveller

1904

Director

4.7

A Day in the Hayfields

Director

The Unclean World

Writer

Firemen to the Rescue

Director

Alice in Wonderland

Writer

Arrival of the Shah in London

1902

Director

Peace with Honour

1902

Director

Funeral of Queen Victoria

Director

Clown and Police

Director

Explosion of a Motor Car

Director

The Bathers

Director

The Beggar's Deceit

Director

Queen Victoria's Visit to Dublin

1900

Producer

10.0

Panorama of the Paris Exhibition No. 3

1900

Director

6.0

How It Feels to Be Run Over

Director

The Burning Stable

Director

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

1900

Director

View from an Engine Front: Shilla Mill Tunnel

1899

Director

The Kiss in the Tunnel

1899

Director of Photography

5.8

Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River

Director

Ladies on Bicycles

Writer

The Heart of a Fishergirl

Producer