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Cecil M. Hepworth(1873-1953)

  • Producer
  • Cinematographer
  • Director
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Cecil M. Hepworth
Born in London, England, in 1874, Cecil Hepworth was one of the founders of the British film industry, directing and producing many films from 1898 into the late 1920s. Developing an early interest in films from following his father on lecture tours about the magic-lantern, he patented several photographic inventions and wrote possibly the earliest handbook on the film medium. Directing, producing, and occasionally, acting in his films, Hepworth was instrumental in developing the British film industry through his use of cutting to produce a coherent film narrative. After a lull in film-making while attending more to his film studio business, he began making films again in 1914 and continued into the 1920s where he began falling behind the times in his techniques, thereby contributing to his bankruptcy in 1924, ending his career as a director of trailers and advertisements. He died in 1953.
BornMarch 19, 1873
DiedFebruary 9, 1953(79)
BornMarch 19, 1873
DiedFebruary 9, 1953(79)
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May Clark and Cecil M. Hepworth in How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)

Known for

Alice in Wonderland (1903)
Alice in Wonderland
6.2
Short
  • Producer
  • 1903
How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)
How It Feels to Be Run Over
6.1
Short
  • Producer
  • 1900
Sweet Lavender
  • Producer
  • 1915
Iris (1916)
Iris
  • Producer
  • 1916

Credits

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Producer

  • Which Switch?
  • Plots and Blots
  • The Night of the Knight
  • The Coveted Coat (1924)
    The Coveted Coat
  • The China Peril
  • Lizzie's Last Lap
  • Let's Paint
  • If a Picture Tells a Story (1924)
    If a Picture Tells a Story
  • The Fugitive Futurist (1924)
    The Fugitive Futurist
  • The Death Ray
  • Film Favourites
  • The World of Wonderful Reality
  • The Naked Man
  • Shayle Gardner and Alma Taylor in Comin' Thro' the Rye (1923)
    Comin' Thro' the Rye
  • Boden's Boy

Cinematographer

  • Boundary House
  • The Basilisk
  • Barbara Hepworth and Blair in Rescued by Rover (1905)
    Rescued by Rover
  • Whitehall
  • Trooping of the Colour
  • Alice in Wonderland (1903)
    Alice in Wonderland
  • Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's
  • Review of Troops at Woolwich
  • Indian Troops Marching Down Constitution Hill
  • Indian Review: Grand March Past
  • Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton
  • Return Procession in Parliament Square
  • Departure of Mr. Chamberlain for South Africa
  • The King's Procession Around London
  • Queen Alexandra Launching H.M.S. Queen

Director

  • The House of Marney
  • Film Favourites
  • Shayle Gardner and Alma Taylor in Comin' Thro' the Rye (1923)
    Comin' Thro' the Rye
  • Strangling Threads
  • The Pipes of Pan
  • Alma Taylor in Mist in the Valley (1923)
    Mist in the Valley
  • Tansy (1921)
    Tansy
  • Wild Heather
  • The Narrow Valley
  • The Tinted Venus
  • Mrs. Erricker's Reputation
  • Alma Taylor in Helen of Four Gates (1920)
    Helen of Four Gates
  • Alf's Button (1920)
    Alf's Button
  • Anna the Adventuress
  • The Forest on the Hill

Personal details

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    • March 19, 1873
    • Lewisham, England, UK
    • February 9, 1953
    • Greenford, Middlesex, England, UK
    • April 30, 1929 - February 9, 1953 (his death, 1 child)
  • Book: "Animated Photography".
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 3 Articles

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    As a child, he often traveled with his father T. C. Hepworth on the lecture circuit. Hepworth lectured about magic lanterns. This fascinated the young Cecil, and he often cited it as an influence on his later inventions in pre-World War I British cinema.

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