Sesil Hepuort English director Date of Birth: 19.03.1874 Country: Great Britain

1. Biography of Cecil Hepworth
2. Filmography

Biography of Cecil Hepworth

Cecil Hepworth, an English director, producer, and screenwriter, was born in 1874. He was the son of the renowned lecturer T.C. Hepworth, who illustrated his lectures with a "magic lantern." As a young man, Cecil Hepworth worked at the Warwick film studio. In 1896, he met Will Day and in 1897 published one of the first manuals on cinematography. Hepworth focused on improving film processing and printing, as well as developing copying and perforating machines, for which he obtained patents. In 1898, he established a film printing laboratory in Walton.
In 1899, Cecil Hepworth left Warwick and, together with Lewin Fitzhamon, started his own company called "Hepworth Manufacturing Company." During the war, Hepworth followed in the footsteps of the "War Office Committee of Cinematograph Manufacturers" by creating a film in which an English soldier tears down the Boer flag.
In 1901, Cecil Hepworth produced series films such as "The English Navy" and "The British Army." From 1900 to 1903, he directed films like "The Eternal Ping-Pong," "The Call to Arms," and "An Honorable Peace."
Hepworth's first major film, released in 1903, was "Alice in Wonderland," which was 250 meters long and consisted of 16 scenes. The film followed the text of Lewis Carroll's famous story and imitated the illustrations by Sir John Tenniel.

Filmography

- 1898: "Courier Trains"
- 1898: "Tracks for Lady Cyclists"
- 1898: "Arrival of Visitors at Henley Station"
- 1898: "Henley Regatta: Preliminary Heat"
- 1900: "Panorama of the Paris Exposition No. 1"
- 1900: "Panorama of the Paris Exposition No. 2"
- 1900: "Panorama of the Paris Exposition No. 3"
- 1900: "The Stolen Drink"
- 1901: "Funeral of Queen Victoria: Procession Leaving Victoria Station"
- 1901: "Raging Waves"
- 1901: "The English Navy"
- 1901: "The British Army"
- 1902: "State Processions: The Prince of Wales' Cavalcade at Whitehall"
- 1902: "An Honorable Peace"
- 1902: "The Call to Arms"
- 1903: "Alice in Wonderland"
- 1903: "The Progress of the Race"
- 1903: "Views of the Coast"
- 1903: "Arrested by Rover"
- 1904: "The Story of the World"
- 1905: "Foreign Invasion"
- 1905: "Den of Thieves"
- 1905: "False Accusations"
- 1905: "Rescued by Rover"
- 1910: "Industrial Data of Egypt"
- 1911: "Rachel's Sin"
- 1911: "Faust"
- 1912: "Deception"
- 1914: "The Basilisk"
- 1914: "The Call"
- 1915: "Confession"
- 1915: "Barnaby Rudge"
- 1916: "The Marriage of William Ashe"
- 1916: "A Bouquet of Violets"
- 1916: "Annie Laurie"
- 1917: "The American Heiress"
- 1917: "The Snare"
- 1918: "Reckless Fate"
- 1918: "Boundary House"
- 1919: "When the Sun Goes Down"