Cecil M. Hepworth

Born: 1873-03-19

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.


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Alice in Wonderland

as Frog
Released: 1903-10-17

This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a...

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Explosion of a Motor Car

as Driver
Released: 1900-07-01

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses...

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How It Feels to Be Run Over

as Driver
Released: 1900-06-30

As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one...

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Rescued by Rover

as Harassed father
Released: 1905-07-03

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

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The Bathers

as Bather
Released: 1900-11-01

TRICK. Two bathers arrive at a river, disrobe at the water's edge and dive in. The action is...

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