Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s. Hepworth was born in Lambeth, South London. His father, Thomas Cradock Hepworth, was a famous magic lantern showman and author. Cecil Hepworth became involved in the early stages of British filmmaking, working for both Birt Acres and Charles Urban, and wrote the first British book on the subject in 1897.

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  • Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s. Hepworth was born in Lambeth, South London. His father, Thomas Cradock Hepworth, was a famous magic lantern showman and author. Cecil Hepworth became involved in the early stages of British filmmaking, working for both Birt Acres and Charles Urban, and wrote the first British book on the subject in 1897. With his cousin Monty Wicks he set up the production company Hepworth and Co. , which was later renamed the Hepworth Manufacturing Company and then Hepworth Picture Plays. In 1899 they built a small film studio in Walton-on-Thames. The company produced about three films a week, sometimes with Hepworth directing. Rescued by Rover (1904), co-directed with Lewin Fitzhamon and starring a collie in the title role, was a huge financial success. The film is now regarded as an important development in film grammar, with shots being effectively combined to emphasise the action. Hepworth was also one of the first to recognise the potential of film stars, both animal and human, with several recurring characters appearing in his films. The company continued making popular films into the 1920s, despite Hepworth's now unchanging and increasingly old-fashioned film style. Boosted by the international success of Alf's Button (1919), the company went public to fund a large studio development. He failed to raise the necessary capital and, also suffering the box office failure of Comin' Thro' The Rye (1923), the company went into receivership the next year. Tragically, all of Hepworth's original film negatives were melted down by the receiver in order to sell the silver.
  • Cecil Hepworth war ein britischer Filmregisseur, Produzent, Autor und Darsteller. Er gehört zu den Pionieren des britischen Films.
  • Cecil Milton Hepworth fue un guionista, director y productor de cine inglés. Hepworth fue uno de los fundadores de la industria fílmica británica. Su padre operaba una Linterna mágica, y se interesó en trabajar en el medio desde los primeros días del cine, con Birt Acres y Charles Urban. Escribió el primer libro británico sobre cine en 1897, y fundó la productora Hepworth and Co. , posteriormente llamada Hepworth Manufacturing Company, y luego Hepworth Picture Plays. La compañía producía hasta tres películas a la semana, y a veces el propio Hepworth dirigía.
  • Cecil Hepworth est un réalisateur, producteur, acteur, directeur de la photographie et scénariste britannique né le 19 mars 1874 à Lewisham, décédé le 9 février 1953 à Greenford.
  • Сесиль Хепуорт (англ. Cecil Milton Hepworth), 19 марта 1874 — 9 февраля 1953 — английский режиссёр, продюсер, сценарист.
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  • Cecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s. Hepworth was born in Lambeth, South London. His father, Thomas Cradock Hepworth, was a famous magic lantern showman and author. Cecil Hepworth became involved in the early stages of British filmmaking, working for both Birt Acres and Charles Urban, and wrote the first British book on the subject in 1897.
  • Cecil Hepworth war ein britischer Filmregisseur, Produzent, Autor und Darsteller. Er gehört zu den Pionieren des britischen Films.
  • Cecil Milton Hepworth fue un guionista, director y productor de cine inglés. Hepworth fue uno de los fundadores de la industria fílmica británica. Su padre operaba una Linterna mágica, y se interesó en trabajar en el medio desde los primeros días del cine, con Birt Acres y Charles Urban. Escribió el primer libro británico sobre cine en 1897, y fundó la productora Hepworth and Co. , posteriormente llamada Hepworth Manufacturing Company, y luego Hepworth Picture Plays.
  • Cecil Hepworth est un réalisateur, producteur, acteur, directeur de la photographie et scénariste britannique né le 19 mars 1874 à Lewisham, décédé le 9 février 1953 à Greenford.
  • Сесиль Хепуорт (англ. Cecil Milton Hepworth), 19 марта 1874 — 9 февраля 1953 — английский режиссёр, продюсер, сценарист.
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  • Cecil Hepworth
  • Хепуорт, Сесиль
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