Percy Stow

Percy Stow (1876 – 10 July 1919) was a British director of short films.

[1] Percy Stow was an early partner of Cecil Hepworth, regarded as one of the founders of the British film industry.

The company was formed at Limes Road and its distinctive logo carried the abbreviation CFC.

[2] Stow directed 293 short films including the first cinematic adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.

Stow died 10 July 1919 at the age of 43 years in Torquay, Devon, England.

The Tempest (1908)
May Clark as Alice (left) and Norman Whitten (right) as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland (1903), the first film version of the story