Walter R. Booth

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Worcester, England, UK

Walter R. Booth

Biography

Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).

Acting

2018

Secrets of British Animation

as Self (archive Footage)

1899

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

as Professor of spiritualism

1901

Artistic Creation

as The cartoonist

1906

A Lively Quarter Day

as The conjurer

1907

Comedy Cartoons

as The artist

Production

1901

1901

The Magic Sword

as Producer

1906

The '?' Motorist

as Director

1909

1900

1901

1901

The Magic Sword

as Director

1901

1907

1906

1899

The Miser's Doom

as Director

1912

1910

1907

1911

1907

1912

Paper Cuttings

as Director

1911

1903

Pocket Boxers

as Director

1900

Chinese Magic

as Director

1907

1911

Animated Putty

as Director

1909

Animated Cotton

as Director

1907

1907

Comedy Cartoons

as Director

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