J. Stuart Blackton

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1875-01-05 (66 years old)

Deathday

1941-08-13

Place of Birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK

J. Stuart Blackton

Biography

James Stuart Blackton was a pioneer Anglo-American filmmaker and can be credited with the first feature-length American production. He founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897 and was among the first filmmakers to use stop-motion and drawn animation.

Acting

1912

A Vitagraph Romance

as J. Stuart Blackton

1900

The Enchanted Drawing

as Chalk-Talk Artist

1900

1907

Lightning Sketches

as Cartoonist

1903

Happy Hooligan Interferes

as Happy Hooligan

1900

Happy Hooligan

as Happy Hooligan

1903

Hooligan in Jail

as Happy Hooligan

Production

1925

1908

1900

1922

1926

1907

1907

1898

Little Mischief

as Director

1914

1915

1909

Les Misérables

as Director

1909

Oliver Twist

as Director

1909

1912

Cardinal Wolsey

as Director

1909

Benedict Arnold

as Director

1911

Little Nemo

as Director

1925

Tides of Passion

as Director

1917

1917

1908

1924

1933

The Film Parade

as Director

1907

1898

1912

As You Like It

as Director

1912

As You Like It

as Producer

1906

1909

King Lear

as Director

1900

1908

1900

Happy Hooligan

as Director

1910

1909

1927

The American

as Director

1924

The Clean Heart

as Director

1905

1898

1920

Passers-By

as Director

1926

1925

1917

1917

1917

1917

A Spring Idyll

as Director

1926

1922

1907

Work Made Easy

as Director

1926

1898

1909

1901

Children Bathing

as Director

1912

Her Grandchild

as Producer

1919

The Common Cause

as Director

1919

The Common Cause

as Producer

1915

1922

A Gipsy Cavalier

as Director

1922

A Gipsy Cavalier

as Producer

1917

1917

The Judgment House

as Adaptation

1917

1917

The Judgment House

as Presenter

1919

A House Divided

as Director

1913

The Spirit of Christmas

as Supervisor of Production Resources

1909

Saul and David

as Director

1911

Lady Godiva

as Director

1915

Playing Dead

as Supervising Producer

1923

The Virgin Queen

as Director

1910

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