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.
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
5 January 1875
Death Day
13 August 1941
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
Also Known As
James Stuart Blackton
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
1906-04-05Actor, Director
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
1902-01-27Actor
A Vitagraph Romance
1912-09-17Actor
The Enchanted Drawing
1900-11-16Actor, Director, Producer
The Burglar on the Roof
1898-12-01Actor, Director
Hooligan Assists the Magician
1900-11-01Actor, Director
Lightning Sketches
1907-07-27Actor, Director, Producer
Happy Hooligan Interferes
1903-06-20Actor
Happy Hooligan
1900-01-01Actor, Director
Hooligan in Jail
1903-10-06Actor
The Automobile Thieves
1906-09-22Director
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
1896-01-01
The Death of King Edward III
1911-08-05Director
The Redeeming Sin
1925-01-25Director
The Thieving Hand
1908-02-01Director, Producer
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
1909-08-10Director, Producer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909-12-25Director
The Glorious Adventure
1922-04-23Producer, Editor, Story, Director
Bride of the Storm
1926-02-20Director
The Haunted Hotel
1907-02-23Director
Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy
1909-05-22Director
Little Mischief
1898-08-31Director
'Columbia' Winning the Cup
1899-05-20Director
Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle
1899-03-20Director
Astor Battery on Parade
1899-01-20Director
Maude's Naughty Little Brother
1900-05-21Director
The Clown and the Alchemist
1900-11-21Director
The Congress of Nations
1900-11-21Director
Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
1901-12-16Director
Firemen Rescuing Men and Women
1899-06-30Director
Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus
1901-12-03Director
Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car
1901-12-17Director
The Honeymooners
1914-08-21Writer
Kidnapped in New York
1915-10-15Director
The Galley Slave
1909-09-03Director
Oliver Twist
1909-06-01Director
The Battle Cry of Peace
1915-08-05Director, Producer, Writer
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
1908-02-08Director
The Judgment of Solomon
1909-05-22Director
The Life of Moses
1909-12-04Director
Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
1909-01-02Director
Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
1909-04-10Director
Cardinal Wolsey
1912-01-02Director
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910-01-02Director
Benedict Arnold
1909-11-16Director
The Message of the Mouse
1917-07-02Director
Little Nemo
1911-04-08Director
Tides of Passion
1925-04-26Director
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
1917-04-09Story, Director
Transgression
1917-08-20Story
The Fighting Trail
1917-09-10Story
The Beloved Brute
1924-11-09Director
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest
1910-07-06Supervising Producer
The Film Parade
1933-01-01Director
Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid
1907-09-07Director
The Life and Death of King Richard III
1912-10-15Producer
The Cavalier's Dream
1898-12-22Director
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908-12-01Director
As You Like It
1912-10-06Director, Producer
The Life of George Washington
1909-06-29Director
King Lear
1909-03-27Director
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
1908-08-01Director
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1905-10-14Director
A Visit to the Spiritualist
1899-12-01Director
The Merchant of Venice
1908-12-22Director
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1910-07-26Director
East Lynne; or, Red Astray
1908-06-01Director
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
1909-08-21Director
The American
1927-01-01Director
The Clean Heart
1924-09-15Director
The Story of Treasure Island
1908-03-08Director, Producer
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
1908-11-03Production Manager, Director
A Gentleman of France
1905-12-02Director
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1898-11-02Director
Passers-By
1920-06-20Director
The Passionate Quest
1926-07-10Director
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
1908-09-28Director
The Bride of Lammermoor
1909-01-05Director
The Happy Warrior
1925-07-05Director
The Fairy Godfather
1917-04-30Director
The Diary of a Puppy
1917-12-23Director
A Spring Idyll
1917-04-09Director
The Collie Market
1917-04-02Director
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
1911-06-30Director
The Gilded Highway
1926-03-13Director
"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing
1899-09-27Director
Work Made Easy
1907-12-28Director
On the Banks of the Wabash
1923-10-22Director
Life's Greatest Problem
1918-11-03Director
And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
1906-12-01Director
Jeffries Skipping the Rope
1901-12-14Director
Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball
1901-12-14Director
Hell-Bent for Heaven
1926-05-01Director
Battle of Santiago Bay
1898-01-01Director, Producer
The Magic Fountain Pen
1909-07-17Director
Children Bathing
1901-12-16Director
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
1908-06-06Director
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
1908-08-29Director
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
1907-12-01Director
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
1908-07-25Director
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
1908-12-19Director
Her Grandchild
1912-08-19Producer
The Common Cause
1919-01-05Director, Producer
The Heights of Hazard
1915-11-15Presenter
A Gipsy Cavalier
1922-12-29Director, Producer
The Judgment House
1917-11-19Director, Adaptation, Producer, Presenter
The 100 to One Shot; or, A Run of Luck
1906-07-28Director
A House Divided
1919-04-27Director
The Spirit of Christmas
1913-12-25Supervisor of Production Resources
Saul and David
1909-02-27Director
Lady Godiva
1911-10-20Director
Playing Dead
1915-09-20Supervising Producer
The Virgin Queen
1923-01-23Director
Francesca di Rimini
1910-11-19Director
Vanishing Lady
1898-12-26Director
Between Friends
1924-05-11Director
The Forbidden Valley
1920-10-10Director, Producer
The Moonshine Trail
1919-10-19Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
The House of the Tolling Bell
1920-09-05Director, Producer
Let Not Man Put Asunder
1924-01-14Director
The Blood Barrier
1920-04-11Director, Producer
Respectable by Proxy
1920-02-15Director, Producer
Dawn
1919-11-30Director, Writer, Producer
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