J. Stuart Blackton
Directing
January 5, 1875
Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
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.
Movies
Hooligan Assists the Magician
1900
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
1906
The Enchanted Drawing
1900
The Automobile Thieves
1906
A Vitagraph Romance
1912
Happy Hooligan Interferes
1903
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
1902
The Burglar on the Roof
1898
Lightning Sketches
1907
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
1896