Known For
Directing
Birthday
January 5, 1875
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
Also Known As
- James Stuart Blackton
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 - Movies
A Vitagraph Romance
as J. Stuart Blackton
Lightning Sketches
as Cartoonist
The Enchanted Drawing
as Chalk-Talk Artist
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
as Cartoonist
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Happy Hooligan
as Happy Hooligan
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
The Automobile Thieves
Happy Hooligan Interferes
as Happy Hooligan
And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
as Happy Hooligan