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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
January 5, 1875
Died
August 13, 1941
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
Also Known As
- James Stuart Blackton
J. Stuart Blackton
0.3 Popularity
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
4.8
J. Stuart Blackton
A Vitagraph Romance
1912
3.8
Cartoonist
Lightning Sketches
1907
0.0
The Automobile Thieves
1906
5.7
Cartoonist
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
1906
🎬
0.0
Happy Hooligan
Hooligan in Jail
1903
4.0
Happy Hooligan
Happy Hooligan Interferes
1903
4.7
Happy Hooligan
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
1902
6.4
Chalk-Talk Artist
The Enchanted Drawing
1900
4.3
Happy Hooligan
Hooligan Assists the Magician
1900
🎬
4.0
Happy Hooligan
Happy Hooligan
1900
Credits
A Vitagraph Romance
as J. Stuart Blackton
1912
4.8
Lightning Sketches
as Cartoonist
1907
3.8
The Automobile Thieves
1906
0.0
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
as Cartoonist
1906
5.7
🎬
Hooligan in Jail
as Happy Hooligan
1903
0.0
Happy Hooligan Interferes
as Happy Hooligan
1903
4.0
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
as Happy Hooligan
1902
4.7
The Enchanted Drawing
as Chalk-Talk Artist
1900
6.4
Hooligan Assists the Magician
as Happy Hooligan
1900
4.3
🎬
Happy Hooligan
as Happy Hooligan
1900
4.0
The Burglar on the Roof
as Burglar
1898
3.3
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
1896
3.9