J. Stuart Blackton

Known for: Directing
Born: January 5, 1875, Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
Died: August 13, 1941
Movies: 128

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.4

The Enchanted Drawing

1900

6.4

Little Nemo

1911

5.8

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

1906

5.8

Princess Nicotine

1909

5.7

The Haunted Hotel

1907

4.6

The Cavalier's Dream

1898

4.8

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1909

4.6

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

1896

3.3

The Burglar on the Roof

1898

3.9

The Congress of Nations

1900

Filmography

1912	A Vitagraph Romance	J. Stuart Blackton
1907	Lightning Sketches	Cartoonist
1906	And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
1906	The Automobile Thieves
1906	Humorous Phases of Funny Faces	Cartoonist
1903	Hooligan in Jail	Happy Hooligan
1903	Happy Hooligan Interferes	Happy Hooligan
1902	The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship	Happy Hooligan
1900	The Enchanted Drawing	Chalk-Talk Artist
1900	Hooligan Assists the Magician	Happy Hooligan
1900	Happy Hooligan	Happy Hooligan
1898	The Burglar on the Roof	Burglar
1896	Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

Directing, Writing & Producing

1933	The Film Parade	Director
1927	The American	Director
1926	The Passionate Quest	Director
1926	Hell-Bent for Heaven	Director
1926	The Gilded Highway	Director
1926	Bride of the Storm	Director
1925	The Happy Warrior	Director
1925	Tides of Passion	Director
1925	The Redeeming Sin	Director
1924	The Beloved Brute	Director
1924	The Clean Heart	Director
1924	Between Friends	Director
1924	Let Not Man Put Asunder	Director
1923	On the Banks of the Wabash	Director
1923	The Virgin Queen	Director
1922	A Gipsy Cavalier	Director, Producer
1922	The Glorious Adventure	Producer, Director
1920	The Forbidden Valley	Director, Producer
1920	The House of the Tolling Bell	Director, Producer
1920	Passers-By	Director
1920	The Blood Barrier	Director, Producer
1920	Respectable by Proxy	Director, Producer
1920	My Husband's Other Wife	Director, Producer
1919	Dawn	Director, Writer, Producer
1919	The Moonshine Trail	Director, Writer, Producer
1919	A House Divided	Director
1919	The Common Cause	Director, Producer
1918	Life's Greatest Problem	Director
1918	Missing	Producer
1918	The World for Sale	Director
1917	The Diary of a Puppy	Director
1917	The Judgment House	Director, Producer
1917	The Message of the Mouse	Director
1917	The Fairy Godfather	Director
1917	Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation	Director
1917	A Spring Idyll	Director
1917	The Collie Market	Director
1916	Whom the Gods Destroy	Director, Writer
1915	Kidnapped in New York	Director
1915	The Battle Cry of Peace	Director, Writer, Producer
1914	The Honeymooners	Writer
1912	The Life and Death of King Richard III	Producer
1912	As You Like It	Director, Producer
1912	Her Grandchild	Producer
1912	Cardinal Wolsey	Director
1911	Lady Godiva	Director
1911	The Death of King Edward III	Director
1911	The Battle Hymn of the Republic	Director
1911	Little Nemo	Director
1910	Francesca di Rimini	Director
1910	Elektra	Director
1910	Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy	Director
1909	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Director
1909	The Life of Moses	Director
1909	Benedict Arnold	Director
1909	The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome	Director
1909	Princess Nicotine	Director, Producer
1909	The Magic Fountain Pen	Director
1909	The Life of George Washington	Director
1909	Oliver Twist	Director
1909	Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy	Director
1909	The Judgment of Solomon	Director
1909	Napoleon, the Man of Destiny	Director
1909	King Lear	Director
1909	Saul and David	Director
1909	Ruy Blas	Director
1909	The Bride of Lammermoor	Director
1909	Napoleon and the Empress Josephine	Director
1908	The Merchant of Venice	Director
1908	The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain	Director
1908	Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy	Director
1908	Antony and Cleopatra	Director
1908	Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy	Director
1908	Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils	Director
1908	The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen	Director
1908	Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance	Director
1908	Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet	Director
1908	East Lynne; or, Red Astray	Director
1908	The Story of Treasure Island	Producer, Director
1908	Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers	Director
1907	Work Made Easy	Director
1907	The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance	Director
1907	Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid	Director
1907	Lightning Sketches	Director, Producer
1907	The Haunted Hotel	Director
1906	And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream	Director
1906	The 100 to One Shot; or, A Run of Luck	Director
1906	Humorous Phases of Funny Faces	Director
1905	Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France	Director
1905	Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Director
1901	Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car	Director
1901	Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter	Director
1901	Children Bathing	Director
1901	Jeffries Skipping the Rope	Director
1901	Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball	Director
1901	The Artist's Dilemma	Director
1901	Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus	Director
1900	The Clown and the Alchemist	Director
1900	The Congress of Nations	Director
1900	The Enchanted Drawing	Director, Producer
1900	Hooligan Assists the Magician	Director
1900	Maude's Naughty Little Brother	Director
1900	Happy Hooligan	Director
1899	A Visit to the Spiritualist	Director
1899	"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing	Director
1899	Firemen Rescuing Men and Women	Director
1899	'Columbia' Winning the Cup	Director
1899	Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle	Director
1899	Astor Battery on Parade	Director
1898	Vanishing Lady	Director
1898	The Cavalier's Dream	Director
1898	The Burglar on the Roof	Director
1898	Humpty Dumpty Circus	Director
1898	Little Mischief	Director
1898	Battle of Santiago Bay	Director, Producer

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