Walter R. Booth
Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Worcester, England, UK
Known for
- The '?' Motorist (1906) — Director
- Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901) — Director
- The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901) — Director
- The Airship Destroyer (1909) — Director
- An Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903) — Director
- Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (1899) — Professor of spiritualism
- Artistic Creation (1901) — The cartoonist
- An Over-Incubated Baby (1901) — Director
- The Automatic Motorist (1911) — Director
- A Railway Collision (1900) — Director
- The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901) — Director
- A Lively Quarter Day (1906) — The conjurer
- The Magic Sword (1901) — Writer
- Undressing Extraordinary (1901)
- Animated Putty (1911) — Director
- The Hand of the Artist (1906)