J. Stuart Blackton
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1875-01-05 · Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
- Died
- 1941-08-13
Known for
- The Enchanted Drawing (1900) — Chalk-Talk Artist
- Little Nemo (1911) — Director
- Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) — Cartoonist
- Princess Nicotine (1909) — Director
- The Haunted Hotel (1907) — Director
- The Cavalier's Dream (1898) — Director
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909) — Director
- Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist (1896)
- The Burglar on the Roof (1898) — Burglar
- The Clown and the Alchemist (1900) — Director
- The Congress of Nations (1900) — Director
- The Artist's Dilemma (1901) — Director
- The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship (1902) — Happy Hooligan
- Hooligan Assists the Magician (1900) — Happy Hooligan
- Lightning Sketches (1907) — Cartoonist
- Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle (1899) — Director