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J. Stuart Blackton

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
13

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 5, 1875 (151 years old)

Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK

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

Directing

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

Production

1922A Gipsy Cavalier...Producer
1922The Glorious Adventure...Producer
1920The Forbidden Valley...Producer
1920The House of the Tolling Bell...Producer
1920The Blood Barrier...Producer
1920Respectable by Proxy...Producer
1920My Husband's Other Wife...Producer
1919Dawn...Producer
1919The Moonshine Trail...Producer
1919The Common Cause...Producer
1918Missing...Producer
1917The Judgment House...Producer
1915Playing Dead...Supervising Producer
1915The Battle Cry of Peace...Producer
1912The Life and Death of King Richard III...Producer
1912As You Like It...Producer
1912Her Grandchild...Producer
1910Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest...Supervising Producer
1909Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy...Producer
1908Antony and Cleopatra...Production Manager
1908The Story of Treasure Island...Producer
1907Lightning Sketches...Producer
1900The Enchanted Drawing...Producer
1898Battle of Santiago Bay...Producer

Writing

1922The Glorious Adventure...Story
1919Dawn...Writer
1919The Moonshine Trail...Writer
1918Missing...Scenario Writer
1917The Judgment House...Adaptation
1917The Fighting Trail...Story
1917Transgression...Story
1917Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation...Story
1916Whom the Gods Destroy...Writer
1915The Battle Cry of Peace...Writer
1914The Honeymooners...Writer

Editing

1922The Glorious Adventure...Editor
1919The Moonshine Trail...Editor

Crew

1917The Judgment House...Presenter
1915The Heights of Hazard...Presenter
1913The Spirit of Christmas...Supervisor of Production Resources

Acting

1912A Vitagraph Romanceas J. Stuart Blackton
1907Lightning Sketchesas Cartoonist
1906And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dreamas
1906The Automobile Thievesas
1906Humorous Phases of Funny Facesas Cartoonist
1903Hooligan in Jailas Happy Hooligan
1903Happy Hooligan Interferesas Happy Hooligan
1902The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airshipas Happy Hooligan
1900The Enchanted Drawingas Chalk-Talk Artist
1900Hooligan Assists the Magicianas Happy Hooligan
1900Happy Hooliganas Happy Hooligan
1898The Burglar on the Roofas Burglar
1896Edison Drawn by 'World' Artistas