J. Stuart Blackton
January 5, 1875 (149 years old) in Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
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.
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- 1912 · A Vitagraph Romance as J. Stuart Blackton
- 1907 · Lightning Sketches as Cartoonist
- 1906 · The Automobile Thieves as
- 1906 · Humorous Phases of Funny Faces as Cartoonist
- 1903 · Hooligan in Jail as Happy Hooligan
- 1903 · Happy Hooligan Interferes as Happy Hooligan
- 1902 · The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship as Happy Hooligan
- 1900 · The Enchanted Drawing as Chalk-Talk Artist
- 1900 · Hooligan Assists the Magician as Happy Hooligan
- 1900 · Happy Hooligan as Happy Hooligan
- 1898 · The Burglar on the Roof as Burglar
- 1896 · Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist as