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.

Directed

1. The Enchanted Drawing (1900) — Director
2. Little Nemo (1911) — Director
3. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) — Director
4. Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909) — Director
5. The Haunted Hotel (1907) — Director
6. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909) — Director
7. The Cavalier's Dream (1898) — Director
8. The Burglar on the Roof (1898) — Director
9. The Congress of Nations (1900) — Director
10. The Clown and the Alchemist (1900) — Director
11. The Artist's Dilemma (1901) — Director
12. Lightning Sketches (1907) — Director
13. Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle (1899) — Director
14. Hooligan Assists the Magician (1900) — Director
15. Firemen Rescuing Men and Women (1899) — Director
16. Little Mischief (1898) — Director
17. Maude's Naughty Little Brother (1900) — Director
18. 'Columbia' Winning the Cup (1899) — Director
19. Astor Battery on Parade (1899) — Director
20. Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter (1901) — Director
21. Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy (1908) — Director
22. Lady Godiva (1911) — Director
23. King Lear (1909) — Director
24. Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car (1901) — Director
25. Oliver Twist (1909) — Director
26. Napoleon, the Man of Destiny (1909) — Director
27. Vanishing Lady (1898) — Director
28. Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus (1901) — Director
29. Napoleon and the Empress Josephine (1909) — Director
30. "Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing (1899) — Director
31. Kidnapped in New York (1915) — Director
32. Happy Hooligan (1900) — Director
33. The Glorious Adventure (1922) — Director
34. And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream (1906) — Director
35. The Death of King Edward III (1911) — Director
36. The Redeeming Sin (1925) — Director
37. Bride of the Storm (1926) — Director
38. Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy (1909) — Director
39. Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers (1908) — Director
40. The Judgment of Solomon (1909) — Director

Also appeared in

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