

J. Stuart Blackton
Acting
January 5, 1875
Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
August 13, 1941
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.
The Filmography


As You Like It

A Vitagraph Romance

Lady Godiva

Little Nemo

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Life of Moses

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

Oliver Twist

The Judgment of Solomon

Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

King Lear

Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

Lightning Sketches

The Haunted Hotel

And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Happy Hooligan Interferes
