J. Stuart Blackton

Directing · 1875–1941 · 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.

Known for

6.4

The Enchanted Drawing

1900 · Director

6.4

Little Nemo

1911 · Director

5.8

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

1906 · Director

5.8

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

1909 · Director

5.7

The Haunted Hotel

1907 · Director

4.7

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1909 · Director

4.5

The Cavalier's Dream

1898 · Director

3.3

The Burglar on the Roof

1898 · Director

6.0

The Artist's Dilemma

1901 · Director

3.9

The Congress of Nations

1900 · Director

4.7

Lightning Sketches

1907 · Director

4.8

Hooligan Assists the Magician

1900 · Director

Directed112

8.0

The Film Parade

1933 · Director

7.0

The American

1927 · Director

7.0

Hell-Bent for Heaven

1926 · Director

8.0

Bride of the Storm

1926 · Director

10.0

The Gilded Highway

1926 · Director

The Passionate Quest

9.0

The Passionate Quest

1926 · Director

10.0

The Happy Warrior

1925 · Director

7.0

Tides of Passion

1925 · Director

8.0

The Redeeming Sin

1925 · Director

8.0

Let Not Man Put Asunder

1924 · Director

7.0

The Beloved Brute

1924 · Director

7.0

Between Friends

1924 · Director

10.0

The Clean Heart

1924 · Director

7.0

On the Banks of the Wabash

1923 · Director

8.0

The Virgin Queen

1923 · Director

A Gipsy Cavalier

8.0

A Gipsy Cavalier

1922 · Director

6.5

The Glorious Adventure

1922 · Director

7.0

Passers-By

1920 · Director

Acting

6.2

A Vitagraph Romance

1912 · J. Stuart Blackton

4.7

Lightning Sketches

1907 · Cartoonist

5.8

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

1906 · Cartoonist

6.5

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

1906

9.0

The Automobile Thieves

1906

Hooligan in Jail

7.0

Hooligan in Jail

1903 · Happy Hooligan

5.4

Happy Hooligan Interferes

1903 · Happy Hooligan

5.1

The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

1902 · Happy Hooligan

Happy Hooligan

4.0

Happy Hooligan

1900 · Happy Hooligan

6.4

The Enchanted Drawing

1900 · Chalk-Talk Artist

4.8

Hooligan Assists the Magician

1900 · Happy Hooligan

3.3

The Burglar on the Roof

1898 · Burglar

4.5

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

1896