
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1875-01-05
Deathday
1941-08-13
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

The Enchanted Drawing
as Chalk-Talk Artist

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
as Cartoonist

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

The Burglar on the Roof
as Burglar

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

Hooligan Assists the Magician
as Happy Hooligan

Lightning Sketches
as Cartoonist

Happy Hooligan Interferes
as Happy Hooligan

A Vitagraph Romance
as J. Stuart Blackton

Happy Hooligan
as Happy Hooligan