J. Stuart Blackton
View on IMDb ↗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 Automobile Thieves
And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
The Enchanted Drawing
A Vitagraph Romance
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Happy Hooligan Interferes
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
Hooligan Assists the Magician
Lightning Sketches
Edison Drawn by 'World' ArtistFilmography (13)
- 1912
A Vitagraph RomanceJ. Stuart Blackton - 1907
Lightning SketchesCartoonist - 1906
The Automobile Thieves - 1906
And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream - 1906
Humorous Phases of Funny FacesCartoonist - 1903Hooligan in JailHappy Hooligan
- 1903
Happy Hooligan InterferesHappy Hooligan - 1902
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His AirshipHappy Hooligan - 1900
The Enchanted DrawingChalk-Talk Artist - 1900
Hooligan Assists the MagicianHappy Hooligan - 1900Happy HooliganHappy Hooligan
- 1898
The Burglar on the RoofBurglar - 1896
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
Crew (115)
- 1933The Film ParadeDirector
- 1927The AmericanDirector
- 1926The Gilded HighwayDirector
- 1926The Passionate QuestDirector
- 1926Bride of the StormDirector
- 1926Hell-Bent for HeavenDirector
- 1925The Happy WarriorDirector
- 1925The Redeeming SinDirector
- 1925Tides of PassionDirector
- 1924The Clean HeartDirector
- 1924Let Not Man Put AsunderDirector
- 1924The Beloved BruteDirector
- 1924Between FriendsDirector
- 1923The Virgin QueenDirector
- 1923On the Banks of the WabashDirector
- 1922A Gipsy CavalierProducer
- 1922The Glorious AdventureStory
- 1920The Blood BarrierProducer
- 1920Respectable by ProxyProducer
- 1920My Husband's Other WifeProducer
- 1920The House of the Tolling BellProducer
- 1920The Forbidden ValleyProducer
- 1920Passers-ByDirector
- 1919The Moonshine TrailEditor
- 1919A House DividedDirector
- 1919DawnProducer
- 1919The Common CauseProducer
- 1918Life's Greatest ProblemDirector
- 1918The World for SaleDirector
- 1918MissingScenario Writer
- 1917The Diary of a PuppyDirector
- 1917The Collie MarketDirector
- 1917A Spring IdyllDirector
- 1917The Fairy GodfatherDirector
- 1917The Message of the MouseDirector
- 1917Womanhood, the Glory of the NationStory
- 1917TransgressionStory
- 1917The Fighting TrailStory
- 1917The Judgment HousePresenter
- 1916Whom the Gods DestroyWriter
- 1915Kidnapped in New YorkDirector
- 1915The Battle Cry of PeaceWriter
- 1915The Heights of HazardPresenter
- 1915Playing DeadSupervising Producer
- 1914The HoneymoonersWriter
- 1913The Spirit of ChristmasSupervisor of Production Resources
- 1912Her GrandchildProducer
- 1912The Life and Death of King Richard IIIProducer
- 1912As You Like ItProducer
- 1912Cardinal WolseyDirector
- 1911The Battle Hymn of the RepublicDirector
- 1911The Death of King Edward IIIDirector
- 1911Little NemoDirector
- 1911Lady GodivaDirector
- 1910Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing ContestSupervising Producer
- 1910Richelieu; or: The ConspiracyDirector
- 1910Uncle Tom's CabinDirector
- 1910Francesca di RiminiDirector
- 1910ElektraDirector
- 1909The Judgment of SolomonDirector
- 1909Benedict ArnoldDirector
- 1909The Bride of LammermoorDirector
- 1909Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical TragedyDirector
- 1909The Life of George WashingtonDirector
- 1909The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient RomeDirector
- 1909Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke FairyProducer
- 1909Napoleon and the Empress JosephineDirector
- 1909A Midsummer Night's DreamDirector
- 1909Oliver TwistDirector
- 1909Napoleon, the Man of DestinyDirector
- 1909King LearDirector
- 1909The Magic Fountain PenDirector
- 1909The Galley SlaveDirector
- 1909The Life of MosesDirector
- 1909Saul and DavidDirector
- 1908Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven VeilsDirector
- 1908The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of SpainDirector
- 1908East Lynne; or, Red AstrayDirector
- 1908Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century RomanceDirector
- 1908Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two BrothersDirector
- 1908Julius Caesar, an Historical TragedyDirector
- 1908Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and CapuletDirector
- 1908The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient NorsemenDirector
- 1908Richard III, a Shakespearian TragedyDirector
- 1908Antony and CleopatraProduction Manager
- 1908The Merchant of VeniceDirector
- 1908The Story of Treasure IslandProducer
- 1907Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic FluidDirector
- 1907The Shaughraun, an Irish RomanceDirector
- 1907The Haunted HotelDirector
- 1907Work Made EasyDirector
- 1906The 100 to One Shot; or, A Run of LuckDirector
- 1905Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of FranceDirector
- 1905Adventures of Sherlock HolmesDirector
- 1901Jeffries Skipping the RopeDirector
- 1901Jeffries Throwing the Medicine BallDirector
- 1901Children BathingDirector
- 1901The Artist's DilemmaDirector
- 1901Leaping Dogs at Gentry's CircusDirector
- 1901Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric CarDirector
- 1901Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a WaiterDirector
- 1900Maude's Naughty Little BrotherDirector
- 1900The Clown and the AlchemistDirector
- 1900The Congress of NationsDirector
- 1899A Visit to the SpiritualistDirector
- 1899"Shamrock" and "Erin" SailingDirector
- 1899Firemen Rescuing Men and WomenDirector
- 1899'Columbia' Winning the CupDirector
- 1899Astor Battery on ParadeDirector
- 1899Raising Old Glory Over Morro CastleDirector
- 1898Vanishing LadyDirector
- 1898The Cavalier's DreamDirector
- 1898Little MischiefDirector
- 1898Battle of Santiago BayProducer
- 1898Humpty Dumpty CircusDirector