J. Stuart Blackton photo

J. Stuart Blackton

Directing

  • Born
  • January 5, 1875
  • Died
  • August 13, 1941
  • Place of birth
  • Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK

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.

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On the crew 122

Her Grandchild
1912
Missing poster
Missing
1918
Ruy Blas
1909
Elektra poster
Elektra
1910
Dawn poster
Dawn
1919
Little Nemo poster
Little Nemo
1911
King Lear poster
King Lear
1909
The Honeymooners
1914
My Husband's Other Wife poster
My Husband's Other Wife
1920
Passers-By poster
Passers-By
1920
Respectable by Proxy poster
Respectable by Proxy
1920
The Moonshine Trail poster
The Moonshine Trail
1919
The Merchant of Venice
1908
Happy Hooligan
1900
Lightning Sketches poster
Lightning Sketches
1907
Little Mischief
1898
Whom the Gods Destroy poster
Whom the Gods Destroy
1916
Antony and Cleopatra poster
Antony and Cleopatra
1908
Benedict Arnold
1909
The Film Parade poster
The Film Parade
1933
The Forbidden Valley poster
The Forbidden Valley
1920
The Battle Cry of Peace poster
The Battle Cry of Peace
1915
The World for Sale poster
The World for Sale
1918
The Redeeming Sin poster
The Redeeming Sin
1925
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908
The House of the Tolling Bell poster
The House of the Tolling Bell
1920
Maude's Naughty Little Brother poster
Maude's Naughty Little Brother
1900
The Life of Moses poster
The Life of Moses
1909
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy poster
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
1909
Lady Godiva poster
Lady Godiva
1911
The Happy Warrior poster
The Happy Warrior
1925
The Haunted Hotel poster
The Haunted Hotel
1907
The Gilded Highway poster
The Gilded Highway
1926
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910
The Battle Hymn of the Republic poster
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
1911
Francesca di Rimini poster
Francesca di Rimini
1910
The Blood Barrier poster
The Blood Barrier
1920
Let Not Man Put Asunder poster
Let Not Man Put Asunder
1924
The Life and Death of King Richard III poster
The Life and Death of King Richard III
1912
Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France
1905
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation poster
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
1917
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome poster
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
1909
Bride of the Storm poster
Bride of the Storm
1926
The Life of George Washington
1909
The Artist's Dilemma poster
The Artist's Dilemma
1901
The Story of Treasure Island
1908
The Common Cause poster
The Common Cause
1919
A Spring Idyll poster
A Spring Idyll
1917
Napoleon and the Empress Josephine poster
Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
1909
Tides of Passion poster
Tides of Passion
1925
Hell-Bent for Heaven poster
Hell-Bent for Heaven
1926
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
1908
The Heights of Hazard poster
The Heights of Hazard
1915
Uncle Tom's Cabin poster
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1910
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces poster
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
1906
The Fighting Trail poster
The Fighting Trail
1917
The Virgin Queen poster
The Virgin Queen
1923
A Gipsy Cavalier
1922
Transgression poster
Transgression
1917
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909
Oliver Twist poster
Oliver Twist
1909
A House Divided poster
A House Divided
1919
Saul and David
1909
The Enchanted Drawing poster
The Enchanted Drawing
1900
Napoleon, the Man of Destiny poster
Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
1909
Cardinal Wolsey
1912
Jeffries Skipping the Rope poster
Jeffries Skipping the Rope
1901
Life's Greatest Problem poster
Life's Greatest Problem
1918
Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car
1901
Playing Dead poster
Playing Dead
1915
Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid
1907
Kidnapped in New York poster
Kidnapped in New York
1915
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers poster
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
1908
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes poster
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1905
The Bride of Lammermoor poster
The Bride of Lammermoor
1909
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
1908
The Magic Fountain Pen
1909
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
1907
Work Made Easy
1907
The Message of the Mouse poster
The Message of the Mouse
1917
The Collie Market poster
The Collie Market
1917
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet poster
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
1908
The Passionate Quest
1926
Children Bathing
1901
The American poster
The American
1927
The Clean Heart poster
The Clean Heart
1924
And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream poster
And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
1906
The Fairy Godfather poster
The Fairy Godfather
1917
The Glorious Adventure poster
The Glorious Adventure
1922
Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy
1909
The Beloved Brute poster
The Beloved Brute
1924
The Judgment of Solomon poster
The Judgment of Solomon
1909
Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball
1901
Humpty Dumpty Circus poster
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1898
Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
1901
The Diary of a Puppy poster
The Diary of a Puppy
1917
As You Like It poster
As You Like It
1912
The Cavalier's Dream poster
The Cavalier's Dream
1898
On the Banks of the Wabash poster
On the Banks of the Wabash
1923
Between Friends poster
Between Friends
1924
Hooligan Assists the Magician poster
Hooligan Assists the Magician
1900
East Lynne; or, Red Astray
1908
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest poster
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest
1910
Vanishing Lady
1898
Firemen Rescuing Men and Women poster
Firemen Rescuing Men and Women
1899
Battle of Santiago Bay
1898
The Judgment House poster
The Judgment House
1917
The Death of King Edward III
1911
'Columbia' Winning the Cup
1899
The Burglar on the Roof poster
The Burglar on the Roof
1898
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
1908
Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus
1901
A Visit to the Spiritualist poster
A Visit to the Spiritualist
1899
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
1908
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
1908
The 100 to One Shot; or, A Run of Luck poster
The 100 to One Shot; or, A Run of Luck
1906
Astor Battery on Parade poster
Astor Battery on Parade
1899
The Spirit of Christmas
1913
The Congress of Nations poster
The Congress of Nations
1900
Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle
1899
"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing poster
"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing
1899
The Clown and the Alchemist
1900