James Williamson photo

James Williamson

Directing

  • Born
  • November 8, 1855
  • Died
  • August 18, 1933
  • Place of birth
  • Kirkaldy, Scotland, UK

Biography

James A. Williamson (8 November 1855 – 18 August 1933) was a Scottish photographer and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. He is best known for The Big Swallow (1901), a trick film with innovative use of extreme close-up, as well as Fire! and Stop Thief! (both 1901), dramas with continuity established across multiple shots.

As actor 1

On the crew 30

Fire! poster
Fire!
1901
Stop Thief! poster
Stop Thief!
1901
Magic Extinguisher poster
Magic Extinguisher
1901
The Little Match Seller poster
The Little Match Seller
1902
The Boy and the Convict
1909
£100 Reward poster
£100 Reward
1908
The Big Swallow poster
The Big Swallow
1901
Attack on a China Mission poster
Attack on a China Mission
1900
Lady Cyclists
1899
An Interesting Story poster
An Interesting Story
1904
Two Naughty Boys Teasing the Cobbler
1898
An Affair of Honour poster
An Affair of Honour
1904
Our New Errand Boy poster
Our New Errand Boy
1905
The Miner's Daughter
1906
The Clown Barber
1898
Are You There? poster
Are You There?
1901
Gymnasts on Parallel Bars poster
Gymnasts on Parallel Bars
1898
Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909 poster
Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909
2023
The Village Fire Brigade poster
The Village Fire Brigade
1907
Sloper's Visit to Brighton
1898
Early Fashions on Brighton Pier
1898
The Puzzled Bather and His Animated Clothes poster
The Puzzled Bather and His Animated Clothes
1901
Washing the Sweep poster
Washing the Sweep
1898
The History of a Butterfly: A Romance of Insect Life
1910
The Old Chorister
1904
Gabriel Grub the Surly Sexton
1904
Devil's Dyke Fun Fair poster
Devil's Dyke Fun Fair
1896
A Reservist Before and After the War
1902
The Polite Lunatic
1905
Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving poster
Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving
1906