J. Stuart Blackton

Known For: Directing

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: January 5, 1875

Day of Death: August 13, 1941 (67 years old)

Place of Birth: 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.

2022

Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress

Director

1933

Director

The Film Parade

1927

Director

The American

1926

Director

The Passionate Quest

Director

The Gilded Highway

Director

Hell-Bent for Heaven

Director

Bride of the Storm

1925

Director

The Happy Warrior

Director

The Redeeming Sin

Director

Tides of Passion

1924

Director

The Clean Heart

Director

The Beloved Brute

1923

Director

On the Banks of the Wabash

1922

Story

The Glorious Adventure

Director

The Glorious Adventure

Producer

The Glorious Adventure

Editor

The Glorious Adventure

1920

Director

Passers-By

1918

Director

Life's Greatest Problem

1917

Director

The Collie Market

Director

The Fairy Godfather

Director

The Diary of a Puppy

Director

A Spring Idyll

Story

The Fighting Trail

Director

The Message of the Mouse

Story

Transgression

Director

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

Story

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

1915

Director

The Battle Cry of Peace

Writer

The Battle Cry of Peace

Producer

The Battle Cry of Peace

1914

Director

Kidnapped in New York

Writer

The Honeymooners

1912

Actor J. Stuart Blackton

A Vitagraph Romance

Director

Cardinal Wolsey

Producer

The Life and Death of King Richard III

Director

As You Like It

Producer

As You Like It

1911

Director

Little Nemo

Director

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Director

The Death of King Edward III

1910

Director

Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

Supervising Producer

Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910

Director

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1909

Director

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

Director

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Director

Les Misérables

Director

Oliver Twist

Director

The Judgment of Solomon

Director

The Life of Moses

Director

Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

Director

Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

Director

The Life of George Washington

Director

King Lear

Producer

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

Director

The Bride of Lammermoor

Director

The Magic Fountain Pen

Director

Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy

Director

Benedict Arnold

Director

The Way of the Cross

1908

Director

The Thieving Hand

Director

Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

Producer

The Thieving Hand

Director

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Director

The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen

Director

The Story of Treasure Island

Producer

The Story of Treasure Island

Director

Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian

Production Manager

Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian

Director

Richard III

Director

Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)

Director

Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)

Director

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

Director

Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

Director

Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy

Director

The Merchant of Venice

Director

East Lynne; or, Red Astray

1907

Actor Cartoonist

Lightning Sketches

Director

Lightning Sketches

Director

The Haunted Hotel

Producer

Lightning Sketches

Director

Work Made Easy

Director

The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

Director

Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid

1906

Actor Cartoonist

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

Director

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

Director

The Automobile Thieves

Director

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

1905

Director

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1903

Actor Happy Hooligan

Happy Hooligan Interferes

Actor Happy Hooligan

Hooligan in Jail

1902

Actor Happy Hooligan

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

1901

Director

Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

Director

Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus

Director

Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car

Director

Jeffries Skipping the Rope

Director

Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball

Director

Children Bathing

1900

Actor Happy Hooligan

Hooligan Assists the Magician

Actor Chalk-Talk Artist

The Enchanted Drawing

Actor Happy Hooligan

Happy Hooligan

Director

The Enchanted Drawing

Director

Maude's Naughty Little Brother

Director

Hooligan Assists the Magician

Director

The Congress of Nations

Director

The Clown and the Alchemist

Producer

The Enchanted Drawing

Director

Happy Hooligan

1899

Director

Firemen Rescuing Men and Women

Director

Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle

Director

Astor Battery on Parade

Director

'Columbia' Winning the Cup

Director

A Visit to the Spiritualist

Director

"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing

1898

Actor Burglar

The Burglar on the Roof

Director

The Burglar on the Roof

Director

Little Mischief

Director

Humpty Dumpty Circus

Director

Battle of Santiago Bay

Director

The Cavalier's Dream

1896

Actor

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist