James Williamson
- Directing
- November 8, 1855 · Kirkaldy, Scotland, UK
- August 18, 1933
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909 · Director
- The History of a Butterfly: A Romance of Insect Life · Director
- The Boy and the Convict · Executive producer
- £100 Reward · Director
- The Village Fire Brigade · Director
- Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving · Director
- The Miner's Daughter · Director
- The Polite Lunatic · Director
- Our New Errand Boy · grocer, Director
- An Affair of Honour · Director
- Gabriel Grub the Surly Sexton · Director
- The Old Chorister · Director
- An Interesting Story · Director
- The Little Match Seller · Director
- A Reservist Before and After the War · Director
- Magic Extinguisher · Director
- Fire! · Director
- Are You There? · Director
- The Big Swallow · Director, Cinematography
- Stop Thief! · Director
- The Puzzled Bather and His Animated Clothes · Director
- Attack on a China Mission · Producer, Director
- Lady Cyclists · Director
- Gymnasts on Parallel Bars · Director
- The Clown Barber · Director, Producer
- Sloper's Visit to Brighton · Director, Writer
- Two Naughty Boys Teasing the Cobbler · Director
- Early Fashions on Brighton Pier · Director
- Washing the Sweep · Director, Writer
- Devil's Dyke Fun Fair · Producer, Cinematography