J. Stuart Blackton
- Directing
- January 5, 1875 · Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
- August 13, 1941
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Film Parade · Director
- The American · Director
- The Passionate Quest · Director
- Hell-Bent for Heaven · Director
- The Gilded Highway · Director
- Bride of the Storm · Director
- The Happy Warrior · Director
- Tides of Passion · Director
- The Redeeming Sin · Director
- The Beloved Brute · Director
- The Clean Heart · Director
- Between Friends · Director
- Let Not Man Put Asunder · Director
- On the Banks of the Wabash · Director
- The Virgin Queen · Director
- A Gipsy Cavalier · Director, Producer
- The Glorious Adventure · Editing, Producer
- The Forbidden Valley · Director, Producer
- The House of the Tolling Bell · Director, Producer
- Passers-By · Director
- The Blood Barrier · Director, Producer
- Respectable by Proxy · Director, Producer
- My Husband's Other Wife · Director, Producer
- Dawn · Director, Writer
- The Moonshine Trail · Director, Writer
- A House Divided · Director
- The Common Cause · Director, Producer
- Life's Greatest Problem · Director
- Missing · Producer, Scenario Writer
- The World for Sale · Director
- The Diary of a Puppy · Director
- The Judgment House · Director, Adaptation
- The Fighting Trail · Story
- Transgression · Story
- The Message of the Mouse · Director
- The Fairy Godfather · Director
- Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation · Story, Director
- A Spring Idyll · Director
- The Collie Market · Director
- Whom the Gods Destroy · Director, Writer
- The Heights of Hazard · Presenter
- Kidnapped in New York · Director
- Playing Dead · Supervising Producer
- The Battle Cry of Peace · Director, Writer
- The Honeymooners · Writer
- The Spirit of Christmas · Supervisor of Production Resources
- The Life and Death of King Richard III · Producer
- As You Like It · Director, Producer
- A Vitagraph Romance · J. Stuart Blackton
- Her Grandchild · Producer
- Cardinal Wolsey · Director
- Lady Godiva · Director
- The Death of King Edward III · Director
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic · Director
- Little Nemo · Director
- Francesca di Rimini · Director
- Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest · Supervising Producer
- Elektra · Director
- Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy · Director
- A Midsummer Night's Dream · Director
- The Life of Moses · Director
- Benedict Arnold · Director
- The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome · Director
- Princess Nicotine · Director, Producer
- The Magic Fountain Pen · Director
- The Life of George Washington · Director
- Oliver Twist · Director
- Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy · Director
- The Judgment of Solomon · Director
- Napoleon, the Man of Destiny · Director
- King Lear · Director
- Saul and David · Director
- Ruy Blas · Director
- The Bride of Lammermoor · Director
- Napoleon and the Empress Josephine · Director
- The Merchant of Venice · Director
- The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain · Director
- Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy · Director
- Antony and Cleopatra · Production Manager, Director
- Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy · Director