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Birthday: January 5, 1875 (150)
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.
Known For
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A Vitagraph Romance (1912)Age: 37as J. Stuart Blackton
Lightning Sketches (1907)Age: 32as Cartoonist
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)Age: 31as Cartoonist
The Automobile Thieves (1906)Age: 31
Happy Hooligan Interferes (1903)Age: 28as Happy Hooligan
Hooligan in Jail (1903)Age: 28as Happy Hooligan
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship (1902)Age: 27as Happy Hooligan
The Enchanted Drawing (1900)Age: 25as Chalk-Talk Artist
Hooligan Assists the Magician (1900)Age: 25as Happy Hooligan
Happy Hooligan (1900)Age: 25as Happy Hooligan
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