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

Princess Nicotine
1909
The Clean Heart
1924
The Artist's Dilemma
1901
Missing
1918
Her Grandchild
1912
Ruy Blas
1909
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909
Passers-By
1920
Lady Godiva
1911
Dawn
1919
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908
Whom the Gods Destroy
1916

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
13
Directing
111
Writing
11
Producing
24
Editing
2
Crew
3
1912
A Vitagraph Romance
as J. Stuart Blackton
1907
Lightning Sketches
as Cartoonist
1906
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
as Cartoonist
1906
The Automobile Thieves
1906
And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
1903
Happy Hooligan Interferes
as Happy Hooligan
1903
Hooligan in Jail
as Happy Hooligan
1902
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
as Happy Hooligan
1900
The Enchanted Drawing
as Chalk-Talk Artist
1900
Hooligan Assists the Magician
as Happy Hooligan
1900
Happy Hooligan
as Happy Hooligan
1898
The Burglar on the Roof
as Burglar
1896
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist