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James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897.
- James Stuart Blacktin, January 5, 1875, Sheffield, England
- Vitagraph Studios
- 4, including Marian Constance Blackton
- Cornell Woolrich (son-in-law)
The Enchanted Drawing is a 1900 silent trick film directed by J. Stuart Blackton. It is best known for containing the first animated sequences recorded on standard picture film, which has led Blackton to be considered the father of American animation.
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Mini Bio. J. Stuart Blackton came to the US with his family from Sheffield, England, in 1885 at age 10, settling in New York. He became friends with Albert E. Smith - who later became his business partner and headed Vitagraph Studios - in 1894 and they started a short-lived vaudeville act together. Blackton went to work as a reporter for the ...
- January 5, 1875
- August 13, 1941
James Stuart Blackton was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation, is considered a father of American animation, and was the first to bring many ...
Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. ( 1875-1941) James Stuart Blackton. American cartoonist, conjurer, filmmaker. J. Stuart Blackton was born in Sheffield on 5 January 1875; his parents emigrated to the USA when the boy was ten.
J. Stuart Blackton (1875-1941) Director. Producer. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. In the US from the age of 10, he first worked as a journalist-illustrator for the New York World.
William T. Rock, Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, 1916. Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company.
