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J. Stuart Blackton profile
Director

J. Stuart Blackton

Directing

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

75

Prolific

Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.0

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Directed movies: 75Directed series: 0All crew credits: 85

TMDB ID: 1100017

IMDb ID: nm0085865

Known for: Directing

Born: January 5, 1875

Died: August 13, 1941

Age: 66

Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1896 - 1933

Years active: 38

Average TMDB rating: 6.07

Wikidata: Q724276

Also known as

James Stuart Blackton

Frequent jobs

Director (75)Story (3)Producer (2)Supervising Producer (2)Editor (1)Presenter (1)Production Manager (1)

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.

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