
Directing
Born January 5, 1875 · Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
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.

The Film Parade
1933

The American
1927

The Passionate Quest
1926

Hell-Bent for Heaven
1926

The Gilded Highway
1926

Bride of the Storm
1926

The Happy Warrior
1925

Tides of Passion
1925

The Redeeming Sin
1925

The Beloved Brute
1924

The Clean Heart
1924

Between Friends
1924

Let Not Man Put Asunder
1924

On the Banks of the Wabash
1923

The Virgin Queen
1923
A Gipsy Cavalier
1922

The Glorious Adventure
1922

The Forbidden Valley
1920

The House of the Tolling Bell
1920

Passers-By
1920

The Blood Barrier
1920

Respectable by Proxy
1920

My Husband's Other Wife
1920

Dawn
1919

The Moonshine Trail
1919

A House Divided
1919

The Common Cause
1919

Life's Greatest Problem
1918

The World for Sale
1918

The Diary of a Puppy
1917

The Judgment House
1917

The Message of the Mouse
1917

The Fairy Godfather
1917

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
1917

A Spring Idyll
1917

The Collie Market
1917

Kidnapped in New York
1915

The Battle Cry of Peace
1915

As You Like It
1912
Cardinal Wolsey
1912

Lady Godiva
1911
The Death of King Edward III
1911

The Battle Hymn of the Republic
1911

Little Nemo
1911

Francesca di Rimini
1910

Uncle Tom's Cabin
1910
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909

The Life of Moses
1909
Benedict Arnold
1909
The Galley Slave
1909

The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
1909

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
1909
The Magic Fountain Pen
1909
The Life of George Washington
1909

Oliver Twist
1909

Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy
1909

The Judgment of Solomon
1909

Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
1909

King Lear
1909
Saul and David
1909

The Bride of Lammermoor
1909

Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
1909
The Merchant of Venice
1908
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
1908
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908

Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
1908
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
1908
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
1908
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
1908
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
1908

Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
1908
East Lynne; or, Red Astray
1908
The Story of Treasure Island
1908

Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
1908

The Thieving Hand
1908
Work Made Easy
1907
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
1907
Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid
1907

Lightning Sketches
1907

The Haunted Hotel
1907

And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
1906

The 100 to One Shot; or, A Run of Luck
1906

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
1906
Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France
1905

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1905
Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car
1901
Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
1901
Children Bathing
1901

Jeffries Skipping the Rope
1901
Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball
1901

The Artist's Dilemma
1901
Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus
1901
The Clown and the Alchemist
1900

The Congress of Nations
1900

The Enchanted Drawing
1900

Hooligan Assists the Magician
1900

Maude's Naughty Little Brother
1900
Happy Hooligan
1900

A Visit to the Spiritualist
1899

"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing
1899

Firemen Rescuing Men and Women
1899
'Columbia' Winning the Cup
1899
Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle
1899

Astor Battery on Parade
1899
Vanishing Lady
1898

The Cavalier's Dream
1898

The Burglar on the Roof
1898

Humpty Dumpty Circus
1898
Little Mischief
1898
Battle of Santiago Bay
1898

A Vitagraph Romance
1912

Lightning Sketches
1907

And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
1906

The Automobile Thieves
1906

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
1906
Hooligan in Jail
1903

Happy Hooligan Interferes
1903

The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
1902

The Enchanted Drawing
1900

Hooligan Assists the Magician
1900
Happy Hooligan
1900

The Burglar on the Roof
1898

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
1896