J. Stuart Blackton

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J. Stuart Blackton

A.K.A:

James Stuart Blackton -

1875-01-05 -1941-08-13

Male

Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK

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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.