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.
Full Filmography
Directing
Humpty Dumpty Circus
(1898)
Director
The Cavalier's Dream
(1898)
Director
Little Mischief
(1898)
Director
The Burglar on the Roof
(1898)
Director
Battle of Santiago Bay
(1898)
Director
"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing
(1899)
Director
Firemen Rescuing Men and Women
(1899)
Director
Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle
(1899)
Director
A Visit to the Spiritualist
(1899)
Director
Astor Battery on Parade
(1899)
Director
'Columbia' Winning the Cup
(1899)
Director
Happy Hooligan
(1900)
Director
The Enchanted Drawing
(1900)
Director
Maude's Naughty Little Brother
(1900)
Director
Hooligan Assists the Magician
(1900)
Director
The Congress of Nations
(1900)
Director
The Clown and the Alchemist
(1900)
Director
Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball
(1901)
Director
Children Bathing
(1901)
Director
Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus
(1901)
Director
Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
(1901)
Director
Jeffries Skipping the Rope
(1901)
Director
Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car
(1901)
Director
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(1905)
Director
The Automobile Thieves
(1906)
Director
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
(1906)
Director
And the Villain Still Pursued Her, or, the Author's Dream
(1906)
Director
Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid
(1907)
Director
The Haunted Hotel
(1907)
Director
Lightning Sketches
(1907)
Director
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
(1907)
Director
Work Made Easy
(1907)
Director
The Merchant of Venice
(1908)
Director
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
(1908)
Director
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
(1908)
Director
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
(1908)
Director
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
(1908)
Director
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
(1908)
Director
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
(1908)
Director
Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)
(1908)
Director
The Thieving Hand
(1908)
Director
Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)
(1908)
Director
Richard III
(1908)
Director
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
(1908)
Director
The Story of Treasure Island
(1908)
Director
The Magic Fountain Pen
(1909)
Director
Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
(1909)
Director
Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
(1909)
Director
The Judgment of Solomon
(1909)
Director
The Life of Moses
(1909)
Director
Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy
(1909)
Director
Oliver Twist
(1909)
Director
Les Misérables
(1909)
Director
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
(1909)
Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1909)
Director
The Life of George Washington
(1909)
Director
King Lear
(1909)
Director
The Bride of Lammermoor
(1909)
Director
Benedict Arnold
(1909)
Director
Uncle Tom's Cabin
(1910)
Director
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
(1910)
Director
The Death of King Edward III
(1911)
Director
Little Nemo
(1911)
Director
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
(1911)
Director
As You Like It
(1912)
Director
Cardinal Wolsey
(1912)
Director
Kidnapped in New York
(1914)
Director
The Battle Cry of Peace
(1915)
Director
The Collie Market
(1917)
Director
The Diary of a Puppy
(1917)
Director
The Fairy Godfather
(1917)
Director
A Spring Idyll
(1917)
Director
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
(1917)
Director
The Message of the Mouse
(1917)
Director
Life's Greatest Problem
(1918)
Director
Passers-By
(1920)
Director
The Glorious Adventure
(1922)
Director
On the Banks of the Wabash
(1923)
Director
The Clean Heart
(1924)
Director
The Beloved Brute
(1924)
Director
The Happy Warrior
(1925)
Director
Tides of Passion
(1925)
Director
The Redeeming Sin
(1925)
Director
The Passionate Quest
(1926)
Director
The Gilded Highway
(1926)
Director
Bride of the Storm
(1926)
Director
Hell-Bent for Heaven
(1926)
Director
The American
(1927)
Director
The Film Parade
(1933)
Director
Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress
(2022)
Director
Acting
Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
(1896)
The Burglar on the Roof
(1898)
Burglar
Happy Hooligan
(1900)
Happy Hooligan
The Enchanted Drawing
(1900)
Chalk-Talk Artist
Hooligan Assists the Magician
(1900)
Happy Hooligan
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
(1902)
Happy Hooligan
Happy Hooligan Interferes
(1903)
Happy Hooligan
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
(1906)
Cartoonist
Lightning Sketches
(1907)
Cartoonist
A Vitagraph Romance
(1912)
J. Stuart Blackton
Production
The Enchanted Drawing
(1900)
Producer
Lightning Sketches
(1907)
Producer
The Thieving Hand
(1908)
Producer
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
(1908)
Production Manager
The Story of Treasure Island
(1908)
Producer
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
(1909)
Producer
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910
(1910)
Supervising Producer
The Life and Death of King Richard III
(1912)
Producer
As You Like It
(1912)
Producer
The Battle Cry of Peace
(1915)
Producer
The Glorious Adventure
(1922)
Producer
Writing
The Honeymooners
(1914)
Writer
The Battle Cry of Peace
(1915)
Writer
Transgression
(1917)
Story
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
(1917)
Story
The Fighting Trail
(1917)
Story
The Glorious Adventure
(1922)
Story
Editing