J. Stuart Blackton
Directing
January 5, 1875
Died at age 66
August 13, 1941
Date of Death
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.
