Directing

J. Stuart Blackton

Born 5 January 1875 · Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK · Died 13 August 1941 at 66

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.