FILM DIRECTOR

J. Stuart Blackton

1875 - 1941

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James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation, is considered a father of American animation, and was the first to bring many classic plays and books to the screen. Blackton was also the commodore of the Motorboat Club of America and the Atlantic Yacht Club. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. Stuart Blackton is the 472nd most popular film director (up from 714th in 2019), the 2,023rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,531st in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, J. Stuart Blackton ranks 472 out of 2,041. Before him are David Byrne, D. J. Caruso, Walter Frentz, Curtis Hanson, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, and Michael Anderson. After him are Thomas Vinterberg, Philippe Garrel, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Jerome Robbins, André Téchiné, and Patrice Leconte.

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Among people born in 1875, J. Stuart Blackton ranks 73. Before him are Prince Franz of Bavaria, Harriet Quimby, Henrik Sjöberg, Jacques Villon, Jacques Futrelle, and Paul Neumann. After him are Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ricardo Viñes, Robert Garrett, Carl Milles, William Hoyt, and Princess Louise of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1941, J. Stuart Blackton ranks 79. Before him are Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Amrita Sher-Gil, Ivan Panfilov, Alfred Hettner, Friedrich Akel, and Maximilien Luce. After him are Joachim Schepke, Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Alexandros Koryzis, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Walter Ruttmann, and Károly Huszár.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, J. Stuart Blackton ranks 2,023 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Wallace Hartley (1878), Herbert Pitman (1877), Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Alexander McQueen (1969), and Alfred Fowler (1868). After him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), Lindsay Duncan (1950), Don Thompson (1933), W. Ross Ashby (1903), Mark Sykes (1879), and John Taverner (1490).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, J. Stuart Blackton ranks 39. Before him are Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), John Boorman (1933), Sam Mendes (1965), David Yates (1963), David Byrne (1952), and Michael Anderson (1920). After him are Mike Leigh (1943), Nicolas Roeg (1928), Peter Yates (1929), Derek Jarman (1942), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), and Hugh Hudson (1936).

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