J. Stuart Blackton

Born

January 5, 1875

Died

August 13, 1941 · age 66

From

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

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.