J. Stuart Blackton

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animator film director film producer person pioneer of animation screenwriter silent film director

J. Stuart Blackton was a pioneering early filmmaker and animator often regarded as one of the fathers of American animation and a key figure in the silent film era.

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J. Stuart Blackton canonical 6
James Stuart Blackton 2
J. Stuart Blackton Jr. 1

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instanceOf animator ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
person ⓘ
pioneer of animation ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
silent film director ⓘ
activeYearsInFilm 1890s–1930s ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
child J. Stuart Blackton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: J. Stuart Blackton Jr.
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coFounded Vitagraph Company of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1875-01-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1941-08-13 ⓘ
employer Vitagraph Company of America ⓘ
era silent film era ⓘ
familyName Blackton ⓘ
fullName J. Stuart Blackton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Stuart Blackton
genre animation ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
knownFor being one of the fathers of American animation ⓘ
pioneering early animated films ⓘ
work in the silent film era ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement early American cinema ⓘ
nationality British-born American ⓘ
notableAchievement directed some of the earliest animated sequences on film ⓘ
helped establish animation techniques using stop-motion and drawn images ⓘ
notableWork A Tale of Two Cities ⓘ
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces ⓘ
The Enchanted Drawing ⓘ
The Haunted Hotel ⓘ
occupation animator ⓘ
cartoonist ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
spouse Evangeline Wood ⓘ
Isabel Blackton ⓘ
Paula Blackton ⓘ

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Vitagraph Company of America → foundedBy → J. Stuart Blackton ⓘ
Vitagraph Company of America → employed → J. Stuart Blackton ⓘ
The Life of Moses → director → J. Stuart Blackton ⓘ
The Life of Moses → director → J. Stuart Blackton ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Stuart Blackton
The Battle Cry of Peace → director → J. Stuart Blackton ⓘ
The Battle Cry of Peace → producer → J. Stuart Blackton ⓘ
The Battle Cry of Peace → screenwriter → J. Stuart Blackton ⓘ
J. Stuart Blackton → fullName → J. Stuart Blackton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Stuart Blackton
J. Stuart Blackton → child → J. Stuart Blackton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: J. Stuart Blackton Jr.