# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-melbourne-cooper
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:21:19.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-melbourne-cooper"
name: "Arthur Melbourne-Cooper"
slug: "arthur-melbourne-cooper"
description: "Arthur Melbourne Cooper was a British photographer and early filmmaker best known for his pioneering work in stop-motion animation. He produced over three hundred films between 1896 and 1915, of which an estimated 36 were all or in part animated. These include Dreams of Toyland (1908) and according to some sources Dolly’s Toys (1901), as well as Matches: An Appeal, which Dutch independent researcher Tjitte de Vries has claimed may have been the first animated film to be shown in public."
tagline: "British filmmaker (1874–1961)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1874-04-15"
deathDate: "1961-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.76
  momentum:             3.658536585365853
  historical:           5.474622666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177862/"
    handle:    "nm0177862"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Melbourne-Cooper"
    title: "Arthur Melbourne-Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ارثر ميلبورن كوپير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Melbourne-Cooper"
    title: "Arthur Melbourne-Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Melbourne-Cooper"
    title: "Arthur Melbourne-Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80"
    title: "Мельбурн-Купер, Артур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710601"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1175868"
    title: "Arthur Melbourne Cooper"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump