# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-stuart-blackton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:39:15.417Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/j-stuart-blackton"
name: "J. Stuart Blackton"
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description: "James Stuart Blackton 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."
tagline: "American film producer (1875–1941)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1875-01-05"
deathDate: "1941-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump