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Walter R. Booth

Directing · Worcester, England, UK

Biography

Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).

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Filmography

2018Secrets of British AnimationSelf (archive Footage)
1912Paper CuttingsDirector
1912The Jester's JokeDirector
1911The Aerial AnarchistsDirector
1911The Automatic MotoristDirector
1911Animated PuttyDirector
1910The Aerial SubmarineDirector
1910The Electrical VitalizerDirector
1909Animated CottonDirector
1909The Airship DestroyerDirector
1907Diabolo NightmareDirector
1907When the Devil DrivesDirector
1907The Sorceror's ScissorsDirector
1907A Juvenile ScientistDirector
1907Willie's Magic WandDirector
1907The Baffled BurglarDirector
1907The Magical PressDirector
1907Comedy CartoonsThe artist
1907The Waif and the StatueDirector
1906The '?' MotoristDirector
1906The Hand of the Artist
1906A Lively Quarter DayThe conjurer
1903An Extraordinary Cab AccidentDirector
1903Pocket BoxersDirector
1903Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, AscentDirector
1903Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, DescentDirector
1902The Extraordinary WaiterDirector
1901The Magic SwordWriter
1901Scrooge; or Marley's GhostDirector
1901Artistic CreationThe cartoonist
1901The Waif and the WizardDirector
1901Undressing Extraordinary
1901The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London RestaurantDirector
1901An Over-Incubated BabyDirector
1901The Haunted Curiosity ShopDirector
1901The Devil in the StudioDirector
1900Plucked From The BurningDirector
1900Chinese MagicDirector
1900The Last Days of PompeiiDirector
1900A Railway CollisionDirector
1899Upside Down; or, The Human FliesProfessor of spiritualism
1899The Miser's DoomDirector

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