Walter R. Booth

Walter R. Booth

  • Place of birth: 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).

Filmography

Secrets of British Animation

2018

As Self (archive Footage)

Production

The '?' Motorist

1906

As Director

The Airship Destroyer

1909

As Director

A Railway Collision

1900

As Director

An Over-Incubated Baby

1901

As Director

Undressing Extraordinary

1901

As Director

The Waif and the Wizard

1901

As Director

Artistic Creation

1901

As Director

The Magic Sword

1901

As Director

The Extraordinary Waiter

1902

As Director

The Aerial Anarchists

1911

As Director

Willie's Magic Wand

1907

As Director

The Hand of the Artist

1906

As Director

The Aerial Submarine

1910

As Director

The Sorcerer's Scissors

1907

As Director

The Baffled Burglar

1907

As Director

The Electrical Vitalizer

1910

As Director

The Automatic Motorist

1911

As Director

Diabolo Nightmare

1907

As Director

Pocket Boxers

1903

As Director

When the Devil Drives

1907

As Director

The Last Days of Pompeii

1900

As Director

Animated Putty

1911

As Director

Animated Cotton

1909

As Director

A Juvenile Scientist

1907

As Director

Comedy Cartoons

1907

As Director

The Magic Sword

1901

As Writer

The Magic Sword

1901

As Producer

The Miser's Doom

1899

As Director

Paper Cuttings

1912

As Director

Chinese Magic

1900

As Director

The Waif and the Statue

1907

As Director

The Jester's Joke

1912

As Director

The Devil in the Studio

1901

As Director

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