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Walter R. Booth

Walter R. Booth

DirectingWorcester, 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

2018
Secrets of British Animation

as Self (archive Footage)

Movie
1907
Comedy Cartoons

as The artist

Movie
1906
A Lively Quarter Day

as The conjurer

Movie
1901
Artistic Creation

as The cartoonist

Movie
1899
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

as Professor of spiritualism

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentDirecting
Place of BirthWorcester, England, UK
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