Directing
Walter R. Booth
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).
Directed Films
7.0
The Jester's Joke
1912·Romance
6.2
The Automatic Motorist
1911·Science Fiction
5.7
Animated Putty
1911·Animation
6.3
The Aerial Submarine
1910·Science Fiction
5.8
The Airship Destroyer
1909·Drama
7.7
The Sorceror's Scissors
1907·Animation
8.3
Comedy Cartoons
1907·Animation
6.4
The '?' Motorist
1906·Science Fiction
5.8
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903·Comedy
6.4
Pocket Boxers
1903·Fantasy
6.5
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent
1903·Documentary
6.5
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent
1903·Documentary
4.8
The Extraordinary Waiter
1902·Fantasy
5.6
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
1901·Drama
6.4
The Magic Sword
1901·Fantasy
6.2
Artistic Creation
1901·Comedy
7.0
The Waif and the Wizard
1901·Drama
4.6
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
1901·Comedy
5.3
An Over-Incubated Baby
1901·Science Fiction
5.4
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
1901·Fantasy
8.0
The Devil in the Studio
1901
4.5
A Railway Collision
1900·Drama
5.6
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1899·Fantasy
4.0
The Miser's Doom
1899·Horror
