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James Williamson

James A. Williamson (8 November 1855 – 18 August 1933) was a Scottish photographer and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. He is best known for The Big Swallow (1901), a trick film with innovative use of extreme close-up, as well as Fire! and Stop Thief! (both 1901), dramas with continuity established across multiple shots.

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Directing

1896

[ ] Devil's Dyke Fun Fair (Director)

1898

[ ] Early Fashions on Brighton Pier (Director)
[ ] Two Naughty Boys Teasing the Cobbler (Director)
[ ] The Clown Barber (Director)
[ ] Gymnasts on Parallel Bars (Director)
[ ] Washing the Sweep (Director)
[ ] Sloper's Visit to Brighton (Director)

1899

[ ] Lady Cyclists (Director)

1900

[ ] Attack on a China Mission (Director)

1901

[ ] The Big Swallow (Director)
[ ] Fire! (Director)
[ ] Stop Thief! (Director)
[ ] Are You There? (Director)
[ ] Magic Extinguisher (Director)
[ ] The Puzzled Bather and His Animated Clothes (Director)

1902

[ ] The Little Match Seller (Director)
[ ] A Reservist Before and After the War (Director)

1904

[ ] An Interesting Story (Director)
[ ] An Affair of Honour (Director)
[ ] Gabriel Grub the Surly Sexton (Director)
[ ] The Old Chorister (Director)

1905

[ ] Our New Errand Boy (Director)
[ ] The Polite Lunatic (Director)

1906

[ ] Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving (Director)
[ ] The Miner's Daughter (Director)

1907

[ ] The Village Fire Brigade (Director)

1908

[ ] £100 Reward (Director)

1910

[ ] The History of a Butterfly: A Romance of Insect Life (Director)

2023

[ ] Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909 (Director)

Production

1896

[ ] Devil's Dyke Fun Fair (Producer)

1898

[ ] The Clown Barber (Producer)

1900

[ ] Attack on a China Mission (Producer)

1909

[ ] The Boy and the Convict (Executive Producer)

Camera

1900

[ ] Attack on a China Mission (Director of Photography)

1901

[ ] The Big Swallow (Director of Photography)

Writing

1898

[ ] Washing the Sweep (Writer)
[ ] Sloper's Visit to Brighton (Writer)

1900

[ ] Attack on a China Mission (Writer)

Crew

1896

[ ] Devil's Dyke Fun Fair (Cinematography)

1898

[ ] The Clown Barber (Cinematography)

Actor

1905

[ ] Our New Errand Boy (grocer)