J Stuart Blackton.

Born on January the 5th 1875 - August 13th 1941. Was a film producer who was known as the father of American animation, due to his creation of the first silent film that included animated sequences that were recorded on standard picture film, "The Enchanted Drawing" - 1900. Through out his films he used a variation of stop-motion and hand drawn animation. H was a pretty cool guy, he was also a Director of silent film and the founder of Vitagraph Studios.

After watching "The Enchanted Drawing" I can say its pretty cool. Even though the general quality of this silent film is obviously not up to the standard of the stuff we see today, it is still so interesting to see. Seeing stop-motion work this early on is great because it highlights the developments that have been made from this point. This film is actually very well made and I can see why Blackton became so well known for his work, because he clearly knew what worked. Also,we have to remember that it takes quite a lot to keep a film interesting when there is no sound to it. So hats off to Blackton!