James Williamson

Biography

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.

Movies with James Williamson

• Our New Errand Boy 1905 · ★ 5.6

Movies directed by James Williamson

• The Big Swallow 1901 · ★ 6.5
• Fire! 1901 · ★ 5.9
• Stop Thief! 1901 · ★ 5.2
• The Little Match Seller 1902 · ★ 6.3
• An Interesting Story 1904 · ★ 6.0
• Attack on a China Mission 1900 · ★ 5.1
• Our New Errand Boy 1905 · ★ 5.6
• Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving 1906 · ★ 5.6
• Lady Cyclists 1899 · ★ 4.9
• Are You There? 1901 · ★ 6.1
• Early Fashions on Brighton Pier 1898 · ★ 5.0
• £100 Reward 1908 · ★ 5.5
• The Magic Extinguisher 1901 · ★ 6.0
• Two Naughty Boys Teasing the Cobbler 1898 · ★ 6.0
• The Village Fire Brigade 1907 · ★ 5.7
• The Polite Lunatic 1905 · ★ 6.0
• Washing the Sweep 1898 · ★ 6.3
• The History of a Butterfly: A Romance of Insect Life 1910 · ★ 7.5
• The Clown Barber 1898 · ★ 1.5
• Devil's Dyke Fun Fair 1896 · ★ 2.0
• The Puzzled Bather and His Animated Clothes 1901 · ★ 7.0
• Gymnasts on Parallel Bars 1898 · ★ 4.0
• Sloper's Visit to Brighton 1898 · ★ 10.0
• An Affair of Honour 1904
• A Reservist Before and After the War 1902
• Gabriel Grub the Surly Sexton 1904
• The Miner's Daughter 1906
• The Old Chorister 1904
• Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909 2023