Walter R. Booth
Director
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).
As Director
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
1901
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
1901
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903
The Airship Destroyer
1909
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1899
Artistic Creation
1901
An Over-Incubated Baby
1901
The Automatic Motorist
1911
A Railway Collision
1900
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
1901
The Magic Sword
1901Filmography
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
as Professor of spiritualism 1899
Artistic Creation
as The cartoonist 1901
A Lively Quarter Day
as The conjurer 1906
Undressing Extraordinary
1901
The Hand of the Artist
1906
Comedy Cartoons
as The artist 1907