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James Williamson

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.

On screen

  • Our New Errand Boy

Behind the camera

  • Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909
  • £100 Reward
  • The Village Fire Brigade
  • Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving
  • Our New Errand Boy
  • An Interesting Story
  • An Affair of Honour
  • The Little Match Seller
  • The Big Swallow
  • Fire!
  • Stop Thief!
  • Are You There?
  • Magic Extinguisher
  • The Puzzled Bather and His Animated Clothes
  • Attack on a China Mission
  • Washing the Sweep
  • Gymnasts on Parallel Bars
  • Devil's Dyke Fun Fair

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