Walter R. Booth

Directing·Worcester, England, UK

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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).

Film	Credit
Secrets of British Animation2018 · Self (archive Footage)	Self (archive Footage)
PPaper Cuttings1912 · Director	Director
The Jester's Joke1912 · Director	Director
TThe Aerial Anarchists1911 · Director	Director
TThe Automatic Motorist1911 · Director	Director
Animated Putty1911 · Director	Director
The Aerial Submarine1910 · Director	Director
TThe Electrical Vitalizer1910 · Director	Director
AAnimated Cotton1909 · Director	Director
The Airship Destroyer1909 · Director	Director
DDiabolo Nightmare1907 · Director	Director
WWhen the Devil Drives1907 · Director	Director
The Sorceror's Scissors1907 · Director	Director
AA Juvenile Scientist1907 · Director	Director
WWillie's Magic Wand1907 · Director	Director
TThe Baffled Burglar1907 · Director	Director
TThe Magical Press1907 · Director	Director
Comedy Cartoons1907 · The artist, Director	The artist, Director
TThe Waif and the Statue1907 · Director	Director
The '?' Motorist1906 · Director	Director
TThe Hand of the Artist1906 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
A Lively Quarter Day1906 · The conjurer	The conjurer
An Extraordinary Cab Accident1903 · Director	Director
Pocket Boxers1903 · Director	Director
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent1903 · Director	Director
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent1903 · Director	Director
The Extraordinary Waiter1902 · Director	Director
The Magic Sword1901 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost1901 · Director	Director
Artistic Creation1901 · The cartoonist, Director	The cartoonist, Director
The Waif and the Wizard1901 · Director	Director
UUndressing Extraordinary1901 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant1901 · Director	Director
An Over-Incubated Baby1901 · Director	Director
The Haunted Curiosity Shop1901 · Director	Director
The Devil in the Studio1901 · Director	Director
PPlucked From The Burning1900 · Director	Director
CChinese Magic1900 · Director	Director
TThe Last Days of Pompeii1900 · Director	Director
A Railway Collision1900 · Director	Director
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies1899 · Professor of spiritualism, Director	Professor of spiritualism, Director
The Miser's Doom1899 · Director	Director