Nov 8, 1855 - Kirkaldy, Scotland, UK
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.
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| Movie | 1905 | Our New Errand Boy | grocer |
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| Movie | 1901 | The Big Swallow | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1902 | The Little Match Seller | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1904 | An Interesting Story | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1905 | Our New Errand Boy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1906 | Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1901 | Fire! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1900 | Attack on a China Mission | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1900 | Attack on a China Mission | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1901 | Stop Thief! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1901 | The Big Swallow | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1904 | An Affair of Honour | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1900 | Attack on a China Mission | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1900 | Attack on a China Mission | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1910 | The History of a Butterfly: A Romance of Insect Life | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1898 | Early Fashions on Brighton Pier | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1902 | A Reservist Before and After the War | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1899 | Lady Cyclists | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1904 | Gabriel Grub the Surly Sexton | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1908 | £100 Reward | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1898 | Two Naughty Boys Teasing the Cobbler | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1898 | The Clown Barber | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1898 | The Clown Barber | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1898 | The Clown Barber | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1901 | Are You There? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1906 | The Miner's Daughter | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1904 | The Old Chorister | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1909 | The Boy and the Convict | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1901 | Magic Extinguisher | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1901 | The Puzzled Bather and His Animated Clothes | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1907 | The Village Fire Brigade | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1905 | The Polite Lunatic | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1898 | Washing the Sweep | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1896 | Devil's Dyke Fun Fair | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1896 | Devil's Dyke Fun Fair | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1896 | Devil's Dyke Fun Fair | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1898 | Gymnasts on Parallel Bars | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1898 | Washing the Sweep | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1898 | Sloper's Visit to Brighton | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1898 | Sloper's Visit to Brighton | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2023 | Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909 | Director | Directing |
