Walter R. Booth

Walter R. Booth
Photograph of Walter R Booth published in 1898 (Davenport Collection)
Born	(1869-07-12)12 July 1869 Worcester, England
Died	1938 Birmingham, England
Occupation	Filmmaker

Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film. Collaborating with Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).^[1][2] Booth is also notable for making the earliest film adaptation of A Christmas Carol with the silent film Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901).^[3]