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Wallace McCutcheon More at IMDbPro »

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His primary scenario writing partner was Frank Marion.

Worked at Biograph as a director and a primary scenario writer through 1906

Was originally a stage director.

Worked at both The American Mutoscope and Biograph Co. and Edison Manufacturing.

His primary camera man was A.E. Weed.

Father of eight children, including actor / dancer / director Wallace McCutcheon Jr. and actor Ross McCutcheon.

He was the house director at Biograph Studios (New York). He's credited with buying D.W. Griffith's first treatment (or, as they would eventually become known, script) and hired him as an actor. Biograph bosses felt McCutcheon was a slow director - taking an entire week to crank out a movie - and gave Griffith a shot. The rest, as they say, is history...

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