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Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

21/04/1870

Day of Death

30/04/1941
(71) years old

Place of Birth

Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. Influenced by both the "Brighton school" and the story films of Georges Méliès, Porter went on to make... Read More

Known For

Life of an American Fireman

Life of an American Fireman

Filmography

Cast

1982

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Ed...

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

1903

Life of an American Fireman

as Policeman

Crew

1915

The Prince and the Pauper

as Director

1915

Bella Donna

as Director

1915

Zaza

as Director

1915

The White Pearl

as Director

1915

Sold

as Director

1915

The Eternal City

as Director

1915

When We Were Twenty-One

as Director

1915

Niobe

as Director

1915

The Morals of Marcus

as Director

1914

The Crucible

as Director

1914

The Crucible

as Writer

1914

Such a Little Queen

as Director

1914

Tess of the Storm Country

as Director

1914

Tess of the Storm Country

as Director of Photography

1914

A Good Little Devil

as Director

1914

A Good Little Devil

as Director of Photography

1914

Hearts Adrift

as Director

1914

Hearts Adrift

as Director of Photography

1913

The Count of Monte Cristo

as Director

1913

The Count of Monte Cristo

as Director of Photography

1913

The Count of Monte Cristo

as Editor

1913

His Neighbor's Wife

as Director

1913

In the Bishop's Carriage

as Director

1913

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Director

1911

The Price

as Director

1911

Lost Illusions

as Writer

1911

Lost Illusions

as Director

1911

The Lighthouse by the Sea

as Director

1911

Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

as Director

1911

On the Brink

as Director

1911

A Heroine of '76

as Director

1910

His Mother's Thanksgiving

as Director

1910

Sunshine Sue

as Producer

1910

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

as Director

1910

The Attack on the Mill

as Director

1910

Russia, the Land of Oppression

as Director

1910

A Child of the Ghetto

as Producer

1909

Faust

as Director

1909

The House of Cards

as Director

1909

The House of Cards

as Writer

1909

Hansel and Gretel

as Producer

1909

On the Western Frontier

as Director

1909

The Cord of Life

as Producer

1909

The Colored Stenographer

as Director

1908

Miss Sherlock Holmes

as Director

1908

She

as Director

1908

She

as Writer

1908

The Gentleman Burglar

as Scenario Writer

1908

The Gentleman Burglar

as Director

1908

Nero and the Burning of Rome

as Cinematography

1908

Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

as Director

1908

A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Exper...

as Director

1908

Cupid’s Pranks

as Director of Photography

1908

Fireside Reminiscences

as Director

1908

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

as Cinematography

1908

A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

as Director

1907

A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in San...

as Director

1907

Laughing Gas

as Director

1907

College Chums

as Director

1907

The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Lo...

as Director

1907

Jack the Kisser

as Director

1907

The Rivals

as Director

1907

Cohen’s Fire Sale

as Director

1907

The 'Teddy' Bears

as Director

1907

Poor John

as Director

1907

Waiting at the Church

as Director

1906

Getting Evidence

as Director

1906

Getting Evidence

as Director of Photography

1906

Kathleen Mavourneen

as Director

1906

How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

as Director

1906

How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

as Director of Photography

1906

The Terrible Kids

as Director

1906

The Life of an American Cowboy

as Director

1906

The Life of a Cowboy

as Director

1906

Three American Beauties

as Director

1906

Three American Beauties

as Director of Photography

1906

A Winter Straw Ride

as Director

1906

A Winter Straw Ride

as Director of Photography

1906

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

as Director

1906

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

as Producer

1905

Police Chasing Scorching Auto

as Director

1905

The Night Before Christmas

as Director

1905

The Night Before Christmas

as Director of Photography

1905

The Life of an American Policeman

as Director

1905

Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and ...

as Director

1905

The Train Wreckers

as Director

1905

The Miller’s Daughter

as Director

1905

The Watermelon Patch

as Director

1905

The White Caps

as Director

1905

The Little Train Robbery

as Director

1905

The Boarding School Girls

as Director

1905

Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Pea...

as Director

1905

Empire State Express, the Second, Taking...

as Camera Operator

1905

The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

as Director

1905

The Burglar's Slide for Life

as Director

1905

On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

as Camera Operator

1905

Coney Island at Night

as Director

1905

How Jones Lost His Roll

as Director

1905

How Jones Lost His Roll

as Director of Photography

1905

The Seven Ages

as Director

1905

The Kleptomaniac

as Director

1904

The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicid...

as Director

1904

Scarecrow Pump

as Director

1904

A Rube Couple at a County Fair

as Director

1904

The Ex-Convict

as Director

1904

Parsifal

as Director

1904

Parsifal

as Director of Photography

1904

Railroad Smashup

as Director

1904

City Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, Via t...

as Director

1904

Maniac Chase

as Director

1904

Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride

as Director

1904

European Rest Cure

as Director

1904

Rounding Up of the “Yeggmen”

as Director

1904

How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through...

as Director

1904

Fighting the Flames, Dreamland

as Director

1904

Fire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Isla...

as Director of Photography

1904

Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

as Director

1904

Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, M...

as Director of Photography

1904

Rector's to Claremont

as Director

1904

A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians

as Director

1904

Western Stage Coach Hold Up

as Director

1904

Dog Factory

as Director

1904

Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Ad...

as Camera Operator

1904

Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Ad...

as Director

1904

Battle of Chemulpo Bay

as Director

1904

Japanese Acrobats

as Director

1904

R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster...

as Director

1904

Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Ba...

as Director

1904

Buster and Tige Put a Balloon Vendor Out...

as Director

1904

Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

as Director

1904

Buster Brown and the Dude

as Director

1904

Buster's Dog to the Rescue

as Director

1904

Animated Painting

as Director

1904

Photographing a Female Crook

as Director

1904

Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners...

as Director

1904

Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

as Camera Operator

1904

Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

as Director

1903

Buster's Joke on Papa (II)

as Director

1903

The Great Train Robbery

as Director

1903

The Great Train Robbery

as Director of Photography

1903

The Great Train Robbery

as Writer

1903

The Great Train Robbery

as Producer

1903

Buster's Joke on Papa (I)

as Director

1903

What Happened in the Tunnel

as Director

1903

What Happened in the Tunnel

as Director of Photography

1903

The Extra Turn

as Director

1903

The Messenger Boy's Mistake

as Director

1903

A Romance of the Rail

as Director

1903

The Physical Culture Girl

as Director

1903

The Gay Shoe Clerk

as Director

1903

Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

as Director

1903

The Gay Shoe Clerk

as Director of Photography

1903

Subub Surprises the Burglar

as Director

1903

The Unappreciated Joke

as Director

1903

Street Car Chivalry

as Director

1903

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Director

1903

Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.

as Director

1903

Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action

as Director

1903

White Wings on Review

as Director

1903

Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, Ne...

as Director

1903

New York City Dumping Wharf

as Director

1903

New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

as Director

1903

New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Captu...

as Director

1903

Panorama of Blackwell's Island

as Director

1903

Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge...

as Director

1903

Life of an American Fireman

as Director

1903

Electrocuting an Elephant

as Director of Photography

1903

Electrocuting an Elephant

as Director

1902

Rock of Ages

as Director

1902

Interrupted Bathers

as Director

1902

How They Do Things on the Bowery

as Director

1902

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Director of Photography

1902

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Director

1902

Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

as Director

1902

Appointment by Telephone

as Director

1902

Charleston Chain-Gang

as Director

1902

The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2

as Director

1902

Babies Rolling Eggs

as Director

1902

The Burlesque Suicide

as Director

1902

Fun in a Bakery Shop

as Director

1902

Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

as Director

1902

Capture of the Biddle Brothers

as Director

1902

The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy H...

as Director

1902

Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show

as Director

1901

The Artist's Dilemma

as Director

1901

Catching an Early Train

as Director

1901

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of A...

as Director

1901

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of A...

as Director of Photography

1901

Trapeze Disrobing Act

as Director

1901

Panorama of Esplanade by Night

as Director

1901

The Martyred Presidents

as Director

1901

Pan-American Exposition by Night

as Director

1901

Day at the Circus

as Director

1901

Life Rescue at Long Branch

as Director

1901

Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

as Director

1901

Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

as Director of Photography

1901

What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, Ne...

as Director

1901

The Reversible Divers

as Director

1901

Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a ...

as Director of Photography

1901

Sampson-Schley Controversy

as Director

1901

Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle

as Cinematography

1901

Photographing a Country Couple

as Director

1901

Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

as Director of Photography

1901

The Esquimaux Village

as Director

1901

A Trip Around the Pan-American Expositio...

as Director

1901

The Tramp's Unexpected Skate

as Director

1901

Another Job for the Undertaker

as Director

1901

Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

as Director

1901

Love by the Light of the Moon

as Director

1901

Kansas Saloon Smashers

as Director

1901

The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken

as Director

1901

Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

as Director

1901

The Finish of Bridget McKeen

as Director

1901

The Old Maid in the Horsecar

as Director

1901

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

as Director

1901

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

as Director of Photography

1900

A Dull Razor

as Director

1900

Faust and Marguerite

as Director

1900

An Artist's Dream

as Director

1900

The Kiss

as Director

1900

Uncle Josh's Nightmare

as Director

1900

The Magician

as Director

1900

Ching Ling Foo Outdone

as Director

1900

An Animated Luncheon

as Director

1900

Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

as Director

1900

The Mystic Swing

as Director

1900

Dewar's Scotch Whisky

as Director

1899

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

as Director