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Director

Edwin S. Porter

Popular films

The Great Train Robbery1903
Life of an American Fireman1903
Electrocuting an Elephant1903
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend1906

About Edwin S. Porter

Known for: Directing
Born: April 21, 1870
Died: April 30, 1941 (age 71)
Birthplace: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA

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 important shorts such as Life of an…

Also credited as

Edwin Stratton Porter, Ed Porter, Edward Porter, 에드윈 S. 포터, 에드윈 포터

Filmography

The Prince and the Pauper1915Director

Bella Donna1915Director
Zaza1915Director
The White Pearl1915Director
Sold1915Director
The Eternal City1915Director
When We Were Twenty-One1915Director
Niobe1915Director
The Morals of Marcus1915Director
The Crucible1914Director
Such a Little Queen1914Director
Tess of the Storm Country1914Director
A Good Little Devil1914Director
Hearts Adrift1914Director
The Count of Monte Cristo1913Director
His Neighbor's Wife1913Director
In the Bishop's Carriage1913Director
The Prisoner of Zenda1913Director
The Price1911Director
Lost Illusions1911Director
The Lighthouse by the Sea1911Director
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.1911Director
On the Brink1911Director
A Heroine of '761911Director
His Mother's Thanksgiving1910Director
Russia, the Land of Oppression1910Director
On the Western Frontier1909Director
The Colored Stenographer1909Director
Miss Sherlock Holmes1908Director
Tale the Autumn Leaves Told1908Director
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm1908Director
The Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus1907Director
Laughing Gas1907Director
College Chums1907Director
The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love1907Director
Jack the Kisser1907Director
Rivals1907Director
Cohen’s Fire Sale1907Director
The 'Teddy' Bears1907Director
Poor John1907Director
Getting Evidence1906Director
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game1906Director
Waiting at the Church1906Director
Life of a Cowboy1906Director
The Life of an American Cowboy1906Director
Three American Beauties1906Director
A Winter Straw Ride1906Director
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend1906Director
The Night Before Christmas1905Director
The Life of an American Policeman1905Director
The Train Wreckers1905Director
The Miller’s Daughter1905Director
The Watermelon Patch1905Director
The White Caps1905Director
The Little Train Robbery1905Director
The Boarding School Girls1905Director
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.1905Director
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog1905Director
I.B. Dam and the Whole Dam Family1905Director
Coney Island at Night1905Director
How Jones Lost His Roll1905Director
The Seven Ages1905Director
The Kleptomaniac1905Director
The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide1904Director
Scarecrow Pump1904Director
The Ex-Convict1904Director
A Rube Couple at a County Fair1904Director
"Weary Willlie" Kisses the Bride1904Director
Capture of Yegg Bank Burglars1904Director
European Rest Cure1904Director
How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns1904Director
Fighting the Flames, Dreamland1904Director
Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum1904Director
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships1904Director
Japanese Acrobats1904Director
R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige1904Director
Animated Painting1904Director
Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden1904Director
Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls1904Director
The Great Train Robbery1903Director
The Messenger Boy's Mistake1903Director
Uncle Tom's Cabin1903Director
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island1903Director
The Unappreciated Joke1903Director
Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action1903Director
New York City Dumping Wharf1903Director
Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.1903Director
Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City1903Director
White Wings on Review1903Director
New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market1903Director
New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates1903Director
Panorama of Blackwell's Island1903Director
Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River1903Director
Life of an American Fireman1903Director
Electrocuting an Elephant1903Director
How They Do Things on the Bowery1902Director
Jack and the Beanstalk1902Director
Appointment by Telephone1902Director
Charleston Chain-Gang1902Director
Babies Rolling Eggs1902Director
Fun in a Bakery Shop1902Director
Burning of Durland's Riding Academy1902Director
Capture of the Biddle Brothers1902Director
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship1902Director
Panorama of Esplanade by Night1901Director
The Martyred Presidents1901Director
Pan-American Exposition by Night1901Director
Day at the Circus1901Director
Life Rescue at Long Branch1901Director
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower1901Director
The Reversible Divers1901Director
Sampson-Schley Controversy1901Director
The Esquimaux Village1901Director
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition1901Director
The Tramp's Unexpected Skate1901Director
Another Job for the Undertaker1901Director
Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog1901Director
Love by the Light of the Moon1901Director
Kansas Saloon Smashers1901Director
President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol1901Director
The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken1901Director
The Old Maid in the Horsecar1901Director
Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce1901Director
Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King1901Director
A Dull Razor1900Director
An Artist's Dream1900Director
Faust and Marguerite1900Director
The Kiss1900Director
Uncle Josh's Nightmare1900Director
Ching Ling Foo Outdone1900Director
The Magician1900Director
An Animated Luncheon1900Director
Dewar's Scotch Whisky1900Director
The Mystic Swing1900Director
Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel1900Director
Strange Adventure of New York Drummer1899Director

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter1982as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Life of an American Fireman1903as Policeman

The Crucible1914Writer

Lost Illusions1911Writer
The Great Train Robbery1904Original Film Writer
The Great Train Robbery1903Writer

Sunshine Sue1910Producer

The Great Train Robbery1903Producer

Tess of the Storm Country1914Director of Photography

A Good Little Devil1914Director of Photography
Hearts Adrift1914Director of Photography
The Count of Monte Cristo1913Director of Photography
The Gentleman Burglar1908Camera Operator
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences1908Camera Operator
Cupid’s Pranks1908Director of Photography
Fireside Reminiscences1908Camera Operator
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest1908Director of Photography
Getting Evidence1906Director of Photography
Kathleen Mavourneen1906Camera Operator
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game1906Director of Photography
The Terrible Kids1906Camera Operator
Three American Beauties1906Director of Photography
A Winter Straw Ride1906Director of Photography
The Night Before Christmas1905Director of Photography
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police1905Camera Operator
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly1905Camera Operator
The Burglar's Slide for Life1905Camera Operator
On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride1905Camera Operator
How Jones Lost His Roll1905Director of Photography
Parsifal1904Director of Photography
City Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, Via the Subway Route1904Camera Operator
Railroad Smashup1904Camera Operator
Maniac Chase1904Camera Operator
Fire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Island (An Attraction at Coney Island)1904Director of Photography
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.1904Director of Photography
Dog Factory1904Camera Operator
Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards1904Camera Operator
Buster and Tige Put a Balloon Vendor Out of Business1904Camera Operator
Buster Brown and the Dude1904Camera Operator
Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter1904Camera Operator
Buster's Dog to the Rescue1904Camera Operator
Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige1904Camera Operator
Animated Painting1904Camera Operator
Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls1904Camera Operator
Buster's Joke on Papa (II)1903Camera Operator
The Great Train Robbery1903Director of Photography
Buster's Joke on Papa (I)1903Camera Operator
What Happened in the Tunnel1903Director of Photography
The Animated Poster1903Camera Operator
The Extra Turn1903Camera Operator
A Romance of the Rail1903Camera Operator
The Physical Culture Girl1903Camera Operator
The Gay Shoe Clerk1903Director of Photography
Subub Surprises the Burglar1903Camera Operator
Street Car Chivalry1903Camera Operator
Electrocuting an Elephant1903Director of Photography
Jack and the Beanstalk1902Director of Photography
Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)1902Camera Operator
The Burlesque Suicide, No. 21902Camera Operator
The Burlesque Suicide1902Camera Operator
Fun in a Bakery Shop1902Camera Operator
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship1902Camera Operator
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show1902Camera Operator
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison1901Camera Operator
Catching an Early Train1901Camera Operator
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower1901Director of Photography
Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon1901Director of Photography
What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City1901Camera Operator
Photographing a Country Couple1901Camera Operator
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip1901Director of Photography
The Finish of Bridget McKeen1901Camera Operator

Nero and the Burning of Rome1908Cinematography

Battle of Chemulpo Bay1904Cinematography
Chicago-Michigan Football Game1903Cinematography
Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle1901Cinematography
President McKinley Taking the Oath1901Cinematography

The Count of Monte Cristo1913Editor