- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 21, 1870
- Place of Birth
- Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- April 30, 1941
Edwin S. Porter
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 American Fireman (1903) and The Great Train Robbery (1903). In them, he helped to develop the modern concept of continuity editing, paving the way for D.W. Griffith who would expand on Porter's discovery that the unit of film structure was the shot rather than the scene. Porter, in an attempt to resist the new industrial system born out of the popularity of nickelodeons, left Edison in 1909 to form his own production company which he eventually sold in 1912. Porter remains an enigmatic figure in motion picture history. Though his significance as director o…
Filmography
movieBefore the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982 · Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
1915 · Director
movieBella Donna
1915 · Director
movieZaza
1915 · Director
movieThe White Pearl
1915 · Director
Sold
movieSold
1915 · Director
movieThe Eternal City
1915 · Director
movieWhen We Were Twenty-One
1915 · Director
movieNiobe
1915 · Director
movieThe Morals of Marcus
1915 · Director
movieThe Crucible
1914 · Director, Writer
movieSuch a Little Queen
1914 · Director
movieTess of the Storm Country
1914 · Director, Director of Photography
movieA Good Little Devil
1914 · Director, Director of Photography
movieHearts Adrift
1914 · Director, Director of Photography
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1913 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
movieHis Neighbor's Wife
1913 · Director
movieIn the Bishop's Carriage
1913 · Director
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1913 · Director
movieThe Price
1911 · Director
Lost Illusions
movieLost Illusions
1911 · Director, Writer
movieThe Lighthouse by the Sea
1911 · Director
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
movieSherlock Holmes, Jr.
1911 · Director
movieOn the Brink
1911 · Director
movieA Heroine of '76
1911 · Director
movieHis Mother's Thanksgiving
1910 · Director
movieSunshine Sue
1910 · Producer
movieAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
1910 · Director
movieThe Attack on the Mill
1910 · Director
Russia, the Land of Oppression
movieRussia, the Land of Oppression
1910 · Director
movieA Child of the Ghetto
1910 · Producer
Faust
movieFaust
1909 · Director
movieThe House of Cards
1909 · Director, Writer
movieHansel and Gretel
1909 · Producer
On the Western Frontier
movieOn the Western Frontier
1909 · Director
movieThe Star of Bethlehem
1909 · Director
movieThe Cord of Life
1909 · Producer
The Colored Stenographer
movieThe Colored Stenographer
1909 · Director
Miss Sherlock Holmes
movieMiss Sherlock Holmes
1908 · Director
She
movieShe
1908 · Director, Writer
The Gentleman Burglar
movieThe Gentleman Burglar
1908 · Camera Operator
Nero and the Burning of Rome
movieNero and the Burning of Rome
1908 · Cinematography
movieTale the Autumn Leaves Told
1908 · Director
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
movieA Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
1908 · Camera Operator
movieCupid’s Pranks
1908 · Director of Photography
movieFireside Reminiscences
1908 · Camera Operator
movieRescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908 · Cinematography
movieA Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
1908 · Director
movieThe Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
1907 · Director
movieLaughing Gas
1907 · Director
movieCollege Chums
1907 · Director
movieThe Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love
1907 · Director
movieJack the Kisser
1907 · Director
movieRivals
1907 · Director
movieCohen’s Fire Sale
1907 · Director
movieThe 'Teddy' Bears
1907 · Director
Poor John
moviePoor John
1907 · Director
movieGetting Evidence
1906 · Director, Director of Photography
movieKathleen Mavourneen
1906 · Camera Operator
movieHow the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
1906 · Director of Photography
movieWaiting at the Church
1906 · Director
The Life of an American Cowboy
movieThe Life of an American Cowboy
1906 · Director
movieLife of a Cowboy
1906 · Director
movieThe Terrible Kids
1906 · Camera Operator
movieThree American Beauties
1906 · Director, Director of Photography
movieA Winter Straw Ride
1906 · Director, Director of Photography
movieDream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906 · Director
movieThe Night Before Christmas
1905 · Director, Director of Photography
movieThe Life of an American Policeman
1905 · Director
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
movieDesperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
1905 · Camera Operator
movieThe Train Wreckers
1905 · Director
movieThe Miller’s Daughter
1905 · Director
movieThe Watermelon Patch
1905 · Director
movieThe White Caps
1905 · Director
movieThe Little Train Robbery
1905 · Director
The Boarding School Girls
movieThe Boarding School Girls
1905 · Director
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
movieScenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
1905 · Director
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly
movieEmpire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly
1905 · Camera Operator
movieThe Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
1905 · Director
movieThe Burglar's Slide for Life
1905 · Camera Operator
movieI.B. Dam and the Whole Dam Family
1905 · Director
movieOn a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride
1905 · Camera Operator
movieConey Island at Night
1905 · Director
How Jones Lost His Roll
movieHow Jones Lost His Roll
1905 · Director, Director of Photography
movieThe Seven Ages
1905 · Director
movieThe Kleptomaniac
1905 · Director
movieThe Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide
1904 · Director
movieScarecrow Pump
1904 · Director
movieThe Ex-Convict
1904 · Director
A Rube Couple at a County Fair
movieA Rube Couple at a County Fair
1904 · Director
Parsifal
movieParsifal
1904 · Director of Photography
movieCity Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, Via the Subway Route
1904 · Camera Operator
movieRailroad Smashup
1904 · Camera Operator
Maniac Chase
movieManiac Chase
1904 · Camera Operator
movie"Weary Willlie" Kisses the Bride
1904 · Director
Capture of Yegg Bank Burglars
movieCapture of Yegg Bank Burglars
1904 · Director
movieEuropean Rest Cure
1904 · Director
movieHow a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
1904 · Director
Fighting the Flames, Dreamland
movieFighting the Flames, Dreamland
1904 · Director
Fire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Island (An Attraction at Coney Island)
movieFire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Island (An Attraction at Coney Island)
1904 · Director of Photography
Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum
movieScenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum
1904 · Director
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
movieCanoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
1904 · Director of Photography
movieThe Great Train Robbery
1904 · Original Film Writer
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
movieInter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
1904 · Director
movieDog Factory
1904 · Camera Operator
movieSkirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
1904 · Camera Operator
movieBattle of Chemulpo Bay
1904 · Cinematography
movieJapanese Acrobats
1904 · Director
Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
moviePranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
1904 · Camera Operator
Buster and Tige Put a Balloon Vendor Out of Business
movieBuster and Tige Put a Balloon Vendor Out of Business
1904 · Camera Operator
Buster Brown and the Dude
movieBuster Brown and the Dude
1904 · Camera Operator
movieBuster's Dog to the Rescue
1904 · Camera Operator
Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter
movieBuster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter
1904 · Camera Operator
R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige
movieR. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige
1904 · Director
Animated Painting
movieAnimated Painting
1904 · Camera Operator
Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden
movieTreloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden
1904 · Director
movieCrossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
1904 · Camera Operator, Director
movieBuster's Joke on Papa (II)
1903 · Camera Operator
movieThe Great Train Robbery
1903 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
movieBuster's Joke on Papa (I)
1903 · Camera Operator
movieWhat Happened in the Tunnel
1903 · Director of Photography
movieChicago-Michigan Football Game
1903 · Cinematography
movieThe Animated Poster
1903 · Camera Operator
The Extra Turn
movieThe Extra Turn
1903 · Camera Operator
movieThe Messenger Boy's Mistake
1903 · Director
movieA Romance of the Rail
1903 · Camera Operator
The Physical Culture Girl
movieThe Physical Culture Girl
1903 · Camera Operator
movieUncle Tom's Cabin
1903 · Director
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
movieRube and Mandy at Coney Island
1903 · Director
movieThe Gay Shoe Clerk
1903 · Director of Photography
movieSubub Surprises the Burglar
1903 · Camera Operator
movieThe Unappreciated Joke
1903 · Director
movieStreet Car Chivalry
1903 · Camera Operator
movieWhite Wings on Review
1903 · Director
New York City Dumping Wharf
movieNew York City Dumping Wharf
1903 · Director
movieSorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City
1903 · Director
Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action
movieFireboat 'New Yorker' in Action
1903 · Director
Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.
moviePanorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.
1903 · Director
movieNew York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
1903 · Director
New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates
movieNew York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates
1903 · Director
Panorama of Blackwell's Island
moviePanorama of Blackwell's Island
1903 · Director
Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River
moviePanorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River
1903 · Director
movieLife of an American Fireman
1903 · Policeman, Director
movieElectrocuting an Elephant
1903 · Director of Photography
movieHow They Do Things on the Bowery
1902 · Director
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1902 · Director of Photography
Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)
movieBurning of St. Pierre (Martinique)
1902 · Camera Operator
movieAppointment by Telephone
1902 · Director
movieCharleston Chain-Gang
1902 · Director
The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
movieThe Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
1902 · Camera Operator
Babies Rolling Eggs
movieBabies Rolling Eggs
1902 · Director
The Burlesque Suicide
movieThe Burlesque Suicide
1902 · Camera Operator
movieFun in a Bakery Shop
1902 · Camera Operator
movieBurning of Durland's Riding Academy
1902 · Director
Capture of the Biddle Brothers
movieCapture of the Biddle Brothers
1902 · Director
movieThe Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
1902 · Camera Operator, Director
movieUncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
1902 · Camera Operator
movieExecution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
1901 · Camera Operator
moviePanorama of Esplanade by Night
1901 · Director
movieCatching an Early Train
1901 · Camera Operator
The Martyred Presidents
movieThe Martyred Presidents
1901 · Director
moviePan-American Exposition by Night
1901 · Director
movieDay at the Circus
1901 · Director
Life Rescue at Long Branch
movieLife Rescue at Long Branch
1901 · Director
movieCircular Panorama of Electric Tower
1901 · Director, Director of Photography
The Reversible Divers
movieThe Reversible Divers
1901 · Director
Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon
moviePanoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon
1901 · Director of Photography
movieWhat Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
1901 · Camera Operator
Sampson-Schley Controversy
movieSampson-Schley Controversy
1901 · Director
Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle
movieAunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle
1901 · Cinematography
moviePhotographing a Country Couple
1901 · Camera Operator
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
movieEsquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
1901 · Director of Photography
The Esquimaux Village
movieThe Esquimaux Village
1901 · Director
movieA Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
1901 · Director
movieThe Tramp's Unexpected Skate
1901 · Director
movieAnother Job for the Undertaker
1901 · Director
Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
movieLaura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
1901 · Director
movieLove by the Light of the Moon
1901 · Director
Kansas Saloon Smashers
movieKansas Saloon Smashers
1901 · Director
moviePresident McKinley Taking the Oath
1901 · Cinematography
moviePresident McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol
1901 · Director
The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
movieThe Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
1901 · Director
Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
movieWhy Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
1901 · Director
movieThe Finish of Bridget McKeen
1901 · Camera Operator
movieThe Old Maid in the Horsecar
1901 · Director
movieTerrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
1901 · Director
movieA Dull Razor
1900 · Director
Faust and Marguerite
movieFaust and Marguerite
1900 · Director
movieAn Artist's Dream
1900 · Director
The Kiss
movieThe Kiss
1900 · Director
movieUncle Josh's Nightmare
1900 · Director
Ching Ling Foo Outdone
movieChing Ling Foo Outdone
1900 · Director
The Magician
movieThe Magician
1900 · Director
An Animated Luncheon
movieAn Animated Luncheon
1900 · Director
movieUncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
1900 · Director
The Mystic Swing
movieThe Mystic Swing
1900 · Director
movieDewar's Scotch Whisky
1900 · Director
movieStrange Adventure of New York Drummer
1899 · Director