Directing • AGE 71
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. In...


Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982

The Prince and the Pauper
Director
1915

Bella Donna
Director
1915

Zaza
Director
1915

The White Pearl
Director
1915

The Eternal City
Director
1915

When We Were Twenty-One
Director
1915

Niobe
Director
1915

The Morals of Marcus
Director
1915

The Crucible
Director
1914

Such a Little Queen
Director
1914

Tess of the Storm Country
Director
1914

A Good Little Devil
Director
1914

Hearts Adrift
Director
1914

The Count of Monte Cristo
Director
1913

His Neighbor's Wife
Director
1913

In the Bishop's Carriage
Director
1913

The Prisoner of Zenda
Director
1913

The Price
Director
1911

The Lighthouse by the Sea
Director
1911

On the Brink
Director
1911

A Heroine of '76
Director
1911

His Mother's Thanksgiving
Director
1910

Sunshine Sue
Producer
1910

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Director
1910

The Attack on the Mill
Director
1910

A Child of the Ghetto
Producer
1910

The House of Cards
Director
1909

Hansel and Gretel
Producer
1909

The Star of Bethlehem
Director
1909

The Cord of Life
Producer
1909

Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
Director
1908

Cupid’s Pranks
Director of Photography
1908

Fireside Reminiscences
Camera Operator
1908

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Cinematography
1908

A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
Director
1908

The Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
Director
1907

Laughing Gas
Director
1907

College Chums
Director
1907

The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love
Director
1907

Jack the Kisser
Director
1907

Rivals
Director
1907

Cohen’s Fire Sale
Director
1907

The 'Teddy' Bears
Director
1907

Getting Evidence
Director
1906

Kathleen Mavourneen
Camera Operator
1906

How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
Director of Photography
1906

Waiting at the Church
Director
1906

Life of a Cowboy
Director
1906

The Terrible Kids
Camera Operator
1906

Three American Beauties
Director
1906

A Winter Straw Ride
Director
1906

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
Director
1906

The Night Before Christmas
Director
1905

The Life of an American Policeman
Director
1905

The Train Wreckers
Director
1905

The Miller’s Daughter
Director
1905

The Watermelon Patch
Director
1905

The White Caps
Director
1905

The Little Train Robbery
Director
1905

The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
Director
1905

The Burglar's Slide for Life
Camera Operator
1905

I.B. Dam and the Whole Dam Family
Director
1905

On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride
Camera Operator
1905

Coney Island at Night
Director
1905

The Seven Ages
Director
1905

The Kleptomaniac
Director
1905

The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide
Director
1904

Scarecrow Pump
Director
1904

The Ex-Convict
Director
1904

City Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, Via the Subway Route
Camera Operator
1904

Railroad Smashup
Camera Operator
1904

"Weary Willlie" Kisses the Bride
Director
1904

European Rest Cure
Director
1904

How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
Director
1904

The Great Train Robbery
Original Film Writer
1904

Dog Factory
Camera Operator
1904

Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
Camera Operator
1904

Battle of Chemulpo Bay
Cinematography
1904

Japanese Acrobats
Director
1904

Buster's Dog to the Rescue
Camera Operator
1904

Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
Camera Operator
1904

Buster's Joke on Papa (II)
Camera Operator
1903

The Great Train Robbery
Director of Photography
1903

Buster's Joke on Papa (I)
Camera Operator
1903

What Happened in the Tunnel
Director of Photography
1903

Chicago-Michigan Football Game
Cinematography
1903

The Animated Poster
Camera Operator
1903

The Messenger Boy's Mistake
Director
1903

A Romance of the Rail
Camera Operator
1903

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Director
1903

The Gay Shoe Clerk
Director of Photography
1903

Subub Surprises the Burglar
Camera Operator
1903

The Unappreciated Joke
Director
1903

Street Car Chivalry
Camera Operator
1903

White Wings on Review
Director
1903

Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City
Director
1903

New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
Director
1903

Life of an American Fireman
Policeman
1903

Electrocuting an Elephant
Director of Photography
1903

How They Do Things on the Bowery
Director
1902

Jack and the Beanstalk
Director of Photography
1902

Appointment by Telephone
Director
1902

Charleston Chain-Gang
Director
1902

Fun in a Bakery Shop
Camera Operator
1902

Burning of Durland's Riding Academy
Director
1902

The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
Camera Operator
1902

Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
Camera Operator
1902

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
Camera Operator
1901

Panorama of Esplanade by Night
Director
1901

Catching an Early Train
Camera Operator
1901

Pan-American Exposition by Night
Director
1901

Day at the Circus
Director
1901

Circular Panorama of Electric Tower
Director
1901

What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
Camera Operator
1901

Photographing a Country Couple
Camera Operator
1901

A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
Director
1901

The Tramp's Unexpected Skate
Director
1901

Another Job for the Undertaker
Director
1901

Love by the Light of the Moon
Director
1901

President McKinley Taking the Oath
Cinematography
1901

President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol
Director
1901

The Finish of Bridget McKeen
Camera Operator
1901

The Old Maid in the Horsecar
Director
1901

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
Director
1901

A Dull Razor
Director
1900

An Artist's Dream
Director
1900

Uncle Josh's Nightmare
Director
1900

Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
Director
1900

Dewar's Scotch Whisky
Director
1900

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer
Director
1899