Edwin S. Porter
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...
Filmography
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