
Edwin S. Porter
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 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. Griffit…
Known For
The Great Train Robbery
Director
Life of an American Fireman
Policeman
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
Director
What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
Camera Operator
The Gay Shoe Clerk
Director
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
Camera Operator
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Cinematography
Jack and the Beanstalk
Director
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Crew (227)
Movies (227)
The Morals of Marcus
1915Director
When We Were Twenty-One
1915Director
The Eternal City
1915Director
Niobe
1915Director
The Prince and the Pauper
1915Director
The White Pearl
1915Director
Sold
1915Director
Zaza
1915Director
Bella Donna
1915Director
Tess of the Storm Country
1914Director
Tess of the Storm Country
1914Director of Photography
A Good Little Devil
1914Director
A Good Little Devil
1914Director of Photography
Hearts Adrift
1914Director
Hearts Adrift
1914Director of Photography
The Crucible
1914Director
The Crucible
1914Writer
Such a Little Queen
1914Director
The Prisoner of Zenda
1913Director
The Count of Monte Cristo
1913Director
The Count of Monte Cristo
1913Director of Photography
The Count of Monte Cristo
1913Editor
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913Director
His Neighbor's Wife
1913Director
On the Brink
1911Director
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1911Director
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
1911Director
Lost Illusions
1911Director
Lost Illusions
1911Writer
A Heroine of '76
1911Director
The Price
1911Director
The Attack on the Mill
1910Director
Sunshine Sue
1910Producer
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1910Director
His Mother's Thanksgiving
1910Director
Russia, the Land of Oppression
1910Director
A Child of the Ghetto
1910Producer
Faust
1909Director
On the Western Frontier
1909Director
Hansel and Gretel
1909Producer
The House of Cards
1909Director
The House of Cards
1909Writer
The Star of Bethlehem
1909Director
The Colored Stenographer
1909Director
The Cord of Life
1909Producer
Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
1908Director
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
1908Director
She
1908Director
She
1908Writer
Cupid’s Pranks
1908Director of Photography
Fireside Reminiscences
1908Director
Miss Sherlock Holmes
1908Director
The Gentleman Burglar
1908Director
The Gentleman Burglar
1908Scenario Writer
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908Cinematography
Nero and the Burning of Rome
1908Cinematography
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
1908Director
A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
1907Director
The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love
1907Director
Laughing Gas
1907Director
Cohen’s Fire Sale
1907Director
The Rivals
1907Director
The 'Teddy' Bears
1907Director
College Chums
1907Director
Jack the Kisser
1907Director
Poor John
1907Director
Waiting at the Church
1907Director
The Life of an American Cowboy
1906Director
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906Director
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906Producer
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
1906Director
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
1906Director of Photography
Three American Beauties
1906Director
Three American Beauties
1906Director of Photography
Getting Evidence
1906Director
Getting Evidence
1906Director of Photography
A Winter Straw Ride
1906Director
A Winter Straw Ride
1906Director of Photography
The Life of a Cowboy
1906Director
The Terrible Kids
1906Camera Operator
Kathleen Mavourneen
1906Camera Operator
Kathleen Mavourneen
1906Director
On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride
1905Camera Operator
The Night Before Christmas
1905Director
The Night Before Christmas
1905Director of Photography
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly
1905Camera Operator
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
1905Director
The Seven Ages
1905Director
The Boarding School Girls
1905Director
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
1905Director
The White Caps
1905Director
Coney Island at Night
1905Director
The Burglar's Slide for Life
1905Camera Operator
The Burglar's Slide for Life
1905Director
The Train Wreckers
1905Director
Police Chasing Scorching Auto
1905Director
The Life of an American Policeman
1905Director
The Watermelon Patch
1905Director
How Jones Lost His Roll
1905Director
How Jones Lost His Roll
1905Director of Photography
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
1905Camera Operator
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
1905Director
The Kleptomaniac
1905Director
The Little Train Robbery
1905Director
The Miller’s Daughter
1905Director
Fire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Island (An Attraction at Coney Island)
1904Director of Photography
R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige
1904Director
City Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, Via the Subway Route
1904Director
The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide
1904Director
Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter
1904Director
Buster and Tige Put a Balloon Vendor Out of Business
1904Director
Rector's to Claremont
1904Director
Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
1904Camera Operator
Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
1904Director
A Rube Couple at a County Fair
1904Director
Fighting the Flames, Dreamland
1904Director
Buster's Dog to the Rescue
1904Director
Maniac Chase
1904Director
Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
1904Camera Operator
Dog Factory
1904Director
Japanese Acrobats
1904Director
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
1904Director of Photography
Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride
1904Director
Scarecrow Pump
1904Director
European Rest Cure
1904Director
Parsifal
1904Director
Parsifal
1904Director of Photography
Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
1904Director
Railroad Smashup
1904Director
Capture of Yegg Bank Burglars
1904Director
Animated Painting
1904Director
Buster Brown and the Dude
1904Director
Battle of Chemulpo Bay
1904Cinematography
The Ex-Convict
1904Director
Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum
1904Director
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
1904Director
How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
1904Director
Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden
1904Director
The Messenger Boy's Mistake
1903Director
Life of an American Fireman
1903Director
The Great Train Robbery
1903Director
The Great Train Robbery
1903Director of Photography
The Great Train Robbery
1903Producer
The Great Train Robbery
1903Writer
White Wings on Review
1903Director
Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City
1903Director
Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.
1903Director
Buster's Joke on Papa (I)
1903Director
The Physical Culture Girl
1903Director
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1903Director
Electrocuting an Elephant
1903Director
Electrocuting an Elephant
1903Director of Photography
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
1903Director
New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
1903Director
Panorama of Blackwell's Island
1903Director
Subub Surprises the Burglar
1903Director
New York City Dumping Wharf
1903Director
Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River
1903Director
Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action
1903Director
Street Car Chivalry
1903Director
The Gay Shoe Clerk
1903Director
The Gay Shoe Clerk
1903Director of Photography
What Happened in the Tunnel
1903Director
What Happened in the Tunnel
1903Director of Photography
Chicago-Michigan Football Game
1903Cinematography
The Extra Turn
1903Director
The Unappreciated Joke
1903Director
New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates
1903Director
A Romance of the Rail
1903Camera Operator
A Romance of the Rail
1903Cinematography
A Romance of the Rail
1903Director
Buster's Joke on Papa (II)
1903Director
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
1902Camera Operator
The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
1902Camera Operator
Jack and the Beanstalk
1902Director
Jack and the Beanstalk
1902Director of Photography
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
1902Camera Operator
Capture of the Biddle Brothers
1902Director
The Burlesque Suicide
1902Camera Operator
Burning of Durland's Riding Academy
1902Director
Babies Rolling Eggs
1902Director
How They Do Things on the Bowery
1902Director
Charleston Chain-Gang
1902Director
Fun in a Bakery Shop
1902Camera Operator
Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)
1902Camera Operator
Appointment by Telephone
1902Director
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
1901Camera Operator
President McKinley Taking the Oath
1901Cinematography
Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
1901Director
What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
1901Camera Operator
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
1901Director of Photography
Sampson-Schley Controversy
1901Director
The Tramp's Unexpected Skate
1901Director
Life Rescue at Long Branch
1901Director
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
1901Director
Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon
1901Director of Photography
The Old Maid in the Horsecar
1901Director
Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
1901Director
Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
1901Director of Photography
The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
1901Director
The Martyred Presidents
1901Director
Love by the Light of the Moon
1901Director
Photographing a Country Couple
1901Camera Operator
Catching an Early Train
1901Camera Operator
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower
1901Director
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower
1901Director of Photography
Kansas Saloon Smashers
1901Director
Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle
1901Cinematography
The Esquimaux Village
1901Director
Pan-American Exposition by Night
1901Director
Day at the Circus
1901Director
The Reversible Divers
1901Director
Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
1901Director
Another Job for the Undertaker
1901Director
Panorama of Esplanade by Night
1901Director
Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
1900Director
The Kiss
1900Director
An Animated Luncheon
1900Director
Faust and Marguerite
1900Director
The Magician
1900Director
Ching Ling Foo Outdone
1900Director
An Artist's Dream
1900Director
A Dull Razor
1900Director
Uncle Josh's Nightmare
1900Director
The Mystic Swing
1900Director
Dewar's Scotch Whisky
1900Director
Strange Adventure of New York Drummer
1899Director
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