Director
Edwin S. Porter
1870Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA100 Films
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.
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5.0
The Prince and the Pauper
1915
Bella Donna
1915
Zaza
1915
The White Pearl
1915
The Eternal City
1915
When We Were Twenty-One
1915
Niobe
1915
The Morals of Marcus
1915
The Crucible
1914
Such a Little Queen
1914
5.4
Tess of the Storm Country
1914
A Good Little Devil
1914
Hearts Adrift
1914
4.0
The Count of Monte Cristo
1913
His Neighbor's Wife
1913
1.0
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
3.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1913
5.5
The Price
1911
4.0
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1911
10.0
On the Brink
1911
A Heroine of '76
1911
4.5
His Mother's Thanksgiving
1910
6.2
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1910
4.0
The Attack on the Mill
1910
4.1
The House of Cards
1909
5.0
The Star of Bethlehem
1909
5.0
Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
1908
3.5
Fireside Reminiscences
1908
5.3
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
1908
6.5
A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
1907
4.9
Laughing Gas
1907
5.3
College Chums
1907
4.7
The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love
1907
Jack the Kisser
1907
5.3
The Rivals
1907
3.8
Cohen’s Fire Sale
1907
5.6
The 'Teddy' Bears
1907
4.0
Waiting at the Church
1907
5.0
Getting Evidence
1906
4.8
Kathleen Mavourneen
1906
5.0
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
1906
5.0
The Terrible Kids
1906
3.9
The Life of a Cowboy
1906
6.2
Three American Beauties
1906
4.8
A Winter Straw Ride
1906
6.3
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906
6.1
The Night Before Christmas
1905
4.0
The Life of an American Policeman
1905
5.0
The Train Wreckers
1905
3.3
The Miller’s Daughter
1905
4.7
The Watermelon Patch
1905
5.0
The White Caps
1905
5.3
The Little Train Robbery
1905
4.0
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
1905
5.1
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
1905
6.0
Coney Island at Night
1905
4.5
The Seven Ages
1905
5.0
The Kleptomaniac
1905
4.6
The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide
1904
4.6
Scarecrow Pump
1904
5.3
The Ex-Convict
1904
3.7
"Weary Willlie" Kisses the Bride
1904
5.2
European Rest Cure
1904
5.0
How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
1904
3.4
Rector's to Claremont
1904
5.7
Japanese Acrobats
1904
Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
1904
7.0
The Great Train Robbery
1903
4.2
The Messenger Boy's Mistake
1903
4.9
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1903
4.8
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
1903
5.4
The Gay Shoe Clerk
1903
4.5
The Unappreciated Joke
1903
3.5
White Wings on Review
1903
3.5
Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City
1903
5.0
New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
1903
6.0
Life of an American Fireman
1903
2.6
Electrocuting an Elephant
1903
4.8
How They Do Things on the Bowery
1902
6.0
Jack and the Beanstalk
1902
4.5
Appointment by Telephone
1902
4.0
Charleston Chain-Gang
1902
5.0
Burning of Durland's Riding Academy
1902
5.5
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
1902
6.2
Panorama of Esplanade by Night
1901
5.8
Pan-American Exposition by Night
1901
5.0
Day at the Circus
1901
5.3
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower
1901
4.0
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
1901
4.0
The Tramp's Unexpected Skate
1901
3.8
Another Job for the Undertaker
1901
4.8
Love by the Light of the Moon
1901
5.9
The Finish of Bridget McKeen
1901
3.9
Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
1901
3.2
A Dull Razor
1900
4.8
An Artist's Dream
1900
4.0
Uncle Josh's Nightmare
1900
4.6
Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
1900
Dewar's Scotch Whisky
1900
3.8