Edwin S. Porter

Person Details

Birthday: 1870-04-21 14:12:28

Death: 1941-04-30 14:12:28

Aliases: Edwin Stratton Porter , Ed Porter , Edward Porter , 에드윈 S. 포터 , 에드윈 포터

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 200

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Average

The Great Train Robbery

(1903) Writer

Average

Life of an American Fireman

(1903) Director

Average

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

(1906) Producer

Average

The Gay Shoe Clerk

(1903) Director

Average

Electrocuting an Elephant

(1903) Director

Average

What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

(1901) Director

Average

Uncle Tom's Cabin

(1903) Director

Average

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

(1908) Cinematography

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1982	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)	Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter 1982-10-09 Movie
1903	Policeman	Life of an American Fireman 1903-01-21 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1915	Director	Bella Donna 1915-11-15 Movie
	Director	Zaza 1915-11-11 Movie
	Director	The White Pearl 1915-10-10 Movie
	Director	Sold 1915-08-05 Movie
	Director	The Eternal City 1915-04-12 Movie
	Director	The Morals of Marcus 1915-01-18 Movie
1914	Director	Such a Little Queen 1914-09-20 Movie
	Director	Tess of the Storm Country 1914-03-30 Movie
	Director	A Good Little Devil 1914-03-01 Movie
	Director	Hearts Adrift 1914-02-09 Movie
1913	Director	The Count of Monte Cristo 1913-11-01 Movie
	Director	His Neighbor's Wife 1913-10-10 Movie
	Director	In the Bishop's Carriage 1913-09-10 Movie
	Director	The Prisoner of Zenda 1913-02-18 Movie
1911	Director	The Price 1911-11-23 Movie
	Director	Lost Illusions 1911-10-04 Movie
	Director	The Lighthouse by the Sea 1911-09-15 Movie
	Director	Sherlock Holmes, Jr. 1911-07-20 Movie
	Director	On the Brink 1911-06-22 Movie
	Director	A Heroine of '76 1911-02-16 Movie
1910	Director	His Mother's Thanksgiving 1910-11-22 Movie
	Director	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1910-09-09 Movie
	Director	The Attack on the Mill 1910-08-12 Movie
	Director	Russia, the Land of Oppression 1910-06-10 Movie
1909	Director	Faust 1909-12-24 Movie
	Director	On the Western Frontier 1909-04-02 Movie
	Director	The Colored Stenographer 1909-01-02 Movie
1908	Director	Miss Sherlock Holmes 1908-12-04 Movie
	Director	The Gentleman Burglar 1908-05-13 Movie
	Director	Tale the Autumn Leaves Told 1908-04-10 Movie
	Director	Cupid’s Pranks 1908-02-19 Movie
	Director	Fireside Reminiscences 1908-01-23 Movie
	Director	A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm 1908-01-04 Movie
	Director	The Life of an American Cowboy 1908-01-01 Movie
1907	Director	A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus 1907-12-16 Movie
	Director	Laughing Gas 1907-12-14 Movie
	Director	College Chums 1907-11-25 Movie
	Director	The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love 1907-11-23 Movie
	Director	Jack the Kisser 1907-10-19 Movie
	Director	The Rivals 1907-09-07 Movie
	Director	Cohen’s Fire Sale 1907-06-29 Movie
	Director	Poor John 1907-04-20 Movie
	Director	The 'Teddy' Bears 1907-03-02 Movie
1906	Director	Getting Evidence 1906-10-08 Movie
	Director	Kathleen Mavourneen 1906-08-02 Movie
	Director	Waiting at the Church 1906-07-20 Movie
	Director	How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game 1906-07-18 Movie
	Director	The Life of a Cowboy 1906-06-01 Movie
	Director	Three American Beauties 1906-05-31 Movie
	Director	The Terrible Kids 1906-05-01 Movie
	Director	A Winter Straw Ride 1906-04-23 Movie
	Director	Dream of a Rarebit Fiend 1906-02-24 Movie
1905	Director	Police Chasing Scorching Auto 1905-12-31 Movie
	Director	The Night Before Christmas 1905-12-16 Movie
	Director	The Life of an American Policeman 1905-12-06 Movie
	Director	Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police 1905-12-05 Movie
	Director	The Train Wreckers 1905-11-27 Movie
	Director	The Miller’s Daughter 1905-10-25 Movie
	Director	The Watermelon Patch 1905-10-23 Movie
	Director	The White Caps 1905-09-14 Movie
	Director	The Little Train Robbery 1905-09-01 Movie
	Director	Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H. 1905-08-22 Movie
	Director	The Burglar's Slide for Life 1905-07-23 Movie
	Director	I.B. Dam and the Whole Dam Family 1905-07-08 Movie
	Director	Coney Island at Night 1905-06-29 Movie
	Director	The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog 1905-05-30 Movie
	Director	How Jones Lost His Roll 1905-05-23 Movie
	Director	The Kleptomaniac 1905-02-04 Movie
	Director	The Seven Ages 1905-02-04 Movie
1904	Director	The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide 1904-12-19 Movie
	Director	Scarecrow Pump 1904-12-09 Movie
	Director	A Rube Couple at a County Fair 1904-11-22 Movie
	Director	The Ex-Convict 1904-11-19 Movie
	Director	Parsifal 1904-10-13 Movie
	Director	Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride 1904-09-30 Movie
	Director	European Rest Cure 1904-09-01 Movie
	Director	Rounding Up of the “Yeggmen” 1904-09-01 Movie
	Director	How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns 1904-08-26 Movie
	Director	Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum 1904-07-17 Movie
	Director	Maniac Chase 1904-05-24 Movie
	Director	Rector's to Claremont 1904-05-22 Movie
	Director	Dog Factory 1904-05-11 Movie
	Director	A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director	Western Stage Coach Hold Up 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director	Skirmish between Russian and Japanese advance guards 1904-04-20 Movie
	Director	Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter 1904-03-22 Movie
	Director	Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige 1904-03-22 Movie
	Director	Buster Brown and the Dude 1904-03-22 Movie
	Director	Buster and Tige Put a Balloon Vendor Out of Business 1904-03-22 Movie
	Director	Buster's Dog to the Rescue 1904-03-22 Movie
	Director	Buster's Revenge on the Tramp 1904-03-09 Movie
	Director	R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige 1904-03-01 Movie
	Director	Photographing a Female Crook 1904-01-02 Movie
1903	Director	Buster's Joke on Papa (II) 1903-12-16 Movie
	Director	The Great Train Robbery 1903-12-07 Movie
	Director	Buster's Joke on Papa (I) 1903-11-16 Movie
	Director	What Happened in the Tunnel 1903-11-06 Movie
	Director	A Romance of the Rail 1903-10-31 Movie
	Director	The Extra Turn 1903-10-22 Movie
	Director	The Messenger Boy's Mistake 1903-10-22 Movie
	Director	Subub Surprises the Burglar 1903-08-14 Movie
	Director	The Gay Shoe Clerk 1903-08-12 Movie
	Director	Rube and Mandy at Coney Island 1903-08-12 Movie
	Director	Uncle Tom's Cabin 1903-07-30 Movie
	Director	New York City Dumping Wharf 1903-05-22 Movie
	Director	Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City 1903-05-22 Movie
	Director	Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action 1903-05-22 Movie
	Director	Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y. 1903-05-22 Movie
	Director	The Unappreciated Joke 1903-05-22 Movie
	Director	White Wings on Review 1903-05-22 Movie
	Director	New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market 1903-05-09 Movie
	Director	New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates 1903-05-09 Movie
	Director	Life of an American Fireman 1903-01-21 Movie
	Director	Electrocuting an Elephant 1903-01-12 Movie
1902	Director	Interrupted Bathers 1902-10-22 Movie
	Director	How They Do Things on the Bowery 1902-10-01 Movie
	Director	Jack and the Beanstalk 1902-07-15 Movie
	Director	Appointment by Telephone 1902-05-01 Movie
	Director	Charleston Chain-Gang 1902-04-13 Movie
	Director	Babies Rolling Eggs 1902-04-11 Movie
	Director	Fun in a Bakery Shop 1902-04-10 Movie
	Director	The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2 1902-04-07 Movie
	Director	Burning of Durland's Riding Academy 1902-02-24 Movie
	Director	Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show 1902-02-01 Movie
	Director	Capture of the Biddle Brothers 1902-01-02 Movie
	Director	The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship 1902-01-02 Movie
	Director	Rock of Ages 1902-01-01 Movie
1901	Director	Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King 1901-12-31 Movie
	Director	The Artist's Dilemma 1901-12-14 Movie
	Director	Catching an Early Train 1901-11-21 Movie
	Director	Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison 1901-11-16 Movie
	Director	Trapeze Disrobing Act 1901-11-11 Movie
	Director	Panorama of Esplanade by Night 1901-11-11 Movie
	Director	The Martyred Presidents 1901-10-19 Movie
	Director	Pan-American Exposition by Night 1901-10-18 Movie
	Director	Day at the Circus 1901-09-27 Movie
	Director	Sampson-Schley Controversy 1901-09-21 Movie
	Director	Circular Panorama of Electric Tower 1901-08-31 Movie
	Director	The Reversible Divers 1901-08-20 Movie
	Director	What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City 1901-07-31 Movie
	Director	The Tramp's Unexpected Skate 1901-05-21 Movie
	Director	Another Job for the Undertaker 1901-05-15 Movie
	Director	Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog 1901-04-27 Movie
	Director	Love by the Light of the Moon 1901-03-24 Movie
	Director	Kansas Saloon Smashers 1901-03-16 Movie
	Director	Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce 1901-03-09 Movie
	Director	The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken 1901-03-09 Movie
	Director	The Finish of Bridget McKeen 1901-01-02 Movie
	Director	The Old Maid in the Horsecar 1901-01-01 Movie
1900	Director	An Artist's Dream 1900-05-21 Movie
	Director	Faust and Marguerite 1900-05-21 Movie
	Director	A Dull Razor 1900-05-21 Movie
	Director	Uncle Josh's Nightmare 1900-03-01 Movie
	Director	Ching Ling Foo Outdone 1900-02-21 Movie
	Director	The Magician 1900-02-21 Movie
	Director	An Animated Luncheon 1900-02-01 Movie
	Director	Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Mystic Swing 1900-01-01 Movie
1899	Director	Strange Adventure of New York Drummer 1899-06-17 Movie
1898	Director	The Cavalier's Dream 1898-12-22 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1914	Director of Photography	Tess of the Storm Country 1914-03-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Good Little Devil 1914-03-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hearts Adrift 1914-02-09 Movie
1913	Director of Photography	The Count of Monte Cristo 1913-11-01 Movie
1908	Director of Photography	Cupid’s Pranks 1908-02-19 Movie
1906	Director of Photography	Getting Evidence 1906-10-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game 1906-07-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Three American Beauties 1906-05-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Winter Straw Ride 1906-04-23 Movie
1905	Director of Photography	The Night Before Christmas 1905-12-16 Movie
	Camera Operator	Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly 1905-08-01 Movie
	Camera Operator	On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride 1905-07-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	How Jones Lost His Roll 1905-05-23 Movie
1904	Director of Photography	Parsifal 1904-10-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Fire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Island (An Attraction at Coney Island) 1904-07-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass. 1904-07-01 Movie
	Camera Operator	Skirmish between Russian and Japanese advance guards 1904-04-20 Movie
	Camera Operator	Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls 1904-01-15 Movie
1903	Director of Photography	The Great Train Robbery 1903-12-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	What Happened in the Tunnel 1903-11-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Gay Shoe Clerk 1903-08-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Electrocuting an Elephant 1903-01-12 Movie
1902	Director of Photography	Jack and the Beanstalk 1902-07-15 Movie
1901	Director of Photography	Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King 1901-12-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison 1901-11-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Circular Panorama of Electric Tower 1901-08-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon 1901-08-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip 1901-08-08 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1913	Editor	The Count of Monte Cristo 1913-11-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1911	Writer	Lost Illusions 1911-10-04 Movie
1908	Scenario Writer	The Gentleman Burglar 1908-05-13 Movie
1903	Writer	The Great Train Robbery 1903-12-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1910	Producer	Sunshine Sue 1910-11-14 Movie
1909	Producer	Hansel and Gretel 1909-10-14 Movie
	Producer	The Cord of Life 1909-01-28 Movie
1906	Producer	Dream of a Rarebit Fiend 1906-02-24 Movie
1903	Producer	The Great Train Robbery 1903-12-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1908	Cinematography	Rescued from an Eagle's Nest 1908-01-16 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

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