Edwin S. Porter

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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. Griffith who would expand on Porter's discovery that the unit of film structure was the shot rather than the scene. Porter, in an attempt to resist the new industrial system born out of the popularity of nickelodeons, left Edison in 1909 to form his own production company which he eventually sold in 1912. Porter remains an enigmatic figure in motion picture history. Though his significance as director of The Great Train Robbery and other innovative early films is undeniable, he rarely repeated an innovation after he had used it successfully, never developed a consistent directorial style, and in later years never protested when others rediscovered his techniques and claimed them as their own. He was a modest, quiet, cautious man who felt uncomfortable working with the famous stars he directed starting in 1912. He has directed four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Life of an American Fireman (1903), The Great Train Robbery (1903), Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) and Tess of the Storm Country (1914).

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1870-04-21
  • event Death Date 1941-04-30
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 4.3
  • info Birth Place Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Edwin S. Porter

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6.1

Jack and the Beanstalk

1902-07-15

6.1

The Great Train Robbery

1903-12-07

6.1

The Great Train Robbery

1903-12-07

6.1

His Neighbor's Wife

1913-10-10

6.1

A Heroine of '76

1911-02-16

6.1

Life of an American Fireman

1903-01-21

6.1

The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

1905-05-30

6.1

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

1908-01-16

6.1

The Eternal City

1915-04-12

6.1

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

1906-02-24

6.1

The Little Train Robbery

1905-09-01

6.1

Russia, the Land of Oppression

1910-06-10

6.1

A Romance of the Rail

1903-10-31

6.1

What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

1901-08-21

6.1

The Gay Shoe Clerk

1903-08-12

6.1

Jack and the Beanstalk

1902-07-15

6.1

The 'Teddy' Bears

1907-03-02

6.1

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1903-07-30

6.1

Uncle Josh's Nightmare

1900-03-01

6.1

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

1901-02-23

6.1

Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show

1902-01-25

6.1

Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

1901-08-31

6.1

A Good Little Devil

1914-03-01

6.1

Pan-American Exposition by Night

1901-10-18

6.1

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

1901-11-16

6.1

Trapeze Disrobing Act

1901-11-11

6.1

The Martyred Presidents

1901-10-19

6.1

Panorama of Esplanade by Night

1901-11-11

6.1

The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken

1901-03-09

6.1

Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

1901-04-27

6.1

Another Job for the Undertaker

1901-05-15

6.1

The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2

1902-04-12

6.1

The Ex-Convict

1904-11-19

6.1

Fun in a Bakery Shop

1902-04-03

6.1

Subub Surprises the Burglar

1903-08-14

6.1

Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

1903-08-12

6.1

European Rest Cure

1904-09-01

6.1

Maniac Chase

1904-05-24

6.1

Interrupted Bathers

1902-10-22

6.1

Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

1902-02-24

6.1

New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

1903-05-09

6.1

What Happened in the Tunnel

1903-11-06

6.1

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

1904-08-26

6.1

Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

1900-01-01

6.1

Coney Island at Night

1905-06-29

6.1

The Night Before Christmas

1905-12-16

6.1

A Dull Razor

1900-05-21

6.1

An Animated Luncheon

1900-02-01

6.1

The Magician

1900-02-21

6.1

Ching Ling Foo Outdone

1900-02-21

6.1

Faust and Marguerite

1900-05-21

6.1

An Artist's Dream

1900-05-21

6.1

The Tramp's Unexpected Skate

1901-05-23

6.1

Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

1901-03-09

6.1

Kansas Saloon Smashers

1901-03-16

6.1

Sampson-Schley Controversy

1901-08-15

6.1

The Mystic Swing

1900-01-01

6.1

The Unappreciated Joke

1903-05-22

6.1

The Messenger Boy's Mistake

1903-10-22

6.1

Rector's to Claremont

1904-05-22

6.1

Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.

1903-05-22

6.1

The Extra Turn

1903-10-22

6.1

White Wings on Review

1903-05-22

6.1

New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates

1903-05-09

6.1

New York City Dumping Wharf

1903-05-22

6.1

Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action

1903-05-22

6.1

Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

1903-05-22

6.1

Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride

1904-09-30

6.1

A Rube Couple at a County Fair

1904-11-22

6.1

The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide

1904-12-19

6.1

Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter

1904-03-22

6.1

Buster and Tige Put a Balloon Vendor Out of Business

1904-03-22

6.1

Buster's Dog to the Rescue

1904-03-22

6.1

Scarecrow Pump

1904-12-09

6.1

Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

1904-03-22

6.1

Buster Brown and the Dude

1904-03-22

6.1

Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.

1905-08-22

6.1

The Miller’s Daughter

1905-10-25

6.1

The White Caps

1905-09-14

6.1

The Seven Ages

1905-02-04

6.1

The Kleptomaniac

1905-02-04

6.1

The Watermelon Patch

1905-10-23

6.1

The Life of an American Policeman

1905-12-06

6.1

Police Chasing Scorching Auto

1905-12-31

6.1

How Jones Lost His Roll

1905-05-23

6.1

The Burglar's Slide for Life

1905-07-23

6.1

The Train Wreckers

1905-11-27

6.1

Three American Beauties

1906-05-31

6.1

Babies Rolling Eggs

1902-04-11

6.1

Kathleen Mavourneen

1906-08-02

6.1

A Winter Straw Ride

1906-04-23

6.1

The Terrible Kids

1906-05-01

6.1

Getting Evidence

1906-10-08

6.1

Cohen’s Fire Sale

1907-06-29

6.1

A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus

1907-12-16

6.1

The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love

1907-11-23

6.1

The Rivals

1907-09-07

6.1

College Chums

1907-11-25

6.1

Laughing Gas

1907-12-14

6.1

Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

1908-04-10

6.1

Fireside Reminiscences

1908-01-23

6.1

A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

1908-01-04

6.1

Tess of the Storm Country

1914-03-30

6.1

Charleston Chain-Gang

1902-04-13

6.1

How They Do Things on the Bowery

1902-10-01

6.1

Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

1904-07-17

6.1

The Old Maid in the Horsecar

1901-03-01

6.1

Rock of Ages

1902-10-31

6.1

Love by the Light of the Moon

1901-03-23

6.1

The Lighthouse by the Sea

1911-09-15

6.1

The Prisoner of Zenda

1913-02-18

6.1

Parsifal

1904-10-13

6.1

Dog Factory

1904-05-11

6.1

Photographing a Female Crook

1904-02-02

6.1

The Colored Stenographer

1909-01-02

6.1

The Count of Monte Cristo

1913-11-01

6.1

His Mother's Thanksgiving

1910-11-22

6.1

Hearts Adrift

1914-02-09

6.1

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1910-09-09

6.1

How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

1906-07-18

6.1

The Artist's Dilemma

1901-12-14

6.1

The Gay Shoe Clerk

1903-08-12

6.1

Getting Evidence

1906-10-08

6.1

How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

1906-07-18

6.1

Faust

1909-12-24

6.1

Hansel and Gretel

1909-10-14

6.1

Miss Sherlock Holmes

1908-12-04

6.1

Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

1911-07-20

6.1

The Finish of Bridget McKeen

1901-03-02

6.1

Western Stage Coach Hold Up

1904-05-01

6.1

A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians

1904-05-01

6.1

The Life of an American Cowboy

1908-01-01

6.1

Sold

1915-08-05

6.1

Zaza

1915-11-11

6.1

The Life of a Cowboy

1906-06-01

6.1

Parsifal

1904-10-13

6.1

The Gentleman Burglar

1908-05-13

6.1

The Gentleman Burglar

1908-05-13

6.1

A Good Little Devil

1914-03-01

6.1

Such a Little Queen

1914-09-20

6.1

A Winter Straw Ride

1906-04-23

6.1

Jack the Kisser

1907-10-19

6.1

Appointment by Telephone

1902-05-15

6.1

The Cord of Life

1909-01-28

6.1

Lost Illusions

1911-10-04

6.1

Lost Illusions

1911-10-04

6.1

R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige

1904-03-01

6.1

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

1902-01-27

6.1

The Count of Monte Cristo

1913-11-01

6.1

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

1901-02-23

6.1

What Happened in the Tunnel

1903-11-06

6.1

The Count of Monte Cristo

1913-11-01

6.1

Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

1901-08-31

6.1

Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

1901-08-08

6.1

Hearts Adrift

1914-02-09

6.1

Fire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Island (An Attraction at Coney Island)

1904-07-31

6.1

Cupid’s Pranks

1908-02-19

6.1

Three American Beauties

1906-05-31

6.1

Tess of the Storm Country

1914-03-30

6.1

The Night Before Christmas

1905-12-16

6.1

How Jones Lost His Roll

1905-05-23

6.1

Catching an Early Train

1901-11-21

6.1

The Reversible Divers

1901-08-21

6.1

Poor John

1907-04-20

6.1

Waiting at the Church

1906-07-20

6.1

I.B. Dam and the Whole Dam Family

1905-07-08

6.1

The Morals of Marcus

1915-01-18

6.1

The White Pearl

1915-10-10

6.1

In the Bishop's Carriage

1913-09-10

6.1

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

1904-11-06

6.1

Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle

1901-08-14

6.1

Life Rescue at Long Branch

1901-09-16

6.1

Photographing a Country Couple

1901-08-14

6.1

The Burlesque Suicide

1902-04-07

6.1

Cupid’s Pranks

1908-02-19

6.1

Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

1902-05-31

6.1

Buster's Revenge on the Tramp

1904-03-09

6.1

Sunshine Sue

1910-11-14

6.1

Dewar's Scotch Whisky

6.1

On the Western Frontier

1909-04-02

6.1

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

1899-06-17

6.1

Rounding Up of the “Yeggmen”

1904-09-01

6.1

Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

1904-04-20

6.1

Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

1904-04-20

6.1

Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly

1905-08-01

6.1

On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

1905-07-01

6.1

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

1906-02-24

6.1

Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

1904-01-15

6.1

Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police

1905-12-05

6.1

The Attack on the Mill

1910-08-12

6.1

On the Brink

1911-06-22

6.1

The Price

1911-11-23

6.1

Day at the Circus

1901-09-27

6.1

Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon

1901-08-21

6.1

Capture of the Biddle Brothers

1902-02-24

6.1

The Great Train Robbery

1903-12-07

6.1

The Great Train Robbery

1903-12-07

6.1

Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

1904-07-01

6.1

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

1901-11-16

6.1

Electrocuting an Elephant

1903-01-12

6.1

Bella Donna

1915-11-15

6.1

Buster's Joke on Papa (II)

1903-12-16

6.1

Buster's Joke on Papa (I)

1903-11-16

6.1

Electrocuting an Elephant

1903-01-12

6.1

The Kiss

1900-03-09

6.1

A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences

1908-03-25

6.1

Niobe

1915-04-04

6.1

The Prince and the Pauper

1915-11-29

6.1

Animated Painting

1904-02-12

6.1

When We Were Twenty-One

1915-04-05