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Edwin Stratton Porter, Ed Porter, Edward Porter, 에드윈 S. 포터, 에드윈 포터
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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
5.7
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982-10-09
6.1
Life of an American Fireman
1903-01-21
movie_edit Directing
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