Edwin S. Porter
DirectingBorn: April 21, 1870 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
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 ...
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Film
197 Titles
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The Great Train Robbery1903

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Jack and the Beanstalk1902

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The Cord of Life1909
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The Kiss1900

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The Night Before Christmas1905
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Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle1901

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Rescued from an Eagle's Nest1908

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His Mother's Thanksgiving1910
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Parsifal1904

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The Gay Shoe Clerk1903

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Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel1900

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Laughing Gas1907

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Dream of a Rarebit Fiend1906
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Miss Sherlock Holmes1908
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Faust1909
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The Martyred Presidents1901

