Edwin S. Porter
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Life of an American Fireman
as Policeman
Crew Credits
The Prince and the Pauper
Director
Bella Donna
Director
Zaza
Director
The White Pearl
Director
Sold
Director
The Eternal City
Director
When We Were Twenty-One
Director
Niobe
Director
The Morals of Marcus
Director
The Crucible
Director
Such a Little Queen
Director
Tess of the Storm Country
Director
A Good Little Devil
Director
Hearts Adrift
Director
The Count of Monte Cristo
Director
His Neighbor's Wife
Director
In the Bishop's Carriage
Director
The Prisoner of Zenda
Director
The Price
Director
Lost Illusions
Director
The Lighthouse by the Sea
Director
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Director
On the Brink
Director
A Heroine of '76
Director
His Mother's Thanksgiving
Director
Sunshine Sue
Producer
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Director
The Attack on the Mill
Director
Russia, the Land of Oppression
Director
A Child of the Ghetto
Producer