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…
Filmography
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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
The Prince and the Pauper
1915
Bella Donna
1915
Zaza
1915
The White Pearl
1915
Sold
Sold
1915
The Eternal City
1915
When We Were Twenty-One
1915
Niobe
1915
The Morals of Marcus
1915
The Crucible
1914
Such a Little Queen
1914
Tess of the Storm Country
1914
A Good Little Devil
1914
Hearts Adrift
1914
The Count of Monte Cristo
1913
His Neighbor's Wife
1913
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
The Prisoner of Zenda
1913
The Price
1911
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions
1911
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1911
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
1911
On the Brink
1911
A Heroine of '76
1911
His Mother's Thanksgiving
1910
Sunshine Sue
1910
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1910
The Attack on the Mill
1910
Russia, the Land of Oppression
Russia, the Land of Oppression
1910
A Child of the Ghetto
1910
Faust
Faust
1909
The House of Cards
1909
Hansel and Gretel
1909
On the Western Frontier
On the Western Frontier
1909
The Star of Bethlehem
1909
The Cord of Life
1909
The Colored Stenographer
The Colored Stenographer
1909
Miss Sherlock Holmes
Miss Sherlock Holmes
1908
She
She
1908
The Gentleman Burglar
The Gentleman Burglar
1908
Nero and the Burning of Rome
Nero and the Burning of Rome
1908
Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
1908
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
1908
Cupid’s Pranks
1908
Fireside Reminiscences
1908
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
1908
The Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
1907
Laughing Gas
1907
College Chums
1907
The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love
1907
Jack the Kisser
1907
Rivals
1907
Cohen’s Fire Sale
1907
The 'Teddy' Bears
1907
Poor John
Poor John
1907
Getting Evidence
1906
Kathleen Mavourneen
1906
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
1906
Waiting at the Church
1906
The Life of an American Cowboy
The Life of an American Cowboy
1906
Life of a Cowboy
1906
The Terrible Kids
1906
Three American Beauties
1906
A Winter Straw Ride
1906
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906
The Night Before Christmas
1905
The Life of an American Policeman
1905
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
1905
The Train Wreckers
1905
The Miller’s Daughter
1905
The Watermelon Patch
1905
The White Caps
1905
The Little Train Robbery
1905
The Boarding School Girls
The Boarding School Girls
1905
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
1905
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly
Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly
1905
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
1905
The Burglar's Slide for Life
1905