Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer...

The following is a list of films by Edwin S. Porter, head producer at the Edison Manufacturing Company owned by Thomas A. Edison, between 1900 and 1909...

squashed and molded back into a sitting old lady. American film pioneer Edwin S. Porter filmed a single-shot "lightning sculpting" film with a baker molding...

earliest known uses of special effects in film. The American filmmaker Edwin S. Porter started making films for the Edison Company in 1901. A former projectionist...

The year 1902 in film involved some significant events. March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35...

Manufacturing Company) and is believed to have been shot by either Edwin S. Porter or Jacob Blair Smith. This film documents the publicly announced killing...

Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US) Uncle Josh's Nightmare, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US) Le village de Namo – Panorama pris...

Life of an American Fireman is a short, silent film Edwin S. Porter made for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It was shot late in 1902 and distributed...

The year 1901 in film involved some significant events. Edwin S. Porter is put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company Thomas Edison...

intense public interest. For the final film in the series, producer Edwin S. Porter sought permission to film the execution itself but was denied. Instead...

research has primarily focused on early cinema, and topics such as Edwin S. Porter, Oscar Micheaux, race cinema of the silent era, Paul Robeson, film...

Edwin S. Porter – (US) Lilas blanc (White Lilacs), directed by Alice Guy, starring Félix Mayol – (France) The Little Train Robbery, directed by Edwin...

The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent film made by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It follows a gang of outlaws who...

Cristo is a 1913 silent film adventure directed by Joseph A. Golden and Edwin S. Porter, based on the adapted play of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel of the same...

directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US) The Georgetown Loop (Colorado), directed by Billy Bitzer – (US) The Great Train Robbery, directed by Edwin S. Porter, starring...

could be wound onto a standard reel for projection, hence the term. Edwin S. Porter was a former projectionist and exhibitor who had taken charge of motion-picture...

Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 silent drama directed by Edwin S. Porter. It is based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Grace Miller White. It...

Dam Dog (1905; with Edwin S. Porter) The White Caps (1905; with Edwin S. Porter) The Watermelon Patch (1905; with Edwin S. Porter) The Miller's Daughter...

recorded occurrences of the camera technique is to be found in the Edwin S. Porter American film Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906), itself based on Winsor...

Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901) dir. George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter Cendrillon (1899) dir. Georges Méliès Le voyage dans la lune...

preceded the development of narrative film editing by filmmakers such as Edwin S. Porter and D. W. Griffith, it does not use the cinematic vocabulary to which...

Silent movie with tinting Lighthouse by the Sea (1911) directed by Edwin S. Porter for Edison Manufacturing Company. Running time: 14:46. Silent movie...

horror trick film. While the film is sometimes credited to director Edwin S. Porter, this is an error. According to Charles Musser, the film was likely...

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a 1903 American silent short drama directed by Edwin S. Porter and produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company. The film was adapted...

on the 1894 Anthony Hope novel of the same name. It was directed by Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford, and starred stage actor James K. Hackett, Beatrice Beckley...

directed by Edwin S. Porter. With ten sequential shots, Jack and the Beanstalk was twice as long as any previous studio film. According to Porter, "It took...

by J. Stuart Blackton – (US) Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US) The Gans-Nelson Contest, starring Joe Gans and Battling Nelson...

silent comedy short film produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Edwin S. Porter and preserved from a paper print in the Library of Congress. The film...

Pierre Berton and Charles Simon Zaza (1915 film), a film directed by Edwin S. Porter Zaza (1923 film), a film directed by Allan Dwan Zaza (1938 film), a...

Saved by Love is a 1908 silent film short directed by Edwin S. Porter and produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company. It featured the screen debut of...