Edwin Stanton Porter

1870-04-21 – 1941-04-30 · Connellsville

Edwin Stanton Porter (American film pioneer (1870–1941)), 1870–1941. filmtheque lists 172 credits: 172 movies and 0 series, from 1899 to 1915. Best-known work includes Bella Donna, Jim the Penman, The Dictator.

Roles: Director (120) · Cinematographer (31) · Screenwriter (12) · Producer (9)

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Full filmography

Year	Title	Role
1915	Bella Donna	Director
1915	Jim the Penman	Director
1915	The Dictator	Director
1915	The White Pearl	Director
1915	The Eternal City	Director
1915	The Morals of Marcus	Director
1915	Sold	Director
1915	The Prince and the Pauper	Director
1915	Zaza	Director
1915	Lydia Gilmore	Director
1914	The Spitfire	Director
1914	Hearts Adrift	Director
1914	Hearts Adrift	Cinematographer
1914	A Good Little Devil	Director
1914	A Good Little Devil	Cinematographer
1914	Such a Little Queen	Director
1913	The Prisoner of Zenda	Director
1912	Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth	Producer
1912	Fog	Cinematographer
1911	The Iron Master	Director
1911	A Night of Terror	Director
1911	Madeline's Rebellion	Director
1911	The Strike at the Mines	Director
1911	A Heroine of '76	Director
1911	A Heroine of '76	Producer
1911	Lost Illusions	Director
1911	The White Red Man	Director
1911	The White Red Man	Screenwriter
1910	For Her Sister's Sake	Director
1910	For Her Sister's Sake	Screenwriter
1910	Her First Appearance	Director
1910	Pardners	Director
1910	Pardners	Screenwriter
1910	The Dancing Girl of Butte	Producer
1910	Out of the Night	Director
1910	A Child of the Ghetto	Producer
1910	The Last Deal	Producer
1910	The Toymaker, the Doll and the Devil	Director
1910	The Livingston Case	Director
1910	The Attack on the Mill	Director
1910	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Director
1910	Ranson's Folly	Director
1910	Ranson's Folly	Screenwriter
1910	Luck of Roaring Camp	Director
1910	Luck of Roaring Camp	Screenwriter
1910	The Engineer's Romance	Director
1910	Peg Woffington	Director
1910	Peg Woffington	Screenwriter
1910	The Greater Love	Director
1910	The Stolen Claim	Director
1910	The Stolen Claim	Screenwriter
1910	Sunshine Sue	Producer
1909	The Heart of a Clown	Director
1909	The House of Cards	Director
1909	The House of Cards	Screenwriter
1909	The Three Kisses	Director
1909	The Three Kisses	Screenwriter
1909	Faust	Director
1909	A Burglar Cupid	Director
1909	A Burglar Cupid	Cinematographer
1909	A Midnight Supper	Director
1909	The Doctored Dinner Pail	Director
1909	The Doctored Dinner Pail	Cinematographer
1909	Strolling Players	Director
1909	The Cord of Life	Producer
1908	Rescued from an Eagle's Nest	Cinematographer
1908	The Tale the Ticker Told	Director
1908	Love Will Find a Way	Director
1908	Love Will Find a Way	Cinematographer
1908	Miss Sherlock Holmes	Director
1908	The Angel Child	Director
1908	The Angel Child	Cinematographer
1908	Tale the Autumn Leaves Told	Director
1908	The Fatal Hour	Producer
1908	A Street Waif's Christmas	Director
1908	Lord Feathertop	Director
1908	The Boston Tea Party	Director
1908	The Boston Tea Party	Cinematographer
1908	The New Stenographer	Cinematographer
1908	Fireside Reminiscences	Director
1908	She	Director
1908	She	Screenwriter
1908	A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm	Director
1908	An Unexpected Santa Claus	Director
1908	An Unexpected Santa Claus	Cinematographer
1907	The Nine Lives of a Cat	Cinematographer
1907	Midnight Ride of Paul Revere	Director
1907	Midnight Ride of Paul Revere	Cinematographer
1907	Daniel Boone	Director
1907	Daniel Boone	Cinematographer
1907	A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus	Director
1907	Poor John	Director
1907	College Chums	Director
1907	The Trainer's Daughter; or, A Race for Love	Director
1906	How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game	Director
1906	How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game	Cinematographer
1906	Police Chasing Scorching Auto	Director
1906	The Terrible Kids	Director
1906	The Honeymoon at Niagara Falls	Director
1906	Kathleen Mavourneen	Director
1906	Kathleen Mavourneen	Cinematographer
1906	Getting Evidence	Director
1906	Dream of a Rarebit Fiend	Director
1906	Dream of a Rarebit Fiend	Cinematographer
1905	Stolen by Gypsies	Cinematographer
1905	The Watermelon Patch	Director
1905	The White Caps	Director
1905	The White Caps	Cinematographer
1905	The Kleptomaniac	Director
1905	The Miller's Daughter	Director
1905	The Burglar's Slide for Life	Director
1905	Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.	Director
1905	The Night Before Christmas	Director
1905	The Night Before Christmas	Cinematographer
1904	European Rest Cure	Director
1904	Dog Factory	Director
1904	The Ex-Convict	Director
1904	The Ex-Convict	Cinematographer
1904	Scarecrow Pump	Director
1904	Maniac Chase	Director
1904	Parsifal	Director
1904	Parsifal	Cinematographer
1903	The Great Train Robbery	Director
1903	The Great Train Robbery	Screenwriter
1903	The Great Train Robbery	Producer
1903	Electrocuting an Elephant	Cinematographer
1903	The Gay Shoe Clerk	Director
1903	The Road of Anthracite	Director
1903	The Messenger Boy's Mistake	Director
1902	Fun in a Bakery Shop	Director
1902	The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship	Director
1901	Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog	Director
1901	What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City	Director
1901	What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City	Cinematographer
1901	The Tramp's Unexpected Skate	Director
1901	Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King	Director
1901	Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King	Cinematographer
1901	Happy Hooligan Surprised	Director
1901	The Finish of Bridget McKeen	Director
1901	The Finish of Bridget McKeen	Cinematographer
1901	Another Job for the Undertaker	Director
1901	The Artist's Dilemma	Director
1901	Happy Hooligan April-Fooled	Director
1901	The Donkey Party	Director
1901	The Gordon Sisters Boxing	Director
1901	Pan-American Exposition by Night	Director
1900	A Dull Razor	Director
1900	An Artist's Dream	Director
1900	The Magician	Director
1900	Faust and Marguerite	Director
1899	Strange Adventure of New York Drummer	Director
0	Battle of Chemulpo Bay	Cinematographer
0	Rube and Mandy at Coney Island	Director
0	Life of an American Fireman	Director
0	Life of an American Fireman	Screenwriter
0	Life of an American Fireman	Cinematographer
0	The Little Train Robbery	Director
0	Love by the Light of the Moon	Director
0	Love by the Light of the Moon	Cinematographer
0	Skinner's Finish	Director
0	Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel	Director
0	How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns	Director
0	Minstrel Mishaps	Cinematographer
0	The Mystic Swing	Director
0	Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce	Director
0	Uncle Josh's Nightmare	Director
0	Uncle Josh's Nightmare	Cinematographer
0	By the Light of the Moon	Director
0	The Kiss	Director
0	The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2	Director
0	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Director
0	Ching Ling Foo Outdone	Director