Edwin S. Porter

Edwin Stanton Porter (født 21. april 1870, død 30. april 1941) var en amerikansk filmpioner, mest kjent som filmprodusent, filminstruktør, studieleder og filmfotograf ved Edison Manufactoring Company og Players Film Company. Fra de siste par år på 1800-tallet stod han bak over 250 filmer med blant annet den to minutter lange The Artist's Dilemma (1901)  fulgt av filmer som Jack and the Beanstalk (1902), Det store togrøveriet (1903) og Fangen paa Zenda (1913).


=== Filmografi ===


== 1901 ==
The Artist's Dilemma
Panorama of Esplanade by Night
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
Trapeze Disrobing Act
The Martyred Presidents
Rubes in the Theatre
Sampson-Schley Controversy
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower
Soubrette's Troubles on a Fifth Avenue Stage Coach
The Farmer and the Bad Boys
The Reversible Divers
'Weary Willie' and the Gardener
What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City
How the Dutch Beat the Irish
The Tramp's Strategy That Failed
Another Job for the Undertaker
Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
Pie, Tramp and the Bulldog
Happy Hooligan April-Fooled
Happy Hooligan Surprised
The Automatic Weather Prophet
Love by the Light of the Moon
The Donkey Party
Kansas Saloon Smashers
The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
The Finish of Bridget McKeen
Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
Day at the Circus
The Old Maid in the Horsecar
The Tramp's Unexpected Skate


== 1902 ==
How They Do Things on the Bowery
Rock of Ages
The Interrupted Bathers
Jack and the Beanstalk
Appointment by Telephone
Babies Rolling Eggs
Fun in a Bakery Shop
Great Bull Fight
The Golden Chariots
The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
Burning of Durland's Riding Academy
Chinese Shaving Scene
The Weary Hunters and the Magician
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show


== 1903 ==
The Great Train Robbery
What Happened in the Tunnel
A Romance of the Rail
The Extra Turn
The Heavenly Twins at Lunch
The Heavenly Twins at Odds
The Messenger Boy's Mistake
Rube and Fender
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903 film)
Little Lillian, Toe Danseuse
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
Subub Surprises the Burglar
The Gay Shoe Clerk
New York City Dumping Wharf
New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
Life of an American Fireman
The Unappreciated Joke
Electrocuting an Elephant


== 1904 ==
The Ex-Convict
The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide
Scarecrow Pump
A Rube Couple at a County Fair
Love Will Find a Way
Parsifal
Capture of the 'Yegg' Bank Burglars
The European Rest Cure
How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride
'Weary Willie' Kidnaps a Child
Dog Factory
Western Stage Coach Hold Up
Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
Animated Painting
Casey's Frightful Dream
Midnight Intruder
Maniac Chase
Rector's to Claremont


== 1905 ==
The Night Before Christmas
Police Chasing Scorching Auto
Life of an American Policeman
The Train Wreckers
Phoebe Snow
Everybody Works But Father
Down on the Farm
The Miller's Daughter
The Watermelon Patch
Poor Algy
The White Caps
Boarding School Girls
The Little Train Robbery
The Electric Mule
Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
Mystic Shriner's Day
Stolen by Gypsies
June's Birthday Party
Coney Island at Night
Hippodrome Races, Dreamland, Coney Island
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
Start of Ocean Race for Cup'
A Five Cent Trolley Ride
Opening of Belmont Park Race Course
The Burglar's Slide for Life'
How Jones Lost His Roll
President Roosevelt's Inauguration
The Kleptomaniac
The Seven Ages


== 1906 ==
The Honeymoon at Niagara Falls
Getting Evidence
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
Kathleen Mavourneen
Waiting at the Church'
Life of a Cowboy
Three American Beauties
The Terrible Kids
A Winter Straw Ride
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend


== 1907 ==
A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
Laughing Gas
College Chums
The Trainer's Daughter or A Race for Love
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Three American Beauties, No. 2
Jack the Kisser
A Race for Millions
The Rivals
Stage Struck
The Nine Lives of a Cat
Cohen's Fire Sale
Lost in the Alps
The 'Teddy' Bears, with Wallace McCutcheon
Vesta Victoria Singing "Poor John"
Vesta Victoria Singing "Waiting at the Church"
Daniel Boone


== 1908 ==


== 1909 ==
Faust
A Gift from Santa Claus
The House of Cards
The Heart of a Clown
The Three Kisses
A Great Game
The Temptation
A Child of the Forest
The Price of a Soul
A Coward
Love's Sacrifice
A Child's Prayer
See a Pin and Pick It Up, All That Day You'll Have Good Luck
The Pony Express
Fuss and Feathers
The Doctored Dinner Pail
An Unsuccessful Substitution
Uncle Tom Wins
A Cup of Tea and She
Father's First Half-Holiday
Unappreciated Genius
On the Western Frontier
Hard to Beat
Oh! Rats!
A Cry from the Wilderness; or, A Tale of the Esquimaux and Midnight Sun
A Midnight Supper
Love Is Blind
Mary Jane's Lovers
The Colored Stenographer
A Bird in a Gilded Cage
A Daughter of the Sun
The Adventures of an Old Flirt
A Modest Young Man
A Burglar Cupid
Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?


== 1910 ==
The Winning of Miss Langdon
The Cowpuncher's Glove
The Greater Love
His Mother's Thanksgiving
The Toymaker, the Doll and the Devil
The Stolen Claim
Riders of the Plains
The Farmer's Daughter
Ononko's Vow
Almost a Hero
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Love and the Law
The Attack on the Mill
Peg Woffington
The Old Loves and the New
Out of the Night
Russia, the Land of Oppression
All on Account of a Laundry Mark
Her First Appearance
For Her Sister's Sake
The Heart of a Rose
Bradford's Claim
A Western Romance
Ranson's Folly
The Livingston Case
Luck of Roaring Camp
The Engineer's Romance
Pardners
Too Many Girls


== 1911 ==
Leaves of a Romance
Lost Illusions
A Cure for Crime
The Rose and the Dagger
The Lighthouse by the Sea
The White Red Man
Money to Burn
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
A Famous Duel
On the Brink
Madeline's Rebellion
Captain Nell
A Buried Past
Silver Threads Among the Gold
The Strike at the Mines
The Test of Love
A Night of Terror
By the Light of the Moon
The Iron Master
The Price of Victory
A Heroine of '76
The Lover and the Count


== 1912 ==
The Convict's Parole


== 1913 ==
The Count of Monte Cristo
His Neighbor's Wife
In the Bishop's Carriage
Fangen paa Zenda


== 1914 ==
The Crucible
Such a Little Queen
The Spitfire
Tess of the Storm Country
A Good Little Devil
Hearts Adrift


== 1915 ==
Lydia Gilmore
The Prince and the Pauper
Bella Donna
Zaza
The White Pearl
Sold
Jim the Penman
The Eternal City
When We Were Twenty-One
Niobe
The Morals of Marcus


== Referanser ==


== Eksterne lenker ==
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(sv) Edwin Stanton Porter i Svensk Filmdatabas 
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