Edwin S. Porter

Edwin Stanton Porter (født 21. april 1870, død 30. april 1941) var en amerikansk filmpioner, mest kendt som producer, instruktør, studieleder og filmfotograf ved Edison Manufactoring Company og Players Film Company. Fra de sidste par år i 1800-tallet stod han bag over 250 film med blandt andet den to minutter lange The Artist's Dilemma (1901)  fulgt af film som Jack and the Beanstalk (1902), Det store togrøveri (1903) og The Prisoner of Zenda (1913).

Delvis filmografi

1901
The Artist's Dilemma -
Panorama of Esplanade by Night
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison - (3:24 minutter) teater med henrettelsen af Leon Czolgosz ved elektrisk stol
Trapeze Disrobing Act
The Martyred Presidents - (1 minut) om mordene på på præsidenterne Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield og William McKinley
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 - (77 sekunder) film med en kvinde, der går over en åbning og den varme luft derfra løfter hendes kjole
How the Dutch Beat the Irish
The Tramp's Strategy That Failed
Another Job for the Undertaker - (2 minutter) 
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 - (1 minut) månen smiler ned mod to elskende
The Donkey Party
Kansas Saloon Smashers - (1 minut) en satire om den amerikanske aktivist Carrie Nation
The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
The Finish of Bridget McKeen
Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King (61 sekunder) politisk satire om vicepræsident Theodore Roosevelt
Day at the Circus - (50 sekunder) en parade 
The Old Maid in the Horsecar
The Tramp's Unexpected Skate

1902
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 (film fra 1903)
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 (sandsynligvis med og af Jacob Blair Smith) - film om henrettelsen af elefanten Topsy af ejerne af Luna Park på Coney Island.

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 (with Wallace McCutcheon Sr.)
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 RideOpening of Belmont Park Race CourseThe Burglar's Slide for Life'How Jones Lost His RollPresident Roosevelt's InaugurationThe KleptomaniacThe Seven Ages1906The Honeymoon at Niagara Falls1907A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa ClausLaughing GasCollege ChumsThe Trainer's Daughter or A Race for LoveMidnight Ride of Paul RevereThree American Beauties, No. 2Jack the KisserA Race for MillionsThe RivalsStage StruckThe Nine Lives of a CatCohen's Fire SaleLost in the AlpsThe 'Teddy' Bears, med  Wallace McCutcheonVesta Victoria Singing "Poor John"Vesta Victoria Singing "Waiting at the Church"Daniel Boone1908Rescued from an Eagle's Nest1909Faust1910The Winning of Miss Langdon1911Leaves of a Romance1912The Convict's Parole1913The Count of Monte CristoHis Neighbor's WifeIn the Bishop's CarriageThe Prisoner of Zenda1914The CrucibleSuch a Little QueenThe SpitfireTess of the Storm CountryA Good Little DevilHearts Adrift1915Lydia GilmoreThe Prince and the PauperBella DonnaZazaThe White PearlSoldJim the PenmanThe Eternal CityWhen We Were Twenty-OneNiobeThe Morals of Marcus''

Referencer

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