Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter
Porter, 1912
Born
Edwin Stanton Porter

(1870-04-21)April 21, 1870
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 30, 1941(1941-04-30) (aged 71)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • studio manager
  • cinematographer

Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) 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.[1][2] Of over 250 films created by Porter, his most important include What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901), Jack and the Beanstalk (1902), Life of an American Fireman (1903), The Great Train Robbery (1903), The European Rest Cure (1904), The Kleptomaniac (1905), Life of a Cowboy (1906), Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1913).

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  2. ^ Goodman, Ezra (June 2, 1940). "Reminiscences of Edwin S. Porter, or the History of the Motion Picture". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2008.