Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Edward Porter

Born April 21, 1870· Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA

† Died April 30, 1941

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Edwin Stanton Porter 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. Influenced by both the "Brighton school" and the story films of Georges Méliès, Porter went on to make important shorts such as Life of an American Fireman (1903) and The Great Train Robbery (1903). In…

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Features 19

Short films 120