Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Actor

Biography

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 … Read more

Date of birth 1870-04-21
Place of birth Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Details

Role
Actor

Movies as actor
1

Date of birth
1870-04-21

Place of birth
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA