Edwin S. Porter

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cinematographer film director film editor film pioneer person screenwriter

Edwin S. Porter was an early American film pioneer and director best known for his groundbreaking 1903 silent film "The Great Train Robbery."

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Label Occurrences
Edwin S. Porter canonical 7
Edwin Stanton Porter 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cinematographer ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film editor ⓘ
film pioneer ⓘ
person ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
birthDate 1870-04-21 ⓘ
birthPlace Connellsville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
collaboratedWith Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas A. Edison
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1941-04-30 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
directed Jack and the Beanstalk ⓘ
surface form: Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film)

Life of an American Fireman ⓘ
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest ⓘ
The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend ⓘ
The Great Train Robbery ⓘ
The Kleptomaniac (1905 film) ⓘ
employer Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Edison Studios ⓘ
familyName Porter ⓘ
fieldOfWork film technology ⓘ
motion pictures ⓘ
founded World Film Company ⓘ
surface form: Defender Film Company

Rex Motion Picture Company ⓘ
genre silent film ⓘ
givenName Edwin ⓘ
influenced D. W. Griffith ⓘ
early narrative filmmakers ⓘ
knownFor development of continuity editing ⓘ
early use of cross-cutting ⓘ
pioneering narrative film editing ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Edwin S. Porter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edwin Stanton Porter
notableAchievement helped establish film as a narrative medium ⓘ
popularized multi-shot storytelling in cinema ⓘ
notableWork Jack and the Beanstalk ⓘ
surface form: Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film)

Life of an American Fireman ⓘ
The Great Train Robbery ⓘ
The Kleptomaniac (1905 film) ⓘ
occupation cinematographer ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film editor ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
spouse Caroline Ridington ⓘ
workedIn silent era of American cinema ⓘ
yearsActive 1890s–1910s ⓘ

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Edison Manufacturing Company → employed → Edwin S. Porter ⓘ
Edison Studios → notableEmployee → Edwin S. Porter ⓘ
The Great Train Robbery → director → Edwin S. Porter ⓘ
The Great Train Robbery → cinematographyBy → Edwin S. Porter ⓘ
Edwin S. Porter → name → Edwin S. Porter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Stanton Porter
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest → producer → Edwin S. Porter ⓘ
Life of an American Fireman → director → Edwin S. Porter ⓘ
Life of an American Fireman → producer → Edwin S. Porter ⓘ