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Edwin Stanton Porter

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Also known as Edwin S. Porter, Edwin Porter

American film pioneer (1870–1941)

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

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1941-04-30
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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. 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), The Prisoner of Zenda (1913), and Tess of the Storm Country (1914).

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