FILM DIRECTOR

Edwin S. Porter

1870 - 1941

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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), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1913). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin S. Porter is the 108th most popular film director (up from 233rd in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,545th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Edwin S. Porter ranks 108 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Audiard, Jacques Tati, Sidney Lumet, Bong Joon-ho, John Huston, and Zhang Yimou. After him are George Cukor, Robert Altman, Walter Hill, Mel Brooks, Satyajit Ray, and Costa-Gavras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Edwin S. Porter ranks 22. Before him are Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Sigfrid Edström, Lavr Kornilov, William G. Morgan, Maurice Denis, and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. After him are Gustav Bauer, Josef Hoffmann, Clara Immerwahr, John Boland, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, and Georgy Gapon. Among people deceased in 1941, Edwin S. Porter ranks 27. Before him are Émile Picard, Hans Spemann, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Alexej von Jawlensky, Frederick Banting, and Prajadhipok. After him are Ernst Udet, Werner Sombart, Werner Mölders, Kurt Koffka, Henri Lebesgue, and Ludwig Quidde.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin S. Porter ranks 917 out of 20,380. Before him are H. H. Holmes (1861), John Huston (1906), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Roy Orbison (1936), and Pete Seeger (1919). After him are George Cukor (1899), Alfred Kinsey (1894), Billie Jean King (1943), Alan Shepard (1923), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), and William F. Buckley Jr. (1925).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Edwin S. Porter ranks 27. Before him are Howard Hawks (1896), James Ivory (1928), Terry Gilliam (1940), John Carpenter (1948), Sidney Lumet (1924), and John Huston (1906). After him are George Cukor (1899), Robert Altman (1925), Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), Jules Dassin (1911), and William Hanna (1910).

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