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Edwin S. Porter

Director · 140 credits · 32 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Frequent collaborators: Hugh Ford, J. Searle Dawley, Wallace McCutcheon Sr., James H. White, Lois Weber

Directed movies (138 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Messenger Boy's Mistake

    1903 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)

    Comedy

    31

  2. Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

    1903 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    32

  3. White Wings on Review

    1903 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    33

  4. Waiting at the Church

    1906 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy

    34

  5. New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    1903 · ★ 5.0 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    35

  6. Rivals

    1907 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    36

  7. The Ex-Convict

    1904 · ★ 5.5 (11 votes)

    Drama

    37

  8. Lost Illusions

    1911

    Drama

    38

  9. The 'Teddy' Bears

    1907 · ★ 5.6 (33 votes)

    Comedy, Fantasy

    39

  10. Life Rescue at Long Branch

    1901

    Drama

    40

  11. The Crucible

    1914

    Drama, Romance

    41

  12. Day at the Circus

    1901 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. In the Bishop's Carriage

    1913 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    43

  14. Ching Ling Foo Outdone

    1900 · ★ 4.3 (3 votes)

    Fantasy

    44

  15. How Jones Lost His Roll

    1905 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy

    45

  16. The Reversible Divers

    1901 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    46

  17. Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action

    1903 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    47

  18. Japanese Acrobats

    1904 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    48

  19. New York City Dumping Wharf

    1903 · ★ 3.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    49

  20. Coney Island at Night

    1905 · ★ 6.0 (19 votes)

    Documentary

    50

  21. Jack the Kisser

    1907 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    51

  22. Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.

    1905 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    52

  23. Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

    1899 · ★ 1.5 (3 votes)

    Comedy

    53

  24. The Prince and the Pauper

    1915 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Adventure

    54

  25. An Artist's Dream

    1900 · ★ 4.8 (5 votes)

    Comedy, Fantasy

    55

  26. A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

    1908 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    56

  27. She

    1908

    57

  28. Charleston Chain-Gang

    1902 · ★ 4.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    58

  29. Three American Beauties

    1906 · ★ 6.0 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    59

  30. Poor John

    1907 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.