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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. Another Job for the Undertaker

    1901 · ★ 3.8 (11 votes)

    Fantasy, Comedy

    121

  2. President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol

    1901 · ★ 4.9 (25 votes)

    Documentary

    122

  3. The Miller’s Daughter

    1905 · ★ 3.3 (7 votes)

    Drama

    123

  4. Uncle Tom's Cabin

    1903 · ★ 4.9 (34 votes)

    Drama

    124

  5. Uncle Josh's Nightmare

    1900 · ★ 4.0 (16 votes)

    Fantasy, Comedy, Horror

    125

  6. Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

    1901 · ★ 3.9 (23 votes)

    Comedy

    126

  7. Electrocuting an Elephant

    1903 · ★ 2.7 (96 votes)

    Documentary

    127

  8. Bella Donna

    1915

    Drama

    128

  9. Zaza

    1915

    Drama

    129

  10. Russia, the Land of Oppression

    1910

    130

  11. Such a Little Queen

    1914

    Romance, Comedy, Drama

    131

  12. Niobe

    1915

    Comedy, Drama

    132

  13. Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

    1904

    Documentary

    133

  14. A Heroine of '76

    1911

    Drama

    134

  15. When We Were Twenty-One

    1915

    Comedy

    135

  16. On the Western Frontier

    1909

    Western

    136

  17. The Colored Stenographer

    1909

    Comedy

    137

  18. Dewar's Scotch Whisky

    1900

    138

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.