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James H. White

Director · 229 credits · 30 in highly-rated films

Best known for Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower (1900)

Frequent collaborators: William Heise, Edwin S. Porter

Directed movies (227 total, ranked by score)

  1. American Falls, from Incline R.R.

    1896

    Documentary

    121

  2. Calf Branding

    1898 · ★ 3.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    122

  3. Going Through the Tunnel

    1898 · ★ 4.5 (4 votes)

    123

  4. Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs

    1899 · ★ 3.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    124

  5. Fisherman's Wharf

    1897 · ★ 3.7 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    125

  6. Grandma and the Bad Boys

    1900 · ★ 6.2 (5 votes)

    Comedy

    126

  7. S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock

    1897 · ★ 2.8 (4 votes)

    127

  8. Statue of Liberty

    1898 · ★ 3.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    128

  9. Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

    1899 · ★ 3.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    129

  10. Native Daughters

    1898 · ★ 3.0 (5 votes)

    130

  11. After Launching

    1898 · ★ 3.2 (5 votes)

    131

  12. Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

    1897 · ★ 4.1 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    132

  13. Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

    1900 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    133

  14. U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan

    1899 · ★ 3.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary, War

    134

  15. Capture of Boer Battery by British

    1900 · ★ 3.3 (6 votes)

    War, Documentary

    135

  16. Mounted Police Charge

    1896 · ★ 3.4 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    136

  17. Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace

    1900 · ★ 4.2 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    137

  18. Fishing Smacks

    1897 · ★ 3.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    138

  19. Landing Wharf at Canton

    1898 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    139

  20. A Storm at Sea

    1900 · ★ 5.8 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    140

  21. Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde

    1900 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    141

  22. Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

    1897 · ★ 3.0 (6 votes)

    Crime, Documentary

    142

  23. Shanghai Street Scene No. 2

    1900 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    143

  24. Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway

    1897 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    144

  25. Panorama of Gorge Railway

    1900 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    145

  26. Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Showing Vice President Roosevelt Leading the Procession

    1901 · ★ 3.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    146

  27. S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike

    1897 · ★ 2.5 (4 votes)

    147

  28. Feeding Sea Gulls

    1898 · ★ 3.7 (3 votes)

    148

  29. Tenderloin at Night

    1899 · ★ 3.0 (3 votes)

    Comedy

    149

  30. Procession of Floats

    1898 · ★ 3.2 (4 votes)

    150

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.