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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. Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch

    1899 · ★ 4.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    181

  2. Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees

    1900 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    182

  3. Cock Fight

    1896 · ★ 4.7 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    183

  4. Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School

    1900 · ★ 3.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    184

  5. U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney

    1899 · ★ 3.7 (6 votes)

    War

    185

  6. Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb

    1898 · ★ 3.0 (4 votes)

    186

  7. Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition

    1900 · ★ 4.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    187

  8. Troops Embarking at San Francisco

    1898 · ★ 2.5 (4 votes)

    188

  9. Capsize of Lifeboat

    1897 · ★ 4.3 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    189

  10. Troops at Evacuation of Havana

    1899 · ★ 2.5 (2 votes)

    190

  11. Pillow Fight

    1897 · ★ 4.5 (9 votes)

    Comedy

    191

  12. Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians

    1898 · ★ 2.7 (3 votes)

    192

  13. Observation Train Following Parade

    1898 · ★ 2.5 (4 votes)

    193

  14. A Wringing Good Joke

    1899 · ★ 4.2 (6 votes)

    Comedy

    194

  15. Stanford University, California

    1897 · ★ 4.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    195

  16. Cattle Leaving the Corral

    1898 · ★ 3.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    196

  17. Going to the Fire

    1896 · ★ 3.9 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    197

  18. Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'

    1898 · ★ 3.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, War

    198

  19. Freight Train

    1898 · ★ 4.3 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    199

  20. S.S. 'Queen' Loading

    1897 · ★ 2.8 (5 votes)

    200

  21. Ella Lola, a la Trilby

    1898 · ★ 4.3 (12 votes)

    201

  22. Troop Ships for the Philippines

    1898 · ★ 3.3 (10 votes)

    202

  23. Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade

    1899 · ★ 2.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    203

  24. Passaic Falls, New Jersey

    1896 · ★ 4.5 (8 votes)

    204

  25. The Astor Tramp

    1899 · ★ 3.5 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    205

  26. Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2

    1899 · ★ 4.9 (13 votes)

    Comedy

    206

  27. Casey at the Bat

    1899 · ★ 3.4 (4 votes)

    207

  28. Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia'

    1899 · ★ 2.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    208

  29. Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    1896 · ★ 5.0 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    209

  30. Sutro Baths, No. 1

    1897 · ★ 4.6 (9 votes)

    210

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