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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin S. Porter has received more than 295,400 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Edwin S. Porter is the 252nd most popular film director (down from 223rd in 2019), the 1,715th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,458th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Edwin S. Porter ranks 252 out of 1,581. Before him are David Hamilton, Gojko Mitić, Věra Chytilová, Martin Campbell, Edward Dmytryk, and Karel Zeman. After him are Hideaki Anno, Robert Wiene, Joe D'Amato, Márta Mészáros, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Jean Epstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Edwin S. Porter ranks 38. Before him are Bernard Baruch, Louis Vierne, Jan Smuts, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Nariman Narimanov, and Aleksandr Kuprin. After him are Jaime, Duke of Madrid, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, E. M. Antoniadi, Lord Alfred Douglas, Archduchess Louise of Austria, and Alexander Berkman. Among people deceased in 1941, Edwin S. Porter ranks 52. Before him are Ludwig Quidde, Paul-Jacques Curie, Gaetano Mosca, Tullio Levi-Civita, Hans Driesch, and Lou Gehrig. After him are Benjamin Lee Whorf, Maria Spiridonova, Franz Gürtner, Émile Picard, Ivan Panfilov, and Hans Berger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin S. Porter ranks 1,715 out of 18,182. Before him are Adrien Brody (1973), Jerry Stiller (1927), Michael Spence (1943), Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), Floyd Patterson (1935), and Jim Rogers (1942). After him are Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Edward Albee (1928), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Angela Bassett (1958), Joe Jackson (1928), and Eva Mendes (1974).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Edwin S. Porter ranks 72. Before him are Richard Fleischer (1916), Arthur Penn (1922), Raoul Walsh (1887), John G. Avildsen (1935), Barry Levinson (1942), and Stanley Donen (1924). After him are Tex Avery (1908), Zack Snyder (1966), Tobe Hooper (1943), George Roy Hill (1921), Henry Hathaway (1898), and Leo McCarey (1898).

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Filmography

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