Edwin Porter;
Edwin S. Porter was born on April 21, 1870. In Connellsville, Pennsylvania
and was the creator of the first film projector. At a young age, Edwin was very
interested in telegraphing and electricity, and as he jumped from many
different jobs like theatre cashier, stagehand and a machinist specialist -
Edwin would be influenced to develop a new electric range-finder.
In 1897 after joining the navy, Porter decided he wanted to invent his
very own film projector. The idea for the Beadnil was to create a more vivid
and steady image.
In his filming career, Porter was hired to work for Edison as a
director and cameraman, which he would later film his first motion picture
-Kansas Saloon Smashes.
In his later life, Porter tried tinkering with home-movie cameras, but
he never seemed to follow his dream as just a few years later he died on April
3, 1941, from a stroke.
Edwin Porter Movies;
-The Kleptomaniac (1905)
-Dreams of a Rearbid Flend (1905) -Rescued from the Eagles Nest (1908)
n/a. (). Edwin S. Porter Biography. Available: http://www.biography.com/people/edwin-s-porter-21194085
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