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James H. White

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 1, 1872 (154 years old)

Place of Birth
Nova Scotia, Canada

James H. White

Biography

James Henry White was a Canadian film pioneer, who worked as a director, producer, and cinematographer. He also appeared as an actor in several films. He was employed by the Edison Manufacturing Company, and directed over 500 short films, both fictional and documentary.

Known For

Directing

2007Butterfly Dances...Director
1917Down the Old Potomac...Director
1910The Police Force of New York City...Director
1910His Mother's Thanksgiving...Director
1902Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R....Director
1901Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison...Director
1901President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition...Director
1901Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Showing Vice President Roosevelt Leading the Procession...Director
1901Love in a Hammock...Director
1900Grandma and the Bad Boys...Director
1900Hong Kong Wharf Scene...Director
1900Canton River Scene...Director
1900Paris exposition films...Director
1900Champs Elysees...Director
1900Panorama of Place de l'Opéra...Director
1900Champs de Mars...Director
1900Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace...Director
1900Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine...Director
1900Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower...Director
1900Panoramic View from the Moving Sidewalk at the Paris Exposition...Director
1900A Storm at Sea...Director
1900Watermelon Contest...Director
1900Tourists Starting for Canton...Director
1900Shanghai Street Scene No. 2...Director
1900New Black Diamond Express...Director
1900Panorama of Gorge Railway...Director
1900Charge of Boer Cavalry...Director
1900Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps...Director
1900Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running...Director
1900Esplanade des Invalides...Director
1900Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation'...Director
1900Swiss Village, No. 2...Director
1900Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees...Director
1900Panoramic View of Newport...Director
1900Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo...Director
1900Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk...Director
1900Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde...Director
1900Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School...Director
1900Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition...Director
1900Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School...Director
1900Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo...Director
1900Battle of Mafeking...Director
1900Naval Sham Battle at Newport...Director
1900Boers Bringing in British Prisoners...Director
1900Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield...Director
1900Why Jones Discharged His Clerks...Director
1900Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce...Director
1900Palace of Electricity...Director
1900Panorama of Eiffel Tower...Director
1900English Lancers Charging...Director
1900Capture of Boer Battery by British...Director
1899Love and War...Director
1899The Astor Tramp...Director
1899Tenderloin at Night...Director
1899U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade...Director
18992nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation...Director
1899Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia'...Director
1899Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees...Director
1899Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar...Director
1899Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade...Director
1899The Diving Horse...Director
1899Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch...Director
1899Battery K Siege Guns...Director
1899Trick Bears...Director
1899Shoot the Chutes Series...Director
1899New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 1...Director
1899Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River...Director
1899U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney...Director
1899Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan...Director
1899Filipinos Retreat from Trenches...Director
1899Skirmish of Rough Riders...Director
1899Capture of Trenches at Candaba...Director
1899U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan...Director
1899Strange Adventure of New York Drummer...Director
1899Rout of the Filipinos...Director
1899Fun in Camp...Director
1899104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway...Director
1899New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 2...Director
1899Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2...Director
1899Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene...Director
1899Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers...Director
1899Pilot Boats in New York Harbor...Director
1899Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'...Director
1899U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'...Director
1899Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2...Director
1899Three Acrobats...Director
1899Arabian Gun Twirler...Director
1899Poker at Dawson City...Director
1899Troops at Evacuation of Havana...Director
1899Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park...Director
1899Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs...Director
1899Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park...Director
1899Casey at the Bat...Director
1899A Wringing Good Joke...Director
1898Fighting the Fire...Director
1898Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'...Director
1898Turkish Dance, Ella Lola...Director
1898The Fleet Steaming Up North River...Director
1898Observation Train Following Parade...Director
1898Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb...Director
1898Statue of Liberty...Director
1898Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade...Director
1898Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl...Director
1898Victorious Squadron Firing Salute...Director
1898Cuban Ambush...Director
1898Shooting Captured Insurgents...Director
1898Troop Ships for the Philippines...Director
1898Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2...Director
1898Troops Embarking at San Francisco...Director
1898Landing Wharf at Canton...Director
1898Mount Taw R.R., No. 3...Director
1898S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm...Director
1898Launching, No. 2...Director
1898Native Daughters...Director
1898Procession of Floats...Director
1898Parade of Chinese...Director
1898Feeding Sea Gulls...Director
1898After Launching...Director
1898Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2...Director
1898Union Iron Works...Director
1898Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'...Director
1898Freight Train...Director
1898Bull Fight, no. 3...Director
1898Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1...Director
1898Lassoing a Steer...Director
1898California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R....Director
1898Wash Day in Mexico...Director
1898South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal....Director
1898Going Through the Tunnel...Director
1898Indian Day School...Director
1898Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry....Director
1898Calf Branding...Director
1898Cattle Leaving the Corral...Director
1898Street Scene, San Diego...Director
1898Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians...Director
1898Las Viga Canal, Mexico City...Director
1898Train Hour in Durango, Mexico...Director
1898Mexican Rurales Charge...Director
1898Ostriches Running, No. 1...Director
1898Dogs Playing in the Surf...Director
1898Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians...Director
1898Japanese Sampans...Director
1898Sunday Morning in Mexico...Director
1898Ella Lola, a la Trilby...Director
1897Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad...Director
1897S.S. 'Queen' Loading...Director
1897Rescue - Resuscitation...Director
1897Boat Wagon and Beach Cart...Director
1897S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock...Director
1897S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike...Director
1897S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor...Director
1897S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock...Director
1897Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal....Director
1897Lurline Baths...Director
1897Surf at Monterey...Director
1897Sutro Baths, No. 1...Director
1897Fisherman's Wharf...Director
1897Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9...Director
1897Stanford University, California...Director
1897Fishing Smacks...Director
1897Launch of Life Boat...Director
1897Buffalo Fire Department in Action...Director
1897Southern Pacific Overland Mail...Director
1897Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal....Director
1897Hotel Del Monte...Director
1897Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6...Director
1897Boxing for Points...Director
1897Return of Lifeboat...Director
1897First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8...Director
1897The Sea Lions' Home...Director
1897S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away...Director
1897Cupid and Psyche...Director
1897Capsize of Lifeboat...Director
1897Leander Sisters...Director
1897Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal....Director
1897Sutro Baths, No. 2...Director
1897Cattle Driven to Slaughter...Director
1897Buffalo Police on Parade...Director
1897Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway...Director
1897Armour's Electric Trolley...Director
1897Falls of Minnehaha...Director
1897Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards...Director
1897Buffalo Stockyards...Director
1897Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park...Director
1897Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago...Director
1897Giant Coal Dumper...Director
1897Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory...Director
1897Husking Bee...Director
1897Pillow Fight...Director
1897Black Diamond Express, No. 1...Director
1897Seminary Girls...Director
1897Fifth Avenue, New York...Director
1897Police Patrol Wagon...Director
1897Chicken Thieves...Director
1897The First Sleigh-Ride...Director
1897Serpentine Dance - Annabelle...Director
1896Going to the Fire...Director
1896The Morning Alarm...Director
1896American Falls, from Incline R.R....Director
1896American Falls from Above, American Side...Director
1896Black Diamond Express...Director
1896Cock Fight...Director
1896A Morning Alarm...Director
1896Starting for the Fire...Director
1896Mounted Police Charge...Director
1896The Burning Stable...Director
1896East Side Drive, No. 1...Director
1896A Morning Bath...Director
1896Feeding the Doves...Director
1896Passaic Falls, New Jersey...Director
1896Shooting the Chutes...Director
1896Sea Beach Scene...Director
1896Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island...Director
1896The Bad Boy and the Gardener...Director
1896Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance...Director
1896Herald Square...Director
1896Little Egypt...Director
1896Irish Way of Discussing Politics...Director
1896Lone Fisherman...Director
1896Mess Call...Director
1896McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O....Director
1896Watermelon Contest...Director
1896Interrupted Lovers...Director
1896Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist...Director
1894Annabelle Butterfly Dance...Director
S.S. "Coptic" Lying To...Director

Camera

1910Frankenstein...Director of Photography
1900Paris exposition films...Camera Operator
1896Black Diamond Express...Director of Photography
1896Feeding the Doves...Director of Photography
1896Lone Fisherman...Director of Photography

Production

1900Paris exposition films...Producer
1900Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk...Producer
1900Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo...Producer
1900Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont....Producer
1899Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2...Producer
1899Arabian Gun Twirler...Producer
1899Casey at the Bat...Producer
1898S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm...Producer
1897Launch of Surf Boat...Producer
1896The Bad Boy and the Gardener...Producer
1896Lone Fisherman...Producer
1896Interrupted Lovers...Producer

Acting

1903Life of an American Firemanas The Fire Chief
1902Jack and the Beanstalkas Farmer