James H. White
Born: 1872-03-01 in Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1944-01-01
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2007
- Butterfly Dances ... (Director)
1917
- Down the Old Potomac ... (Director)
1910
- Frankenstein ... (Director of Photography)
- The Police Force of New York City ... (Director)
- His Mother's Thanksgiving ... (Director)
1903
- Life of an American Fireman as The Fire Chief
1902
- Jack and the Beanstalk as Farmer
- Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R. ... (Director)
1901
- Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison ... (Production Assistant)
- President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition ... (Director)
- Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Showing Vice President Roosevelt Leading the Procession ... (Director)
- Love in a Hammock ... (Director)
1900
- Shanghai Street Scene No. 2 ... (Director)
- Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation' ... (Director)
- Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition ... (Director)
- A Storm at Sea ... (Director)
- Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine ... (Director)
- Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce ... (Director)
- Watermelon Contest ... (Director)
- Capture of Boer Battery by British ... (Director)
- Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School ... (Director)
- Champs Elysees ... (Director)
- Panorama of Place de l'Opéra ... (Director)
- Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School ... (Director)
- Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace ... (Director)
- Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont. ... (Producer)
- Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk ... (Director)
- Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps ... (Director)
- Charge of Boer Cavalry ... (Director)
- Panoramic View from the Moving Sidewalk at the Paris Exposition ... (Director)
- Boers Bringing in British Prisoners ... (Director)
- Why Jones Discharged His Clerks ... (Director)
- Swiss Village, No. 2 ... (Director)
- Tourists Starting for Canton ... (Director)
- Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield ... (Director)
- Panorama of Eiffel Tower ... (Director)
- Canton River Scene ... (Director)
- Naval Sham Battle at Newport ... (Director)
- Grandma and the Bad Boys ... (Director)
- Champs de Mars ... (Director)
- Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde ... (Director)
- Esplanade des Invalides ... (Director)
- Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo ... (Director)
- Panoramic View of Newport ... (Director)
- Panorama of Gorge Railway ... (Director)
- Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower ... (Director)
- Paris exposition films ... (Director)
- Palace of Electricity ... (Director)
- Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo ... (Director)
- Battle of Mafeking ... (Director)
- New Black Diamond Express ... (Director)
- Hong Kong Wharf Scene ... (Director)
- Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees ... (Director)
- English Lancers Charging ... (Director)
- Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running ... (Director)
1899
- Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees ... (Director)
- New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 2 ... (Director)
- U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan ... (Director)
- Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' ... (Director)
- Strange Adventure of New York Drummer ... (Director)
- Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch ... (Director)
- Three Acrobats ... (Director)
- Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar ... (Director)
- Trick Bears ... (Director)
- New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 1 ... (Director)
- Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park ... (Director)
- U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade ... (Director)
- Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' ... (Director)
- U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney ... (Director)
- Troops at Evacuation of Havana ... (Director)
- Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers ... (Director)
- Filipinos Retreat from Trenches ... (Director)
- Capture of Trenches at Candaba ... (Director)
- Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2 ... (Director)
- Casey at the Bat ... (Director)
- Battery K Siege Guns ... (Director)
- Arabian Gun Twirler ... (Producer)
- Fun in Camp ... (Director)
- Love and War ... (Director)
- 104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway ... (Director)
- The Diving Horse ... (Director)
- Poker at Dawson City ... (Director)
- Rout of the Filipinos ... (Director)
- Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan ... (Director)
- Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs ... (Director)
- Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2 ... (Director)
- Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene ... (Director)
- Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade ... (Director)
- Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park ... (Director)
- The Astor Tramp ... (Director)
- Tenderloin at Night ... (Director)
- Skirmish of Rough Riders ... (Director)
- Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River ... (Director)
- U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' ... (Director)
- 2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation ... (Director)
- A Wringing Good Joke ... (Director)
- Pilot Boats in New York Harbor ... (Director)
- Shoot the Chutes Series ... (Director)
1898
- After Launching ... (Director)
- Landing Wharf at Canton ... (Director)
- The Fleet Steaming Up North River ... (Director)
- S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm ... (Producer)
- Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2 ... (Director)
- Cuban Ambush ... (Director)
- Native Daughters ... (Director)
- Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa' ... (Director)
- Freight Train ... (Director)
- Calf Branding ... (Director)
- Bull Fight, no. 3 ... (Director)
- Japanese Sampans ... (Director)
- Lassoing a Steer ... (Director)
- Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn' ... (Director)
- Cattle Leaving the Corral ... (Director)
- California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R. ... (Director)
- Shooting Captured Insurgents ... (Director)
- Sunday Morning in Mexico ... (Director)
- Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl ... (Director)
- Victorious Squadron Firing Salute ... (Director)
- Wash Day in Mexico ... (Director)
- Ostriches Running, No. 1 ... (Director)
- Going Through the Tunnel ... (Director)
- Street Scene, San Diego ... (Director)
- Turkish Dance, Ella Lola ... (Director)
- Indian Day School ... (Director)
- Feeding Sea Gulls ... (Director)
- Troops Embarking at San Francisco ... (Director)
- Launching, No. 2 ... (Director)
- Troop Ships for the Philippines ... (Director)
- Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry. ... (Director)
- Mexican Rurales Charge ... (Director)
- Mount Taw R.R., No. 3 ... (Director)
- Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1 ... (Director)
- Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2 ... (Director)
- Union Iron Works ... (Director)
- Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb ... (Director)
- Fighting the Fire ... (Director)
- Observation Train Following Parade ... (Director)
- Ella Lola, a la Trilby ... (Director)
- Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians ... (Director)
- South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal. ... (Director)
- Train Hour in Durango, Mexico ... (Director)
- Statue of Liberty ... (Director)
- Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians ... (Director)
- Las Viga Canal, Mexico City ... (Director)
- Parade of Chinese ... (Director)
- Dogs Playing in the Surf ... (Director)
- Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade ... (Director)
- Procession of Floats ... (Director)
1897
- Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park ... (Director)
- Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. ... (Director)
- Buffalo Stockyards ... (Director)
- Leander Sisters ... (Director)
- First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8 ... (Director)
- Husking Bee ... (Director)
- Black Diamond Express, No. 1 ... (Director)
- Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory ... (Director)
- Cattle Driven to Slaughter ... (Director)
- Return of Lifeboat ... (Director)
- S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike ... (Director)
- Fishing Smacks ... (Director)
- Lurline Baths ... (Director)
- Rescue - Resuscitation ... (Director)
- Chicken Thieves ... (Director)
- Armour's Electric Trolley ... (Director)
- Fifth Avenue, New York ... (Director)
- Boat Wagon and Beach Cart ... (Director)
- Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago ... (Director)
- Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6 ... (Director)
- Boxing for Points ... (Director)
- Seminary Girls ... (Director)
- Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9 ... (Director)
- The First Sleigh-Ride ... (Director)
- Serpentine Dance - Annabelle ... (Director)
- Southern Pacific Overland Mail ... (Director)
- Falls of Minnehaha ... (Director)
- S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock ... (Director)
- Buffalo Fire Department in Action ... (Director)
- Giant Coal Dumper ... (Director)
- Sutro Baths, No. 1 ... (Director)
- Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway ... (Director)
- Surf at Monterey ... (Director)
- Buffalo Police on Parade ... (Director)
- Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards ... (Director)
- S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away ... (Director)
- S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor ... (Director)
- Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad ... (Director)
- Sutro Baths, No. 2 ... (Director)
- Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal. ... (Director)
- Stanford University, California ... (Director)
- Capsize of Lifeboat ... (Director)
- Launch of Life Boat ... (Director)
- Cupid and Psyche ... (Director)
- S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock ... (Director)
- The Sea Lions' Home ... (Director)
- Police Patrol Wagon ... (Director)
- Fisherman's Wharf ... (Director)
- Launch of Surf Boat ... (Producer)
- Hotel Del Monte ... (Director)
- Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal. ... (Director)
- S.S. 'Queen' Loading ... (Director)
1896
- Lone Fisherman ... (Director)
- Interrupted Lovers ... (Producer)
- The Bad Boy and the Gardener ... (Director)
- McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O. ... (Director)
- Watermelon Contest ... (Director)
- American Falls, from Incline R.R. ... (Director)
- Feeding the Doves ... (Director)
- Herald Square ... (Director)
- Passaic Falls, New Jersey ... (Director)
- Mess Call ... (Director)
- Irish Way of Discussing Politics ... (Director)
- A Morning Alarm ... (Director)
- Shooting the Chutes ... (Director)
- American Falls from Above, American Side ... (Director)
- Black Diamond Express ... (Director)
- Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance ... (Director)
- Starting for the Fire ... (Director)
- The Morning Alarm ... (Director)
- Mounted Police Charge ... (Director)
- The Burning Stable ... (Director)
- East Side Drive, No. 1 ... (Director)
- Going to the Fire ... (Director)
- A Morning Bath ... (Director)
- Sea Beach Scene ... (Director)
- Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist ... (Director)
- Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island ... (Director)
- Cock Fight ... (Director)
- Little Egypt ... (Director)
1894
- Annabelle Butterfly Dance ... (Director)