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