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