James H. White

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1872-03-01 (72 years old)

Deathday

1944-01-01

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.

Acting

1903

Life of an American Fireman

as The Fire Chief

1902

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Farmer

Production

1897

Giant Coal Dumper

as Director

1897

Seminary Girls

as Director

1896

Feeding the Doves

as Director

1897

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

as Director

1898

Ella Lola, a la Trilby

as Director

1898

Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

as Director

1899

The Astor Tramp

as Director

1898

Feeding Sea Gulls

as Director

1896

A Morning Bath

as Director

1897

Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

as Director

1896

Black Diamond Express

as Director

1896

Herald Square

as Director

1896

Shooting the Chutes

as Director

1896

Mess Call

as Director

1896

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

as Director

1896

Watermelon Contest

as Director

1917

Down the Old Potomac

as Director

1896

Lone Fisherman

as Director

1897

Police Patrol Wagon

as Director

1897

S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock

as Director

1897

Fisherman's Wharf

as Director

1897

Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9

as Director

1897

Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6

as Director

1897

First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8

as Director

1897

Stanford University, California

as Director

1897

Fishing Smacks

as Director

1897

Launch of Life Boat

as Director

1897

Buffalo Stockyards

as Director

1897

Buffalo Fire Department in Action

as Director

1897

S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike

as Director

1897

S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor

as Director

1897

S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away

as Director

1897

S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock

as Director

1897

Southern Pacific Overland Mail

as Director

1897

Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

as Director

1897

Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.

as Director

1897

Hotel Del Monte

as Director

1897

Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal.

as Director

1897

Lurline Baths

as Director

1897

Buffalo Police on Parade

as Director

1897

Surf at Monterey

as Director

1897

Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad

as Director

1897

Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

as Director

1897

Sutro Baths, No. 2

as Director

1897

Sutro Baths, No. 1

as Director

1897

Cupid and Psyche

as Director

1897

Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway

as Director

1897

Capsize of Lifeboat

as Director

1897

Cattle Driven to Slaughter

as Director

1897

Armour's Electric Trolley

as Director

1897

Falls of Minnehaha

as Director

1897

Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards

as Director

1897

Leander Sisters

as Director

1898

Mount Taw R.R., No. 3

as Director

1898

Cuban Ambush

as Director

1898

Statue of Liberty

as Director

1898

Troops Embarking at San Francisco

as Director

1898

Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1

as Director

1898

Union Iron Works

as Director

1898

Wash Day in Mexico

as Director

1898

Launching, No. 2

as Director

1898

Native Daughters

as Director

1898

Procession of Floats

as Director

1898

Parade of Chinese

as Director

1898

Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa'

as Director

1898

After Launching

as Director

1898

South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

as Director

1898

Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade

as Director

1898

Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry.

as Director

1898

The Fleet Steaming Up North River

as Director

1898

Observation Train Following Parade

as Director

1898

Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb

as Director

1898

Going Through the Tunnel

as Director

1898

Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2

as Director

1898

Freight Train

as Director

1899

Trick Bears

as Director

1899

Fun in Camp

as Director

1899

Love and War

as Director

1899

104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway

as Director

1899

U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade

as Director

1899

Three Acrobats

as Director

1899

Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park

as Director

1899

Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia'

as Director

1899

Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees

as Director

1899

Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar

as Director

1899

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade

as Director

1899

Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park

as Director

1899

Pilot Boats in New York Harbor

as Director

1899

Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

as Director

1899

Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs

as Director

1899

U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh'

as Director

1899

U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney

as Director

1899

Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan

as Director

1899

2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry: Parade

as Director

1899

Capture of Trenches at Candaba

as Director

1899

Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2

as Director

1899

Tenderloin at Night

as Director

1899

Filipinos Retreat from Trenches

as Director

1899

Skirmish of Rough Riders

as Director

1896

The Burning Stable

as Director

1896

Mounted Police Charge

as Director

1896

The Morning Alarm

as Director

1897

Black Diamond Express, No. 1

as Director

1896

American Falls from Above, American Side

as Director

1897

The First Sleigh-Ride

as Director

1897

Fifth Avenue, New York

as Director

1897

Return of Lifeboat

as Director

1898

Troop Ships for the Philippines

as Director

1900

Boers Bringing in British Prisoners

as Director

1900

Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees

as Director

1900

Charge of Boer Cavalry

as Director

1900

Champs Elysees

as Director

1900

Palace of Electricity

as Director

1900

Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps

as Director

1900

Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running

as Director

1900

Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield

as Director

1900

Panorama of Place de l'Opéra

as Director

1900

Panoramic View of Newport

as Director

1900

Naval Sham Battle at Newport

as Director

1900

Esplanade des Invalides

as Director

1900

Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo

as Director

1900

Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation'

as Director

1900

Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk

as Director

1900

Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde

as Director

1900

Panorama of Eiffel Tower

as Director

1900

Champs de Mars

as Director

1900

Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace

as Director

1900

Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School

as Director

1900

Swiss Village, No. 2

as Director

1900

Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition

as Director

1900

Battle of Mafeking

as Director

1900

Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School

as Director

1900

Panorama of Gorge Railway

as Director

1900

English Lancers Charging

as Director

1900

Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

as Director

1900

Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce

as Director

1900

Why Jones Discharged His Clerks

as Director

1900

Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine

as Director

1900

Grandma and the Bad Boys

as Director

1900

Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower

as Director

1901

Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Showing Vice President Roosevelt Leading the Procession

as Director

1901

President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition

as Director

1899

A Wringing Good Joke

as Director

1900

Capture of Boer Battery by British

as Director

1900

New Black Diamond Express

as Director

1896

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

as Director

1900

Watermelon Contest

as Director

1900

A Storm at Sea

as Director

1896

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

as Director

1896

Passaic Falls, New Jersey

as Director

1897

S.S. 'Queen' Loading

as Director

1898

Indian Day School

as Director

1898

Calf Branding

as Director

1898

Cattle Leaving the Corral

as Director

1902

Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R.

as Director

1898

Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2

as Director

1899

Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch

as Director

1899

The Diving Horse

as Director

1898

Japanese Sampans

as Director

1897

Chicken Thieves

as Director

1898

Sunday Morning in Mexico

as Director

1899

New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 1

as Director

1899

New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 2

as Director

1896

Interrupted Lovers

as Producer

1896

Interrupted Lovers

as Director

1898

Shooting Captured Insurgents

as Director

1899

Arabian Gun Twirler

as Producer

1899

Poker at Dawson City

as Director

1899

Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River

as Director

1898

Street Scene, San Diego

as Director

1898

Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians

as Director

1896

McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O.

as Director

1910

Frankenstein

as Director of Photography

1898

Bull Fight, no. 3

as Director

1898

Ostriches Running, No. 1

as Director

1896

Lone Fisherman

as Producer

1903

Life of an American Fireman

as Assistant Director

1899

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

as Director

1897

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

as Director

1910

His Mother's Thanksgiving

as Director

1910

The Police Force of New York City

as Director

1899

Shoot the Chutes Series

as Director

1899

Arabian Gun Twirler

as Director

1897

Boxing for Points

as Director

1896

A Morning Alarm

as Director

1901

Love in a Hammock

as Director

1896

Going to the Fire

as Director

1898

Las Viga Canal, Mexico City

as Director

1897

The Sea Lions' Home

as Director

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S.S. "Coptic" Lying To

as Director

1898

Dogs Playing in the Surf

as Director

1898

Train Hour in Durango, Mexico

as Director

1900

Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

as Producer

1899

Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene

as Director

1896

Irish Way of Discussing Politics

as Director

1897

Launch of Surf Boat

as Producer

1899

Battery K Siege Guns

as Director

1898

S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm

as Producer

1900

Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk

as Producer

1897

Boat Wagon and Beach Cart

as Director

1897

Husking Bee

as Director

1898

Mexican Rurales Charge

as Director

1899

Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers

as Director

1898

Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl

as Director

1896

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

as Producer

1896

Feeding the Doves

as Director of Photography

1896

Black Diamond Express

as Director of Photography

1896

Lone Fisherman

as Director of Photography

2007

Butterfly Dances

as Director

1899

U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan

as Director

1896

Sea Beach Scene

as Director

1896

Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island

as Director

1898

Lassoing a Steer

as Director

1898

California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R.

as Director

1898

Victorious Squadron Firing Salute

as Director

1898

Fighting the Fire

as Director

1901

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

as Production Assistant

1896

Little Egypt

as Director

1898

S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm

as Director

1898

Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'

as Director

1899

Casey at the Bat

as Director

1900

Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Mont.

as Producer

1900

Canton River Scene

as Director

1900

Hong Kong Wharf Scene

as Director

-

Landing Wharf at Canton

as Director

1900

Shanghai Street Scene No. 2

as Director

1900

Tourists Starting for Canton

as Director

1899

Troops at Evacuation of Havana

as Director

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