James Henry White (March 1872 – 1944) was a Canadian film pioneer, who worked as a director, producer, and cinematographer.

He was employed by the Edison Manufacturing Company as Production Head from 1896 to 1902, and directed over 500 short films, both fictional and documentary.

[1] With no functional story or script, just scenes or vignets, White proved prolific and tried to be lyrical in some of his short films i.e. Return of a Lifeboat (1897) and A Storm at Sea (1900) the latter of which was shot on a passenger ship with the camera catching some of the glimmer from the sun.

James H. White was born in Nova Scotia in March 1872.

[citation needed] He married Pauline Dede on November 29, 1902.