
William K.L. Dickson
Biography
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the Kinetoscope was officially unveiled at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on 9 May 1893.
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Filmography
Acting (7)
Movies (7)
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
1899as Himself
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
1898as Man on left of picture
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
1898as Himself
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894as Self
Horse Shoeing
1893as Himself
A Hand Shake
1892
Dickson Greeting
1891as Himself
Crew (199)
Movies (199)
Butterfly Dances
2007Director
Annabelle Dances and Dances
1997Director
Ten Pickaninnies
1908Director
An Obstinate Cork
1902Director
Nabbed by the Nipper
1902Director
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
1902Director
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
1901Director of Photography
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
1901Director
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
1900Director of Photography
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
1900Director of Photography
Four Warships in Rough Seas
1900Director
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
1900Director of Photography
Tram Journey through Southampton
1900Director
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
1900Director
English Nell
1900Director
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
1900Director of Photography
Dutch Fishing Fleet
1900Director
Warships at Sunset
1900Director
Brook Trout Fishing
1900Director
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
1899Director of Photography
Flower Parade in Haarlem
1899Director
Fun on a Sand Hill
1899Director
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
1899Director of Photography
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
1899Director
Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899
1899Director of Photography
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
1899Director of Photography
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
1899Director
The Lane on Sunday Morning
1899Director of Photography
Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899
1899Director of Photography
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp
1899Director of Photography
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
1899Director
King John
1899Director
Amann, the Great Impersonator
1899Director
Tapping a Blast Furnace
1899Director of Photography
Man Overboard!
1899Director
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
1899Director of Photography
In the Friedrichstrasse
1899Director
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
1899Director
Upside Down Boxers
1899Director
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
1899Director
Away Aloft
1899Director
In a German Bath
1899Director
Capuchin Monks in Vatican City
1898Director
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898Director
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
1898Director
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
1898Director
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
1898Director
The Boulevard of Scheveningen
1898Director
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
1898Director
Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa
1898Director
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
1898Director
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
1898Director
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1
1898Director
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
1898Director
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
1898Director
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
1898Director
Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898Director
The Grand Canal, Venice
1898Director
Duel to the Death
1898Director
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
1898Director
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
1898Director
Military Exercise - Aldershot
1898Director
His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
1898Director
The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898Director
Mills from the Zaanstreek
1898Director
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
1898Director of Photography
Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club
1898Director
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
1898Director
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway
1898Director
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
1898Director
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
1898Director
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse
1898Director of Photography
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
1898Director
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
1898Director of Photography
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore
1898Director of Photography
Venice, harbour scene with gondolas
1898Director
A Tug in a Heavy Sea
1898Director of Photography
The Tarantella, an Italian Dance
1898Director
Duel to the Death
1898Director
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898Director
Pelicans at the Zoo
1898Director of Photography
Maidenhead Junction
1898Director
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
1898Director
Me and My Two Friends
1898Director of Photography
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
1898Director
Dutch Fishing Boats
1898Director
He and She
1898Director
The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade
1898Director
Home Life of a Hungarian Family
1897Director
A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies
1897Director
Has He Hit Me?
1897Director
French Military School Exercise
1897Director
Crissie Sheridan
1897Director
Place de la Concorde
1897Director
Changing Guard (Berlin)
1897Director
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
1897Director
Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris
1897Director
Fatima
1897Director
Firing the Maxim Gun
1897Director
Les Parisiennes
1897Director
Bath Scene
1897Director
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
1897Director of Photography
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
1896Director
Rip's Toast to Hudson
1896Director
American Falls from Goat Island
1896Director
Rip Meeting the Dwarf
1896Director
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
1896Director
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
1896Director
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
1896Director
Dancing Darkies
1896Director
Sandow
1896Director
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
1896Director
Little Egypt
1896Producer
Awakening of Rip
1896Director
Rip's Toast
1896Director
Rip Van Winkle
1896Director
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
1896Director of Photography
Tambourine Dance by Annabelle
1896Director
View on Boulevard, New York City
1896Director
Hard Wash
1896Director
A Watermelon Feast
1896Director
American Falls from Luna Island
1896Director
Sound Money Parade
1896Director
Annabelle in Flag Dance
1896Director
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
1895Director
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
1895Director
A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby
1895Director
Robetta and Doretto, No. 1
1895Director
James Grundy, Buck and Wing
1895Director
New Blacksmith Shop
1895Director
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894Director
Sandow: The Strong Man
1894Producer
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
1894Director
Carmencita
1894Director
Fire Rescue Scene
1894Director
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
1894Director
Band Drill
1894Director
Rats and Terrier No. 3
1894Director
Buffalo Bill
1894Director
Rats and Terrier No. 2
1894Director
Annie Oakley
1894Director
The Boxing Cats
1894Director
Fred Ott Holding a Bird
1894Director
Leonard-Cushing Fight
1894Director
Hadj Cheriff
1894Director
Caicedo (with Pole)
1894Producer
Indian War Council
1894Director
Sioux Ghost Dance
1894Director
The Barber Shop
1894Director
The Barber Shop
1894Producer
Mlle. Capitaine
1894Director
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894Director
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894Musician
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894Producer
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
1894Director
Boxing Match
1894Director
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894Producer
Buffalo Dance
1894Director
Athlete with Wand
1894Producer
Bucking Broncho
1894Director
Annabelle Sun Dance
1894Director
Imperial Japanese Dance
1894Director
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
1894Producer
Dance
1894Director
Japanese Dancers
1894Producer
The Cock Fight
1894Director
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
1894Director
Chinese Opium Den
1894Director
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
1894Director
Trained Bears
1894Director
Rat Killing
1894Director
Mexican Knife Duel
1894Director
Cock Fight, No. 2
1894Producer
Highland Dance
1894Director
Lasso Thrower
1894Director
Rats and Weasel
1894Director
Chinese Laundry Scene
1894Director
Ruth Dennis
1894Director
Wrestling Match
1894Director
A Bar Room Scene
1894Director
Blacksmithing Scene
1893Director
Blacksmithing Scene
1893Producer
Horse Shoeing
1893Director
A Hand Shake
1892Producer
Man on Parallel Bars
1892Director
Fencing
1892Producer
Wrestling
1892Director
Monkey and Another, Boxing
1891Director
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
1891Director
Men Boxing
1891Producer
Dickson Greeting
1891Director
Dickson Greeting
1891Producer
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
1891Director
Duncan Smoking
1891Director
Newark Athlete
1891Producer
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
1891Director
Monkeyshines, No. 3
1890Director
Monkeyshines, No. 2
1890Director
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1890Director
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