Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 03, 1860
Died
Sep 28, 1935
Place of Birth
Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Credits
194 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Butterfly Dances
Director
Annabelle Dances and Dances
Director
Ten Pickaninnies
Director
Mr. Hurry-up
Director
Nabbed by the Nipper
Director
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Director
An Obstinate Cork
Director
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Director of Photography
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
Director
English Nell
Director
Brook Trout Fishing
Director
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
Director of Photography
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
Director of Photography
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
Director of Photography
Tram Journey through Southampton
Director
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
Director of Photography
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Director
Four Warships in Rough Seas
Director
Warships at Sunset
Director
Dutch Fishing Fleet
Director
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
Director of Photography
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
Director of Photography
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
Self
King John
Director
Man Overboard!
Director
Flower Parade in Haarlem
Director
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Director
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Director of Photography
Away Aloft
Director
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp
Director of Photography
The Lane on Sunday Morning
Director of Photography
Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899
Director of Photography
In a German Bath
Director
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
Director
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
Director
Amann, the Great Impersonator
Director
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Director of Photography
Fun on a Sand Hill
Director
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Director of Photography
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
Director
Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899
Director of Photography
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
Director
In the Friedrichstrasse
Director
Upside Down Boxers
Director
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
Director
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
Director
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
Director
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
Director
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
Director
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
Director