William K.L. Dickson

Known For: Directing
Born: August 3, 1860
Place of Birth: Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Died: September 28, 1935

William K.L. Dickson

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.

Filmography

Butterfly Dances

Butterfly Dances

2007 · Director

Annabelle Dances and Dances

Annabelle Dances and Dances

1997 · Director

Ten Pickaninnies

1908 · Director

Mr. Hurry-up

1907 · Director

Nabbed by the Nipper

Nabbed by the Nipper

1902 · Director

Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle

1902 · Director

An Obstinate Cork

1902 · Director

Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

1901 · Director of Photography

Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.

1901 · Director

English Nell

1900 · Director, Editor, Producer

Brook Trout Fishing

Brook Trout Fishing

1900 · Director

Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River

1900 · Director of Photography

Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag

1900 · Director of Photography

Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith

1900 · Director of Photography

Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith

1900 · Director of Photography

Tram Journey through Southampton

1900 · Director

Four Warships in Rough Seas

1900 · Director

Warships at Sunset

1900 · Director

Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns

1900 · Director

Dutch Fishing Fleet

1900 · Director

Naval Guns Firing at Colenso

1899 · Director of Photography

Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere

Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere

1899 · Director of Photography

General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton

1899 · Self

King John

1899 · Director

Man Overboard!

1899 · Director

Flower Parade in Haarlem

1899 · Director

The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton

1899 · Director

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

1899 · Director of Photography

Amann, the Great Impersonator

1899 · Director

Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899

Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899

1899 · Director of Photography

Tapping a Blast Furnace

1899 · Director of Photography

Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899

1899 · Director of Photography

The Lane on Sunday Morning

1899 · Director of Photography

Launch of the 'Oceanic'

1899 · Director of Photography

Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp

1899 · Director of Photography

Fun on a Sand Hill

1899 · Director

In a German Bath

1899 · Director

In the Friedrichstrasse

1899 · Director

From Monte Carlo to Monaco

1899 · Director

Panoramic View of Windsor Castle

1899 · Director

Upside Down Boxers

1899 · Director

Away Aloft

1899 · Director

London Fire Brigade, Alarm

1899 · Director

Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam

1899 · Director

Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104

1898 · Director

Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel

Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel

1898 · Director

From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton

1898 · Director

Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1

Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1

1898 · Director

Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto

1898 · Director

Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage

1898 · Director

The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

1898 · Director

The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

1898 · Director

Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

1898 · Director

The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)

1898 · Director

Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)

1898 · Director

Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)

1898 · Director

Duel to the Death

1898 · Director

He and She

1898 · Director

His Holiness Pope Leo XIII

His Holiness Pope Leo XIII

1898 · Director

Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa

Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa

1898 · Director

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

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

1898 · Director

Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

1898 · Director

Capuchin Monks in Vatican City

1898 · Director

A Tug in a Heavy Sea

A Tug in a Heavy Sea

1898 · Director of Photography

Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club

1898 · Director

Me and My Two Friends

1898 · Director of Photography

Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse

1898 · Director of Photography

Military Exercise - Aldershot

Military Exercise - Aldershot

1898 · Director

The Boulevard of Scheveningen

1898 · Director

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

1898 · Self, Director of Photography

Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square

1898 · Man on left of picture, Director

The Grand Canal, Venice

1898 · Director, Director of Photography

Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway

1898 · Director

Pelicans at the Zoo

1898 · Director of Photography

Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore

1898 · Director of Photography

Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice

1898 · Director of Photography

Venice, harbour scene with gondolas

1898 · Director

Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed

1898 · Director

Funeral Procession of the Misericordia

1898 · Director

Mills from the Zaanstreek

1898 · Director

Dutch Fishing Boats

1898 · Director

A Blast at the Solvay Quarries

1898 · Director

Maidenhead Junction

1898 · Director

The Tarantella, an Italian Dance

1898 · Director

The Bridge of Sighs, Venice

1898 · Director

Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats

1898 · Director

Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot

1898 · Director

Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing

1898 · Director

Place de la Concorde

1897 · Director

Crissie Sheridan

Crissie Sheridan

1897 · Director

Fatima

1897 · Director

Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris

Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris

1897 · Director

Has He Hit Me?

1897 · Director

Les Parisiennes

1897 · Director

Bath Scene

1897 · Director

Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House

1897 · Director of Photography

Home Life of a Hungarian Family

1897 · Director

Changing Guard (Berlin)

1897 · Director

A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies

1897 · Director

Firing the Maxim Gun

1897 · Director

Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun

1897 · Director

French Military School Exercise

1897 · Director

Sound Money Parade

1896 · Director

American Falls from Goat Island

1896 · Director

American Falls from Luna Island

1896 · Director

Sandow

1896 · Director

Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow

1896 · Director

Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep

1896 · Director

Rip's Toast

1896 · Director

Awakening of Rip

1896 · Director

Exit of Rip and the Dwarf

1896 · Director

Rip Passing Over the Mountain

1896 · Director

Rip's Toast to Hudson

Rip's Toast to Hudson

1896 · Director

Rip Meeting the Dwarf

1896 · Director

Serpentine Dance by Annabelle

1896 · Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

1896 · Director of Photography

View on Boulevard, New York City

View on Boulevard, New York City

1896 · Director

Tambourine Dance by Annabelle

Tambourine Dance by Annabelle

1896 · Director

Rip Van Winkle

1896 · Director

Hard Wash

1896 · Director

Little Egypt

1896 · Producer

Dancing Darkies

Dancing Darkies

1896 · Director

Annabelle in Flag Dance

1896 · Director

A Watermelon Feast

1896 · Director

New Blacksmith Shop

1895 · Director

Robetta and Doretto, No. 1

1895 · Director

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

1895 · Director

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

1895 · Director, Producer

James Grundy, Buck and Wing

1895 · Director

A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby

A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby

1895 · Director

Fire Rescue Scene

1894 · Director

Dance

1894 · Director

Indian War Council

1894 · Director

Band Drill

1894 · Director

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

1894 · Director

Imperial Japanese Dance

1894 · Director

Annie Oakley

1894 · Director

Bucking Broncho

1894 · Director

Chinese Opium Den

1894 · Director

Mexican Knife Duel

Mexican Knife Duel

1894 · Director

Lasso Thrower

1894 · Director

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

1894 · Director

Hadj Cheriff

1894 · Director

The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

1894 · Director

Buffalo Dance

1894 · Director

Sioux Ghost Dance

1894 · Director

Rats and Terrier No. 2

Rats and Terrier No. 2

1894 · Director

Rats and Terrier No. 3

Rats and Terrier No. 3

1894 · Director

Rats and Weasel

Rats and Weasel

1894 · Director

Boxing Match

1894 · Director

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

1894 · Self, Director, Musician, Producer

Caicedo (with Pole)

1894 · Producer, Director

The Boxing Cats

1894 · Director, Producer

Buffalo Bill

1894 · Director

Leonard-Cushing Fight

Leonard-Cushing Fight

1894 · Director

Sandow: The Strong Man

1894 · Producer, Director

The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

1894 · Director

Trained Bears

1894 · Director

A Bar Room Scene

1894 · Director

Rat Killing

1894 · Director

Chinese Laundry Scene

1894 · Director

Highland Dance

1894 · Director

Wrestling Match

1894 · Director

Carmencita

1894 · Director, Producer

Athlete with Wand

1894 · Producer, Director

Cock Fight, No. 2

1894 · Producer, Director

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

1894 · Producer, Director

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

1894 · Producer, Director

The Barber Shop

1894 · Producer, Director

The Cock Fight

1894 · Director

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

1894 · Director

Annabelle Sun Dance

1894 · Director

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

1894 · Director, Producer

Ruth Dennis

1894 · Director

Fred Ott Holding a Bird

1894 · Director

Japanese Dancers

1894 · Producer

Mlle. Capitaine

Mlle. Capitaine

1894 · Director, Producer

Blacksmithing Scene

1893 · Director, Producer

Horse Shoeing

1893 · Self, Director

A Hand Shake

1892 · , Producer, Director

Fencing

1892 · Producer, Director

Man on Parallel Bars

1892 · Director

Wrestling

1892 · Director

Dickson Greeting

1891 · Self, Director, Producer

Newark Athlete

1891 · Producer, Director

Newark athlete. [No. 2]

Newark athlete. [No. 2]

1891 · Director

Men Boxing

1891 · Producer, Director

Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

1891 · Director

Monkey and Another, Boxing

Monkey and Another, Boxing

1891 · Director

Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

1891 · Director

Duncan Smoking

1891 · Director

Monkeyshines, No. 1

1890 · Director, Producer

Monkeyshines, No. 2

1890 · Director, Producer

Monkeyshines, No. 3

1890 · Director, Producer

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