William K.L. Dickson
Known for: Director
Born: 3 August 1860, Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Died: 28 September 1935
Credits: 2 titles
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.
Acting
Directed / Created
Butterfly Dances
Annabelle Dances and Dances
Ten Pickaninnies
Mr. Hurry-up
Nabbed by the Nipper
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
An Obstinate Cork
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
English Nell
Brook Trout Fishing
Dutch Fishing Fleet
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Tram Journey through Southampton
Warships at Sunset
Four Warships in Rough Seas
King John
Man Overboard!
Flower Parade in Haarlem
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
Upside Down Boxers
Away Aloft
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
In the Friedrichstrasse
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
In a German Bath