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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Movies (50)
Butterfly Dances
Director (Directing)
2007
Annabelle Dances and Dances
Director (Directing)
1997
Ten Pickaninnies
Director (Directing)
1908
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Director (Directing)
1902
An Obstinate Cork
Director (Directing)
1902
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Director (Directing)
1901
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
Director (Directing)
1901
English Nell
Director (Directing)
1900
Brook Trout Fishing
Director (Directing)
1900
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
Director of Photography (Camera)
1900
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
Director of Photography (Camera)
1900
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
Director of Photography (Camera)
1900
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
Director of Photography (Camera)
1900
Warships at Sunset
Director (Directing)
1900
Four Warships in Rough Seas
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1900
Tram Journey through Southampton
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1900
Dutch Fishing Fleet
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1900
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Director (Directing)
1900
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
as Himself
1899
King John
Director (Directing)
1899
Man Overboard!
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1899
Flower Parade in Haarlem
Director (Directing)
1899
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Director (Directing)
1899
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
Amann, the Great Impersonator
Director (Directing)
1899
Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
The Lane on Sunday Morning
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp
Director of Photography (Camera)
1899
Fun on a Sand Hill
Director (Directing)
1899
In a German Bath
Director (Directing)
1899
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
Director (Directing)
1899
Away Aloft
Director (Directing)
1899
In the Friedrichstrasse
Director (Directing)
1899
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
Director (Directing)
1899
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
Director (Directing)
1899
Upside Down Boxers
Director (Directing)
1899
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
Director (Directing)
1899
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
Director (Directing)
1898
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
Director (Directing)
1898
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
Director (Directing)
1898
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
Director (Directing)
1898
Duel to the Death
Director (Directing)
1898
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
Director (Directing)
1898
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
Director (Directing)
1898
Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Director (Directing)
1898