William K.L. Dickson
Born
3 August 1860 (165)
Place of Birth
Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Also known as
William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson, W.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.
Filmography (40)
Butterfly Dances
2007
Annabelle Dances and Dances
1997
Ten Pickaninnies
1908
Nabbed by the Nipper
1902
🎬 Director
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
1902
An Obstinate Cork
1902
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
1901
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
1901
English Nell
1900
🎬 Director
Brook Trout Fishing
1900
Tram Journey through Southampton
1900
Four Warships in Rough Seas
1900
Warships at Sunset
1900
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
1900
Dutch Fishing Fleet
1900
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
1899
King John
1899
Man Overboard!
1899
Flower Parade in Haarlem
1899
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
1899
Amann, the Great Impersonator
1899
Fun on a Sand Hill
1899
In a German Bath
1899
In the Friedrichstrasse
1899
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
1899
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
1899
Upside Down Boxers
1899
Away Aloft
1899
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
1899
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
1899
Tapping a Blast Furnace
1899
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
1899
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
1898
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
1898
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
1898
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
1898
🎬 Director
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
1898
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
1898
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