Directing · b. 1860 · Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France

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.

Directed
Butterfly Dances 2007 Annabelle Dances and Dances 1997 Ten Pickaninnies 1908 An Obstinate Cork 1902 Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle 1902 Nabbed by the Nipper 1902 Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram 1901 Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc. 1901 Brook Trout Fishing 1900 Four Warships in Rough Seas 1900 Warships at Sunset 1900 Tram Journey through Southampton 1900 Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns 1900 Dutch Fishing Fleet 1900 English Nell 1900 Amann, the Great Impersonator 1899 King John 1899 Fun on a Sand Hill 1899 Flower Parade in Haarlem 1899 In a German Bath 1899 Man Overboard! 1899 London Fire Brigade, Alarm 1899 In the Friedrichstrasse 1899 From Monte Carlo to Monaco 1899 Away Aloft 1899 Upside Down Boxers 1899 Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam 1899 Panoramic View of Windsor Castle 1899 Tapping a Blast Furnace 1899 Launch of the 'Oceanic' 1899 The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton 1899 Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage 1898 Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1 1898 Military Exercise - Aldershot 1898 The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina) 1898 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 Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa 1898 Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor) 1898 Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina) 1898 The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina) 1898 The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina) 1898 The Grand Canal, Venice 1898 The Boulevard of Scheveningen 1898 Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto 1898 Duel to the Death 1898 His Holiness Pope Leo XIII 1898 Capuchin Monks in Vatican City 1898 Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway 1898 Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1 1898 Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club 1898 He and She 1898 Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square 1898 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 Venice, harbour scene with gondolas 1898 Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1) 1898 Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice 1898 Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed 1898 Funeral Procession of the Misericordia 1898 From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton 1898 Mills from the Zaanstreek 1898 Dutch Fishing Boats 1898 Maidenhead Junction 1898 A Blast at the Solvay Quarries 1898 The Tarantella, an Italian Dance 1898 The Bridge of Sighs, Venice 1898 Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats 1898 Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot 1898 Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing 1898 Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii 1898 Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris 1897 Crissie Sheridan 1897 Bath Scene 1897 Fatima 1897 Has He Hit Me? 1897 Les Parisiennes 1897 Place de la Concorde 1897 Home Life of a Hungarian Family 1897 Changing Guard (Berlin) 1897 A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies 1897 Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun 1897 Firing the Maxim Gun 1897 French Military School Exercise 1897 Sandow 1896 Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow 1896 Rip Van Winkle 1896 Rip's Toast 1896 Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep 1896 Hard Wash 1896 American Falls from Luna Island 1896 American Falls from Goat Island 1896 Annabelle in Flag Dance 1896 Serpentine Dance by Annabelle 1896 Awakening of Rip 1896 Dancing Darkies 1896 View on Boulevard, New York City 1896 A Watermelon Feast 1896 Tambourine Dance by Annabelle 1896 Sound Money Parade 1896 Rip's Toast to Hudson 1896 Rip Meeting the Dwarf 1896 Exit of Rip and the Dwarf 1896 Rip Passing Over the Mountain 1896 Billy Edwards and the Unknown 1895 Robetta and Doretto, No. 1 1895 A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby 1895 New Blacksmith Shop 1895 James Grundy, Buck and Wing 1895 Danse serpentine (Annabelle) 1895 Carmencita 1894 Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894 Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894 Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894 Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) 1894 The Cock Fight 1894 The Barber Shop 1894 Buffalo Dance 1894 Sioux Ghost Dance 1894 Annie Oakley 1894 The Boxing Cats 1894 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph 1894 Chinese Laundry Scene 1894 Imperial Japanese Dance 1894 Leonard-Cushing Fight 1894 Band Drill 1894 Bucking Broncho 1894 Hadj Cheriff 1894 Sandow: The Strong Man 1894 Luis Martinetti, Contortionist 1894 Fire Rescue Scene 1894 Athlete with Wand 1894 The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight 1894 Rats and Terrier No. 2 1894 Rats and Terrier No. 3 1894 Rats and Weasel 1894 Buffalo Bill 1894 Cock Fight, No. 2 1894 The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” 1894 Annabelle Sun Dance 1894 Caicedo (with Pole) 1894 Trained Bears 1894 Glenroy Bros., No. 2 1894 Chinese Opium Den 1894 Dance 1894 A Bar Room Scene 1894 Ruth Dennis 1894 Boxing Match 1894 Fred Ott Holding a Bird 1894 Indian War Council 1894 Wrestling Match 1894 Rat Killing 1894 Mexican Knife Duel 1894 Highland Dance 1894 Lasso Thrower 1894 Mlle. Capitaine 1894 Blacksmithing Scene 1893 Horse Shoeing 1893 Fencing 1892 Man on Parallel Bars 1892 Wrestling 1892 A Hand Shake 1892 Dickson Greeting 1891 Newark Athlete 1891 Men Boxing 1891 Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud 1891 Monkey and Another, Boxing 1891 Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop 1891 Duncan Smoking 1891 Newark athlete. [No. 2] 1891 Monkeyshines, No. 1 1890 Monkeyshines, No. 2 1890 Monkeyshines, No. 3 1890
Cinematography
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram 1901 Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag 1900 Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River 1900 Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith 1900 Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith 1900 Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899 1899 Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere 1899 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1899 The Lane on Sunday Morning 1899 Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899 1899 Launch of the 'Oceanic' 1899 Tapping a Blast Furnace 1899 Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp 1899 Naval Guns Firing at Colenso 1899 A Tug in a Heavy Sea 1898 Me and My Two Friends 1898 Pelicans at the Zoo 1898 Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore 1898 Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse 1898 Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii 1898 Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice 1898 The Grand Canal, Venice 1898 Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House 1897 McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio 1896 Serpentine Dance by Annabelle 1896
Acting
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton Himself 1899
Other Credits
Little Egypt Producer 1896 Japanese Dancers Producer 1894
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