William K.L. Dickson

Born: August 3, 1860 - Died: September 28, 1935 (75 years)

Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France

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 Directed (173)

Butterfly Dances

Jun 1, 2007

Annabelle Dances and Dances

Jan 1, 1997

Ten Pickaninnies

Oct 2, 1908

Mr. Hurry-up

Feb 8, 1907

Nabbed by the Nipper

Jun 22, 1902

Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle

May 27, 1902

An Obstinate Cork

Apr 15, 1902

Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

Jun 3, 1901

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

Jan 1, 1901

English Nell

Sep 6, 1900

Brook Trout Fishing

Jun 1, 1900

Four Warships in Rough Seas

Jan 1, 1900

Warships at Sunset

Jan 1, 1900

Tram Journey through Southampton

Jan 1, 1900

Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns

Jan 1, 1900

Dutch Fishing Fleet

Jan 1, 1900

King John

Sep 20, 1899

Man Overboard!

Sep 1, 1899

Flower Parade in Haarlem

Jun 4, 1899

The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton

Apr 25, 1899

Amann, the Great Impersonator

Jan 1, 1899

Fun on a Sand Hill

Jan 1, 1899

In a German Bath

Jan 1, 1899

London Fire Brigade, Alarm

Jan 1, 1899

In the Friedrichstrasse

Jan 1, 1899

From Monte Carlo to Monaco

Jan 1, 1899

Away Aloft

Jan 1, 1899

Upside Down Boxers

Jan 1, 1899

Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam

Jan 1, 1899

Panoramic View of Windsor Castle

Jan 1, 1899

Tapping a Blast Furnace

Jan 1, 1899

Launch of the 'Oceanic'

Jan 1, 1899

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

Dec 1, 1898

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

Dec 1, 1898

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

Nov 5, 1898

Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1

Nov 1, 1898

Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto

Oct 26, 1898

Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage

Sep 25, 1898

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

Sep 6, 1898

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

Sep 6, 1898

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

Sep 6, 1898

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

Sep 6, 1898

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

Sep 6, 1898

Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)

Sep 6, 1898

Duel to the Death

Aug 5, 1898

He and She

Aug 1, 1898

His Holiness Pope Leo XIII

Jul 1, 1898

Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

Jun 1, 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

Jun 1, 1898

Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa

Jun 1, 1898

Capuchin Monks in Vatican City

May 1, 1898

Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club

Apr 1, 1898

Military Exercise - Aldershot

Feb 18, 1898

The Boulevard of Scheveningen

Jan 28, 1898

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

Jan 2, 1898

The Grand Canal, Venice

Jan 1, 1898

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

Jan 1, 1898

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

Jan 1, 1898

Venice, harbour scene with gondolas

Jan 1, 1898

Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice

Jan 1, 1898

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

Jan 1, 1898

Funeral Procession of the Misericordia

Jan 1, 1898

Mills from the Zaanstreek

Jan 1, 1898

Dutch Fishing Boats

Jan 1, 1898

Maidenhead Junction

Jan 1, 1898

A Blast at the Solvay Quarries

Jan 1, 1898

The Tarantella, an Italian Dance

Jan 1, 1898

The Bridge of Sighs, Venice

Jan 1, 1898

Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats

Jan 1, 1898

Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot

Jan 1, 1898

Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing

Jan 1, 1898

Place de la Concorde

Dec 1, 1897

Crissie Sheridan

Oct 24, 1897

Fatima

Oct 1, 1897

Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris

Sep 8, 1897

Has He Hit Me?

Sep 7, 1897

Les Parisiennes

Mar 4, 1897

Bath Scene

Jan 28, 1897

Home Life of a Hungarian Family

Jan 1, 1897

Changing Guard (Berlin)

Jan 1, 1897

A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies

Jan 1, 1897

Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun

Jan 1, 1897

Firing the Maxim Gun

Jan 1, 1897

French Military School Exercise

Jan 1, 1897

Sound Money Parade

Nov 2, 1896

American Falls from Luna Island

Oct 2, 1896

American Falls from Goat Island

Oct 2, 1896

Sandow

Sep 30, 1896

Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow

Sep 30, 1896

Rip's Toast

Sep 30, 1896

Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep

Sep 30, 1896

Awakening of Rip

Sep 30, 1896

Rip's Toast to Hudson

Sep 30, 1896

Rip Meeting the Dwarf

Sep 30, 1896

Exit of Rip and the Dwarf

Sep 30, 1896

Rip Passing Over the Mountain

Sep 30, 1896

Serpentine Dance by Annabelle

Sep 17, 1896

View on Boulevard, New York City

Sep 1, 1896

Tambourine Dance by Annabelle

Sep 1, 1896

Rip Van Winkle

Aug 1, 1896

Hard Wash

Jun 1, 1896

Dancing Darkies

Jan 2, 1896

Annabelle in Flag Dance

Jan 1, 1896

A Watermelon Feast

Jan 1, 1896

New Blacksmith Shop

Nov 20, 1895

Robetta and Doretto, No. 1

May 16, 1895

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

Apr 1, 1895

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

Jan 30, 1895

James Grundy, Buck and Wing

Jan 24, 1895

A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby

Jan 2, 1895

Fire Rescue Scene

Dec 1, 1894

Dance

Dec 1, 1894

Indian War Council

Dec 1, 1894

Band Drill

Nov 28, 1894

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

Nov 17, 1894

Imperial Japanese Dance

Nov 5, 1894

Annie Oakley

Nov 1, 1894

Bucking Broncho

Oct 16, 1894

Chinese Opium Den

Oct 16, 1894

Mexican Knife Duel

Oct 6, 1894

Lasso Thrower

Oct 6, 1894

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

Oct 5, 1894

Hadj Cheriff

Oct 5, 1894

The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

Oct 2, 1894

Buffalo Dance

Sep 23, 1894

Sioux Ghost Dance

Sep 23, 1894

Rats and Terrier No. 2

Sep 1, 1894

Rats and Terrier No. 3

Sep 1, 1894

Rats and Weasel

Sep 1, 1894

Boxing Match

Sep 1, 1894

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Aug 31, 1894

Caicedo (with Pole)

Jul 25, 1894

The Boxing Cats

Jul 16, 1894

Buffalo Bill

Jun 17, 1894

Leonard-Cushing Fight

Jun 14, 1894

Sandow: The Strong Man

May 18, 1894

The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

May 16, 1894

Trained Bears

May 1, 1894

A Bar Room Scene

May 1, 1894

Rat Killing

May 1, 1894

Chinese Laundry Scene

Apr 30, 1894

Wrestling Match

Apr 1, 1894

Highland Dance

Apr 1, 1894

Carmencita

Mar 14, 1894

Athlete with Wand

Feb 1, 1894

Cock Fight, No. 2

Jan 15, 1894

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

Jan 9, 1894

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Jan 1, 1894

The Cock Fight

Jan 1, 1894

The Barber Shop

Jan 1, 1894

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

Jan 1, 1894

Annabelle Sun Dance

Jan 1, 1894

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

Jan 1, 1894

Ruth Dennis

Jan 1, 1894

Fred Ott Holding a Bird

Jan 1, 1894

Mlle. Capitaine

Jan 1, 1894

Blacksmithing Scene

May 8, 1893

Horse Shoeing

Jan 1, 1893

Fencing

Jan 1, 1892

Man on Parallel Bars

Jan 1, 1892

Wrestling

Jan 1, 1892

A Hand Shake

Jan 1, 1892

Dickson Greeting

May 20, 1891

Newark Athlete

May 1, 1891

Newark athlete. [No. 2]

May 1, 1891

Men Boxing

Apr 30, 1891

Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

Jan 1, 1891

Monkey and Another, Boxing

Jan 1, 1891

Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

Jan 1, 1891

Duncan Smoking

Jan 1, 1891

Monkeyshines, No. 1

Nov 21, 1890

Monkeyshines, No. 2

Nov 21, 1890

Monkeyshines, No. 3

Nov 21, 1890

Movies as Actor (7)

General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton

as Self

Nov 22, 1899

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

as Self

Jan 2, 1898

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

as Man on left of picture

Jan 1, 1898