Directing
William K.L. Dickson
Born August 3, 1860 Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
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 Films
4.3
Ten Pickaninnies
1908·Comedy
6.5
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
1902
4.8
An Obstinate Cork
1902·Comedy
4.3
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
1901·Documentary
6.5
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
1901·Documentary
6.3
Warships at Sunset
1900·Documentary
8.3
Four Warships in Rough Seas
1900·Documentary
6.5
Tram Journey through Southampton
1900·Documentary
6.0
Dutch Fishing Fleet
1900·Documentary
4.5
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
1900·Documentary
4.9
King John
1899·Drama
8.0
Man Overboard!
1899
6.0
Flower Parade in Haarlem
1899·Documentary
5.5
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
1899·Documentary
6.5
Amann, the Great Impersonator
1899·Documentary
8.5
Fun on a Sand Hill
1899
8.0
In a German Bath
1899·Documentary
7.0
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
1899
7.0
Away Aloft
1899
8.0
In the Friedrichstrasse
1899·Documentary
7.5
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
1899
6.0
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
1899·Documentary
6.3
Upside Down Boxers
1899
4.0
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
1899
Also Appeared In
4.5
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
1899·Documentary
5.0
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
1898·Documentary
5.0
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
1898·Documentary
6.1
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894·Music
3.0
Horse Shoeing
1893·Documentary
3.6
A Hand Shake
1892·Documentary
5.0
Dickson Greeting
1891·Documentary