William K.L. Dickson
- Directing
- August 3, 1860 · Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
- September 28, 1935
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Butterfly Dances · Director
- Annabelle Dances and Dances · Director
- Ten Pickaninnies · Director
- Mr. Hurry-up · Director
- Nabbed by the Nipper · Director
- Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle · Director
- An Obstinate Cork · Director
- Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram · Cinematography, Director
- Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc. · Director
- English Nell · Director, Editing
- Brook Trout Fishing · Director
- Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River · Cinematography
- Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag · Cinematography
- Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith · Cinematography
- Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith · Cinematography
- Four Warships in Rough Seas · Director
- Warships at Sunset · Director
- Tram Journey through Southampton · Director
- Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns · Director
- Dutch Fishing Fleet · Director
- Naval Guns Firing at Colenso · Cinematography
- Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere · Cinematography
- General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton · Self
- King John · Director
- Man Overboard! · Director
- Flower Parade in Haarlem · Director
- The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton · Director
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race · Cinematography
- Amann, the Great Impersonator · Director
- Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899 · Cinematography
- The Lane on Sunday Morning · Cinematography
- Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899 · Cinematography
- Launch of the 'Oceanic' · Cinematography, Director
- Tapping a Blast Furnace · Cinematography, Director
- Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp · Cinematography
- Fun on a Sand Hill · Director
- In a German Bath · Director
- London Fire Brigade, Alarm · Director
- In the Friedrichstrasse · Director
- From Monte Carlo to Monaco · Director
- Away Aloft · Director
- Upside Down Boxers · Director
- Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam · Director
- Panoramic View of Windsor Castle · Director
- Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104 · Director
- Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel · Director
- From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton · Director
- Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1 · Director
- Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto · Director
- Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage · Director
- The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina) · Director
- Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor) · Director
- Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina) · Director
- The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina) · Director
- The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina) · Director
- Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1) · Director
- Duel to the Death · Director
- He and She · Director
- His Holiness Pope Leo XIII · Director
- Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1 · Director
- 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 · Director
- Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa · Director
- Capuchin Monks in Vatican City · Director
- A Tug in a Heavy Sea · Cinematography
- Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club · Director
- Me and My Two Friends · Cinematography
- Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse · Cinematography
- Military Exercise - Aldershot · Director
- The Boulevard of Scheveningen · Director
- Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii · Self, Cinematography
- Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square · Man on left of picture, Director
- The Grand Canal, Venice · Director, Cinematography
- Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway · Director
- Pelicans at the Zoo · Cinematography
- Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore · Cinematography
- Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice · Cinematography, Director
- Venice, harbour scene with gondolas · Director
- Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed · Director
- Funeral Procession of the Misericordia · Director
- Mills from the Zaanstreek · Director