William K.L. Dickson
AKA: William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson, W.K-L. Dickson, William Dickson
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1860-08-03
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.
Crew Roles
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Director
Dickson Greeting
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Director
Blacksmithing Scene
Director
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Producer
Carmencita
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Producer
A Hand Shake
Producer
Dickson Greeting
Producer
Men Boxing
Producer
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Producer
Newark Athlete
Producer
Fencing
Producer
The Barber Shop
Producer
Athlete with Wand
Producer
Caicedo (with Pole)
Producer
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Producer
Sandow: The Strong Man
Producer
Blacksmithing Scene
Producer
Cock Fight, No. 2
Producer
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
Director
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Director
Newark Athlete
Director
Fencing
Director
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Director
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Director
Amann, the Great Impersonator
Director
Sandow
Director
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Director
The Cock Fight
Director
The Barber Shop
Director
Buffalo Dance
Director
Sioux Ghost Dance
Director
Annie Oakley
Director
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
Director
Rip Van Winkle
Director
Rip's Toast
Director
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
Director
Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris
Director
Hard Wash
Director
American Falls from Luna Island
Director
American Falls from Goat Island
Director
Annabelle in Flag Dance
Director
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1
Director
Military Exercise - Aldershot
Director
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
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
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
The Boxing Cats
Director
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Director
Chinese Laundry Scene
Director
Imperial Japanese Dance
Director
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Director
Band Drill
Director
Bucking Broncho
Director
Hadj Cheriff
Director
Sandow: The Strong Man
Director
Crissie Sheridan
Director
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Director
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Director
Fire Rescue Scene
Director
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Musician
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Producer
King John
Director
Athlete with Wand
Director
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
Director
Robetta and Doretto, No. 1
Director
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
Director
Rats and Terrier No. 2
Director
Rats and Terrier No. 3
Director
Rats and Weasel
Director
Awakening of Rip
Director
The Grand Canal, Venice
Director
Dancing Darkies
Director
A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby
Director
Buffalo Bill
Director
Bath Scene
Director
The Boulevard of Scheveningen
Director
Cock Fight, No. 2
Director
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
Director
Men Boxing
Director
Annabelle Sun Dance
Director
Caicedo (with Pole)
Director
Trained Bears
Director
Man on Parallel Bars
Director
Horse Shoeing
Director
Wrestling
Director
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
Director
Monkey and Another, Boxing
Director
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
Director
Duncan Smoking
Director
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Director
Chinese Opium Den
Director
Dance
Director
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
Director
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
Director of Photography
Duel to the Death
Director
Duel to the Death
Director
View on Boulevard, New York City
Director
Little Egypt
Producer
His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
Director
New Blacksmith Shop
Director
Capuchin Monks in Vatican City
Director
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway
Director
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
Director of Photography
Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899
Director of Photography
A Tug in a Heavy Sea
Director of Photography
A Hand Shake
Director
A Watermelon Feast
Director
Tambourine Dance by Annabelle
Director
A Bar Room Scene
Director
Ruth Dennis
Director
Boxing Match
Director
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
Director
Fred Ott Holding a Bird
Director
Japanese Dancers
Producer
Brook Trout Fishing
Director
Fatima
Director
Sound Money Parade
Director
Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club
Director
Indian War Council
Director
Wrestling Match
Director
Rat Killing
Director
Mexican Knife Duel
Director
Highland Dance
Director
Lasso Thrower
Director
Rip's Toast to Hudson
Director
Rip Meeting the Dwarf
Director
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
Director
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
Director
Carmencita
Producer
Me and My Two Friends
Director of Photography
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
Director of Photography
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
Director of Photography
He and She
Director
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Director
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
Director
Pelicans at the Zoo
Director of Photography
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Director of Photography
The Lane on Sunday Morning
Director of Photography
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore
Director of Photography
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse
Director of Photography
Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899
Director of Photography
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Director of Photography
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Director of Photography
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
Director
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp
Director of Photography
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
Director of Photography
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
Director of Photography
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
Director of Photography
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
Director of Photography
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Director of Photography
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
Director of Photography
The Grand Canal, Venice
Director of Photography
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Producer
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Director of Photography
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Director
The Boxing Cats
Producer
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Producer
Has He Hit Me?
Director
James Grundy, Buck and Wing
Director
Butterfly Dances
Director
Les Parisiennes
Director
Place de la Concorde
Director
Venice, harbour scene with gondolas
Director
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
Director
Fun on a Sand Hill
Director
Four Warships in Rough Seas
Director
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
Director
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
Director
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
Director
Warships at Sunset
Director
Home Life of a Hungarian Family
Director
Tram Journey through Southampton
Director
Flower Parade in Haarlem
Director
Changing Guard (Berlin)
Director
In a German Bath
Director
Man Overboard!
Director
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
Director
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
Director
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Director
In the Friedrichstrasse
Director
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
Director
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
Director
Mills from the Zaanstreek
Director
Dutch Fishing Boats
Director
Dutch Fishing Fleet
Director
Away Aloft
Director
Maidenhead Junction
Director
Upside Down Boxers
Director
A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies
Director
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
Director
Firing the Maxim Gun
Director
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
Director
French Military School Exercise
Director
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
Director
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
Director
The Tarantella, an Italian Dance
Director
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Director
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
Director
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
Director
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Director
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Director
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
Director
English Nell
Director
English Nell
Editor
English Nell
Producer
An Obstinate Cork
Director
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Director
Annabelle Dances and Dances
Director
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
Director
Ten Pickaninnies
Director
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Director
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
Director
Mlle. Capitaine
Director
Mlle. Capitaine
Producer
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
Executive Producer
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
Director of Photography
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Producer
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