William K.L. Dickson
DirectingWilliam 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
Dickson Greeting
Himself
Horse Shoeing
Himself
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Self
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
Himself
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Himself
A Hand Shake
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Man on left of picture
Filmography — Acting
Dickson Greeting
Himself
Horse Shoeing
Himself
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Self
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
Himself
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Himself
A Hand Shake
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Man on left of picture
Filmography — Crew
Carmencita
Director
Blacksmithing Scene
Director
The Barber Shop
Producer
The Cock Fight
Director
Dickson Greeting
Director
Annabelle Sun Dance
Director
The Boxing Cats
Director
Sioux Ghost Dance
Director
Wrestling
Director
View on Boulevard, New York City
Director
English Nell
Director
Horse Shoeing
Director
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Producer
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
Director
Men Boxing
Producer
Annie Oakley
Director
Fencing
Producer
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Director
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Producer
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Director
Butterfly Dances
Director
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Director
Buffalo Dance
Director
King John
Director
Duncan Smoking
Director
Crissie Sheridan
Director
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Director
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
Director
Man Overboard!
Director
Sandow: The Strong Man
Producer
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Director
Man on Parallel Bars
Director
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway
Director
Cock Fight, No. 2
Producer
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
Director
Duel to the Death
Director
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Director
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
Director
Monkey and Another, Boxing
Director
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Director
Annabelle in Flag Dance
Director
Bath Scene
Director
Rip Van Winkle
Director
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Director
Wrestling Match
Director
Tram Journey through Southampton
Director
Chinese Opium Den
Director
Fred Ott Holding a Bird
Director
Fire Rescue Scene
Director
New Blacksmith Shop
Director
Imperial Japanese Dance
Director
Rip Meeting the Dwarf
Director
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Director
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
Director
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
Director
The Grand Canal, Venice
Director
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Director
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
Director
Mlle. Capitaine
Director
Newark Athlete
Producer
Dance
Director
Away Aloft
Director
A Hand Shake
Producer
Hadj Cheriff
Director
Rip's Toast
Director
Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club
Director
Rip's Toast to Hudson
Director
Chinese Laundry Scene
Director
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
Director
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Director
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Director
Dancing Darkies
Director
Upside Down Boxers
Director
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
Director
A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies
Director
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
Director
Mr. Hurry-up
Director
Tambourine Dance by Annabelle
Director
American Falls from Goat Island
Director
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Director
Indian War Council
Director
Ten Pickaninnies
Director
Amann, the Great Impersonator
Director
Awakening of Rip
Director
A Watermelon Feast
Director
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Director
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
Director
Capuchin Monks in Vatican City
Director
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
Director
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
Director
Caicedo (with Pole)
Producer
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Director
Mexican Knife Duel
Director
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
Director
Athlete with Wand
Producer
French Military School Exercise
Director
Sandow
Director
Maidenhead Junction
Director
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Director
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
Director
Bucking Broncho
Director
Buffalo Bill
Director
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
Director
American Falls from Luna Island
Director
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
Director
Japanese Dancers
Producer
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
Director
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
Director
Nabbed by the Nipper
Director
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Director
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
Director
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
Director
A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby
Director
In a German Bath
Director
Venice, harbour scene with gondolas
Director
Band Drill
Director
Annabelle Dances and Dances
Director
The Boulevard of Scheveningen
Director
Firing the Maxim Gun
Director
The Tarantella, an Italian Dance
Director
Four Warships in Rough Seas
Director
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Director
A Bar Room Scene
Director
Place de la Concorde
Director
Rats and Terrier No. 3
Director
Trained Bears
Director
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
Director
Rats and Terrier No. 2
Director
Fatima
Director
James Grundy, Buck and Wing
Director
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
Director
Warships at Sunset
Director
Little Egypt
Producer
His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
Director
Fun on a Sand Hill
Director
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Director
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
Director
Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris
Director
Rats and Weasel
Director
Boxing Match
Director
Has He Hit Me?
Director
Les Parisiennes
Director
Dutch Fishing Fleet
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
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1
Director
Robetta and Doretto, No. 1
Director
Home Life of a Hungarian Family
Director
Mills from the Zaanstreek
Director
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
Director
Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa
Director
Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Director
Flower Parade in Haarlem
Director
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
Director
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
Director
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
Director
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Director
Ruth Dennis
Director
Brook Trout Fishing
Director
Sound Money Parade
Director
An Obstinate Cork
Director
Hard Wash
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
Rat Killing
Director
Lasso Thrower
Director
He and She
Director
In the Friedrichstrasse
Director
Changing Guard (Berlin)
Director
Military Exercise - Aldershot
Director
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
Director
Highland Dance
Director
Dutch Fishing Boats
Director