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William K.L. Dickson

Directing • 1860-08-03 • 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.

Known For

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

1894

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

1895

Blacksmith Scene

Blacksmith Scene

1893

Monkeyshines, No. 1

Monkeyshines, No. 1

1890

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

1894

Carmencita

Carmencita

1894

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Filmography

2007
Butterfly DancesFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1997
Annabelle Dances and DancesFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1908
Ten PickaninniesFilm
Director
★ 4.3
1907
Mr. Hurry-upFilm
Director
★ 5.8
1902
An Obstinate CorkFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1902
Nabbed by the NipperFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1902
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best BicycleFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1901
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.Film
Director
★ 6.5
1901
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving TramFilm
Director
★ 4.3
1900
Four Warships in Rough SeasFilm
Director
★ 8.3
1900
Tram Journey through SouthamptonFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1900
Warships at SunsetFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1900
Battleship Odin Firing All Her GunsFilm
Director
★ 5.7
1900
Brook Trout FishingFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1900
Dutch Fishing FleetFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1900
English NellFilm
Director
1899
King JohnFilm
Director
★ 4.9
1899
Launch of the 'Oceanic'Film
Director
★ 8.3
1899
London Fire Brigade, AlarmFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1899
From Monte Carlo to MonacoFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1899
Fun on a Sand HillFilm
Director
★ 8.5
1899
In a German BathFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1899
In the FriedrichstrasseFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1899
Upside Down BoxersFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1899
Man Overboard!Film
Director
★ 8.0
1899
Panoramic View of Windsor CastleFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1899
Away AloftFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1899
Amann, the Great ImpersonatorFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1899
Tapping a Blast FurnaceFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1899
The Landing of Savage South Africa at SouthamptonFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1899
Flower Parade in HaarlemFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1899
Catching the Ferry in AmsterdamFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1898
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing BlessingFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1898
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104Film
Director
★ 6.3
1898
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. RailwayFilm
Director
★ 6.8
1898
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's SquareFilm
Director
★ 5.2
1898
Pope Leo XIII in His CarriageFilm
Director
★ 5.2
1898
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of PompeiiFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1898
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing BoatsFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1898
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full SpeedFilm
Director
★ 5.7
1898
The Tarantella, an Italian DanceFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1898
Duel to the DeathFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1898
Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer VillaFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1898
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1Film
Director
★ 9.0
1898
Venice, harbour scene with gondolasFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1898
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at VeniceFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1898
Water Polo - Worthing Swimming ClubFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1898
Dutch Fishing BoatsFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1898
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine ChapelFilm
Director
★ 4.7
1898
The Boulevard of ScheveningenFilm
Director
★ 4.3
1898
A Blast at the Solvay QuarriesFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1898
Maidenhead JunctionFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1898
His Holiness Pope Leo XIIIFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1898
Corpus Christi Procession, OrvietoFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1898
The Grand Canal, VeniceFilm
Director
★ 3.7
1898
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from SouthamptonFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1898
The Bridge of Sighs, VeniceFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1898
Mills from the ZaanstreekFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1898
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1Film
Director
★ 7.0
1898
Funeral Procession of the MisericordiaFilm
Director
★ 4.5
1898
He and SheFilm
Director
★ 4.5
1898
Capuchin Monks in Vatican CityFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1898
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)Film
Director
★ 2.0
1898
Charge of the Carabineers, AldershotFilm
Director
★ 1.0
1898
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)Film
Director
1898
Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)Film
Director
1898
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)Film
Director
1898
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)Film
Director
1898
The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)Film
Director
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 BrigadeFilm
Director
1898
Military Exercise - AldershotFilm
Director
1897
Crissie SheridanFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1897
Place de la ConcordeFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1897
Bath SceneFilm
Director
★ 5.4
1897
Home Life of a Hungarian FamilyFilm
Director
★ 5.8
1897
Les ParisiennesFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1897
A Camp of Zingaree GypsiesFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1897
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing GunFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1897
Changing Guard (Berlin)Film
Director
★ 8.0
1897
Firing the Maxim GunFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1897
FatimaFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1897
Has He Hit Me?Film
Director
★ 4.0
1897
French Military School ExerciseFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1897
Charge of the French Cuirassiers – ParisFilm
Director
1896
SandowFilm
Director
★ 5.2
1896
Awakening of RipFilm
Director
★ 4.3
1896
Rip Leaving Sleepy HollowFilm
Director
★ 4.4
1896
Rip Meeting the DwarfFilm
Director
★ 4.4
1896
Rip's Twenty Years' SleepFilm
Director
★ 4.5
1896
Rip Passing Over the MountainFilm
Director
★ 4.4
1896
Rip's ToastFilm
Director
★ 4.3
1896
Exit of Rip and the DwarfFilm
Director
★ 4.2
1896
Rip's Toast to HudsonFilm
Director
★ 4.6
1896
Serpentine Dance by AnnabelleFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1896
Rip Van WinkleFilm
Director
★ 4.1
1896
Tambourine Dance by AnnabelleFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1896
Dancing DarkiesFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1896
View on Boulevard, New York CityFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1896
Sound Money ParadeFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1896
A Watermelon FeastFilm
Director
★ 3.5
1896
Annabelle in Flag DanceFilm
Director
★ 1.0
1896
Hard WashFilm
Director
★ 1.0
1896
American Falls from Luna IslandFilm
Director
1896
American Falls from Goat IslandFilm
Director
1895
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)Film
Director
★ 5.9
1895
Billy Edwards and the UnknownFilm
Director
★ 3.9
1895
New Blacksmith ShopFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1895
Robetta and Doretto, No. 1Film
Director
★ 2.3
1895
James Grundy, Buck and WingFilm
Director
★ 3.0
1895
A West Indian Woman Bathing a BabyFilm
Director
★ 2.0
1895
New Bar RoomFilm
Director
1894
Dickson Experimental Sound FilmFilm
Director
★ 6.1
1894
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a SneezeFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1894
CarmencitaFilm
Director
★ 5.2
1894
The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)Film
Director
★ 5.9
1894
Annie OakleyFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1894
Annabelle Butterfly DanceFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1894
Caicedo (with Pole)Film
Director
★ 6.0
1894
Sandow: The Strong ManFilm
Director
★ 5.1
1894
The Barber ShopFilm
Director
★ 5.1
1894
Buffalo DanceFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1894
Corbett and Courtney Before the KinetographFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1894
Fire Rescue SceneFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1894
Sioux Ghost DanceFilm
Director
★ 4.9
1894
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)Film
Director
★ 4.9
1894
Luis Martinetti, ContortionistFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1894
Bucking BronchoFilm
Director
★ 4.5
1894
Leonard-Cushing FightFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1894
Imperial Japanese DanceFilm
Director
★ 4.6
1894
Glenroy Bros., No. 2Film
Director
★ 5.0
1894
The Hornbacker-Murphy FightFilm
Director
★ 4.7
1894
Chinese Laundry SceneFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1894
Athlete with WandFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1894
Hadj CheriffFilm
Director
★ 4.6
1894
Band DrillFilm
Director
★ 3.8
1894
Annabelle Sun DanceFilm
Director
★ 4.7
1894
Cock Fight, No. 2Film
Director
★ 3.8
1894
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”Film
Director
★ 4.4
1894
The Cock FightFilm
Director
★ 4.1
1894
Chinese Opium DenFilm
Director
★ 2.8
1894
Buffalo BillFilm
Director
★ 3.7
1894
Fred Ott Holding a BirdFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1894
Wrestling MatchFilm
Director
★ 3.2
1894
DanceFilm
Director
★ 3.8
1894
Boxing MatchFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1894
Rat KillingFilm
Director
★ 2.7
1894
Highland DanceFilm
Director
★ 2.6
1894
A Bar Room SceneFilm
Director
★ 4.2
1894
Trained BearsFilm
Director
★ 2.8
1894
Ruth DennisFilm
Director
★ 3.5
1894
Lasso ThrowerFilm
Director
★ 1.6
1894
Mexican Knife DuelFilm
Director
★ 1.4
1894
Indian War CouncilFilm
Director
★ 1.6
1894
Rats and Terrier No. 3Film
Director
★ 1.3
1894
Rats and WeaselFilm
Director
★ 1.3
1894
Mlle. CapitaineFilm
Director
★ 2.0
1894
Rats and Terrier No. 2Film
Director
★ 1.0
1893
Blacksmith SceneFilm
Director
★ 5.6
1893
Horse ShoeingFilm
Director
★ 3.0
1892
A Hand ShakeFilm
Director
★ 3.6
1892
FencingFilm
Director
★ 3.6
1892
WrestlingFilm
Director
★ 3.4
1892
Man on Parallel BarsFilm
Director
★ 3.1
1891
Newark AthleteFilm
Director
★ 4.6
1891
Dickson GreetingFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1891
Men BoxingFilm
Director
★ 4.2
1891
Duncan SmokingFilm
Director
★ 4.1
1891
Monkey and Another, BoxingFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1891
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin CloudFilm
Director
★ 3.2
1891
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith ShopFilm
Director
★ 3.6
1891
Newark athlete. [No. 2]Film
Director
★ 3.5
1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1Film
Director
★ 5.1
1890
Monkeyshines, No. 2Film
Director
★ 4.7
1890
Monkeyshines, No. 3Film
Director
★ 3.4