William K.L. Dickson

Director

William K.L. Dickson

Born August 3, 1860 in Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, FranceDied September 28, 1935173 films

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.

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Dickson Experimental Sound Film poster6.1Dickson Experimental Sound Film1894Blacksmithing Scene poster5.6Blacksmithing Scene1893Annie Oakley poster6.0Annie Oakley1894The Boxing Cats poster5.9The Boxing Cats1894Monkeyshines, No. 1 poster5.1Monkeyshines, No. 11890Carmencita poster5.2Carmencita1894Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze poster4.8Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze1894Sandow poster5.2Sandow1896

Filmography

173 films as director
  1. 2007Butterfly DancesDirector
  2. 1997Annabelle Dances and DancesDirector
  3. 1908Ten PickaninniesDirector
  4. 1907Mr. Hurry-upDirector
  5. 1902Nabbed by the NipperDirector
  6. 1902Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best BicycleDirector
  7. 1902An Obstinate CorkDirector
  8. 1901Panorama of Ealing from a Moving TramDirector
  9. 1901Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.Director
  10. 1900English NellDirector
  11. 1900Brook Trout FishingDirector
  12. 1900Warships at SunsetDirector
  13. 1900Four Warships in Rough SeasDirector
  14. 1900Tram Journey through SouthamptonDirector
  15. 1900Dutch Fishing FleetDirector
  16. 1900Battleship Odin Firing All Her GunsDirector
  17. 1899King JohnDirector
  18. 1899Man Overboard!Director
  19. 1899Flower Parade in HaarlemDirector
  20. 1899The Landing of Savage South Africa at SouthamptonDirector
  21. 1899Amann, the Great ImpersonatorDirector
  22. 1899Fun on a Sand HillDirector
  23. 1899In a German BathDirector
  24. 1899From Monte Carlo to MonacoDirector
  25. 1899Away AloftDirector
  26. 1899In the FriedrichstrasseDirector
  27. 1899London Fire Brigade, AlarmDirector
  28. 1899Panoramic View of Windsor CastleDirector
  29. 1899Upside Down BoxersDirector
  30. 1899Catching the Ferry in AmsterdamDirector
  31. 1899Tapping a Blast FurnaceDirector
  32. 1899Launch of the 'Oceanic'Director
  33. 1898Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104Director
  34. 1898Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine ChapelDirector
  35. 1898From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from SouthamptonDirector
  36. 1898Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1Director
  37. 1898Corpus Christi Procession, OrvietoDirector
  38. 1898Pope Leo XIII in His CarriageDirector
  39. 1898Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)Director
  40. 1898Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)Director
  41. 1898The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)Director
  42. 1898The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)Director
  43. 1898The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)Director
  44. 1898Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)Director
  45. 1898Duel to the DeathDirector
  46. 1898He and SheDirector
  47. 1898His Holiness Pope Leo XIIIDirector
  48. 1898Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer VillaDirector
  49. 1898Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1Director
  50. 1898The 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 BrigadeDirector
  51. 1898Capuchin Monks in Vatican CityDirector
  52. 1898Water Polo - Worthing Swimming ClubDirector
  53. 1898Military Exercise - AldershotDirector
  54. 1898The Boulevard of ScheveningenDirector
  55. 1898Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of PompeiiDirector
  56. 1898The Grand Canal, VeniceDirector
  57. 1898Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. RailwayDirector
  58. 1898Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's SquareDirector
  59. 1898Venice, harbour scene with gondolasDirector
  60. 1898Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full SpeedDirector
  61. 1898Funeral Procession of the MisericordiaDirector
  62. 1898Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at VeniceDirector
  63. 1898Dutch Fishing BoatsDirector
  64. 1898Mills from the ZaanstreekDirector
  65. 1898Maidenhead JunctionDirector
  66. 1898A Blast at the Solvay QuarriesDirector
  67. 1898The Tarantella, an Italian DanceDirector
  68. 1898The Bridge of Sighs, VeniceDirector
  69. 1898Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing BoatsDirector
  70. 1898Charge of the Carabineers, AldershotDirector
  71. 1898Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing BlessingDirector
  72. 1897Place de la ConcordeDirector
  73. 1897Crissie SheridanDirector
  74. 1897FatimaDirector
  75. 1897Charge of the French Cuirassiers – ParisDirector
  76. 1897Has He Hit Me?Director
  77. 1897Les ParisiennesDirector
  78. 1897Bath SceneDirector
  79. 1897Home Life of a Hungarian FamilyDirector
  80. 1897Changing Guard (Berlin)Director
  81. 1897Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing GunDirector
  82. 1897Firing the Maxim GunDirector
  83. 1897French Military School ExerciseDirector
  84. 1897A Camp of Zingaree GypsiesDirector
  85. 1896Sound Money ParadeDirector
  86. 1896American Falls from Luna IslandDirector
  87. 1896American Falls from Goat IslandDirector
  88. 1896SandowDirector
  89. 1896Rip Leaving Sleepy HollowDirector
  90. 1896Rip's ToastDirector
  91. 1896Rip's Twenty Years' SleepDirector
  92. 1896Awakening of RipDirector
  93. 1896Rip Passing Over the MountainDirector
  94. 1896Rip's Toast to HudsonDirector
  95. 1896Exit of Rip and the DwarfDirector
  96. 1896Rip Meeting the DwarfDirector
  97. 1896Serpentine Dance by AnnabelleDirector
  98. 1896View on Boulevard, New York CityDirector
  99. 1896Tambourine Dance by AnnabelleDirector
  100. 1896Rip Van WinkleDirector
  101. 1896Hard WashDirector
  102. 1896Dancing DarkiesDirector
  103. 1896Annabelle in Flag DanceDirector
  104. 1896A Watermelon FeastDirector
  105. 1895New Blacksmith ShopDirector
  106. 1895Robetta and Doretto, No. 1Director
  107. 1895Danse serpentine (Annabelle)Director
  108. 1895Billy Edwards and the UnknownDirector
  109. 1895James Grundy, Buck and WingDirector
  110. 1895A West Indian Woman Bathing a BabyDirector
  111. 1894Fire Rescue SceneDirector
  112. 1894DanceDirector
  113. 1894Indian War CouncilDirector
  114. 1894Band DrillDirector
  115. 1894Corbett and Courtney Before the KinetographDirector
  116. 1894Imperial Japanese DanceDirector
  117. 1894Annie OakleyDirector
  118. 1894Bucking BronchoDirector
  119. 1894Chinese Opium DenDirector
  120. 1894Mexican Knife DuelDirector
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