Directing
William K.L. Dickson
1860 · Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Annie Oakley
Director
Blacksmithing Scene
Director
Butterfly Dances
Director
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Director
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Director
Band Drill
Director
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Self
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Director
Dickson Greeting
Self
King John
Director
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
Director
Horse Shoeing
Self