William K.L. Dickson
Known for directing · Born 3 August 1860 · Died 28 September 1935 · aged 75 · Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
200 credits
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
1894
Blacksmithing Scene
1893
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
1895
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1890
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894
Newark Athlete
1891
Carmencita
1894
Sandow
1896
Dickson Greeting
1891
The Boxing Cats
1894
Annie Oakley
1894
Monkeyshines, No. 2
1890
Acting (7)
1899General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at SouthamptonSelfFilm
1898Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's SquareMan on left of pictureFilm
1898Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of PompeiiSelfFilm
1894Dickson Experimental Sound FilmSelfFilm
1893Horse ShoeingSelfFilm
1892A Hand ShakeFilm
1891Dickson GreetingSelfFilm
Camera (23)
1901Panorama of Ealing from a Moving TramDirector of PhotographyFilm
1900Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela RiverDirector of PhotographyFilm
1900Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into LadysmithDirector of PhotographyFilm
1900Bloemfontein: Unfurling the FlagDirector of PhotographyFilm
1900Gordon Highlanders in LadysmithDirector of PhotographyFilm
1899Launch of the 'Oceanic'Director of PhotographyFilm
1899Tapping a Blast FurnaceDirector of PhotographyFilm
1899Repairing the Broken Bridge at FrereDirector of PhotographyFilm
1899Oxford and Cambridge Boat RaceDirector of PhotographyFilm
1899The Lane on Sunday MorningDirector of PhotographyFilm
1899Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere CampDirector of PhotographyFilm
1899Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899Director of PhotographyFilm
1899Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899Director of PhotographyFilm
1899Naval Guns Firing at ColensoDirector of PhotographyFilm
1898Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming AshoreDirector of PhotographyFilm
1898Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of PompeiiDirector of PhotographyFilm
1898Me and My Two FriendsDirector of PhotographyFilm
1898Pelicans at the ZooDirector of PhotographyFilm
1898A Tug in a Heavy SeaDirector of PhotographyFilm
1898Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the BoathouseDirector of PhotographyFilm
1898Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at VeniceDirector of PhotographyFilm
1897Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence HouseDirector of PhotographyFilm
1896McKinley at Home, Canton, OhioDirector of PhotographyFilm
Directing (157)
2007Butterfly DancesDirectorFilm
1997Annabelle Dances and DancesDirectorFilm
1908Ten PickaninniesDirectorFilm
1907Mr. Hurry-upDirectorFilm
1902An Obstinate CorkDirectorFilm
1902Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best BicycleDirectorFilm
1902Nabbed by the NipperDirectorFilm
1901Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.DirectorFilm
1900Brook Trout FishingDirectorFilm
1900Four Warships in Rough SeasDirectorFilm
1900Warships at SunsetDirectorFilm
1900Tram Journey through SouthamptonDirectorFilm
1900Battleship Odin Firing All Her GunsDirectorFilm
1900Dutch Fishing FleetDirectorFilm
1900English NellDirector, Editor, ProducerFilm
1899King JohnDirectorFilm
1899From Monte Carlo to MonacoDirectorFilm
1899Upside Down BoxersDirectorFilm
1899Amann, the Great ImpersonatorDirectorFilm
1899Fun on a Sand HillDirectorFilm
1899Man Overboard!DirectorFilm
1899In a German BathDirectorFilm
1899In the FriedrichstrasseDirectorFilm
1899Panoramic View of Windsor CastleDirectorFilm
1899Away AloftDirectorFilm
1899London Fire Brigade, AlarmDirectorFilm
1899The Landing of Savage South Africa at SouthamptonDirectorFilm
1899Flower Parade in HaarlemDirectorFilm
1899Catching the Ferry in AmsterdamDirectorFilm
1898Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing BlessingDirectorFilm
1898Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104DirectorFilm
1898Pope Leo XIII in His CarriageDirectorFilm
1898Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's SquareDirectorFilm
1898The Grand Canal, VeniceDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm
1898The Boulevard of ScheveningenDirectorFilm
1898Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine ChapelDirectorFilm
1898Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full SpeedDirectorFilm
1898Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing BoatsDirectorFilm
1898Corpus Christi Procession, OrvietoDirectorFilm
1898Duel to the DeathDirectorFilm
1898Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. RailwayDirectorFilm
1898Water Polo - Worthing Swimming ClubDirectorFilm
1898He and SheDirectorFilm
1898Venice, harbour scene with gondolasDirectorFilm
1898Funeral Procession of the MisericordiaDirectorFilm
1898From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from SouthamptonDirectorFilm
1898Dutch Fishing BoatsDirectorFilm
1898A Blast at the Solvay QuarriesDirectorFilm
1898Maidenhead JunctionDirectorFilm
1898The Tarantella, an Italian DanceDirectorFilm
1898Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer VillaDirectorFilm
1898Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1DirectorFilm
1898His Holiness Pope Leo XIIIDirectorFilm
1898Capuchin Monks in Vatican CityDirectorFilm
1898Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1DirectorFilm
1898Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)DirectorFilm
1898Mills from the ZaanstreekDirectorFilm
1898The Bridge of Sighs, VeniceDirectorFilm
1898Charge of the Carabineers, AldershotDirectorFilm
1898Military Exercise - AldershotDirectorFilm
1898The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)DirectorFilm
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 BrigadeDirectorFilm
1898The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)DirectorFilm
1898Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)DirectorFilm
1898The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)DirectorFilm
1898Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)DirectorFilm
1897Crissie SheridanDirectorFilm
1897Les ParisiennesDirectorFilm
1897Bath SceneDirectorFilm
1897Place de la ConcordeDirectorFilm
1897Has He Hit Me?DirectorFilm
1897Home Life of a Hungarian FamilyDirectorFilm
1897Firing the Maxim GunDirectorFilm
1897Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing GunDirectorFilm
1897Changing Guard (Berlin)DirectorFilm
1897A Camp of Zingaree GypsiesDirectorFilm
1897FatimaDirectorFilm
1897French Military School ExerciseDirectorFilm
1897Charge of the French Cuirassiers – ParisDirectorFilm
1896SandowDirectorFilm
1896Awakening of RipDirectorFilm
1896Rip Leaving Sleepy HollowDirectorFilm
1896Rip's ToastDirectorFilm
1896Exit of Rip and the DwarfDirectorFilm
1896Rip Meeting the DwarfDirectorFilm
1896Rip's Twenty Years' SleepDirectorFilm
1896Rip Passing Over the MountainDirectorFilm
1896Rip's Toast to HudsonDirectorFilm
1896Rip Van WinkleDirectorFilm
1896Serpentine Dance by AnnabelleDirector, Executive Producer, Director of PhotographyFilm
1896Dancing DarkiesDirectorFilm
1896View on Boulevard, New York CityDirectorFilm
1896A Watermelon FeastDirectorFilm
1896Annabelle in Flag DanceDirectorFilm
1896Hard WashDirectorFilm
1896Tambourine Dance by AnnabelleDirectorFilm
1896Sound Money ParadeDirectorFilm
1896American Falls from Goat IslandDirectorFilm
1896American Falls from Luna IslandDirectorFilm
1895Danse serpentine (Annabelle)DirectorFilm
1895Billy Edwards and the UnknownDirector, ProducerFilm
1895Robetta and Doretto, No. 1DirectorFilm
1895New Blacksmith ShopDirectorFilm
1895A West Indian Woman Bathing a BabyDirectorFilm
1895James Grundy, Buck and WingDirectorFilm
1894Dickson Experimental Sound FilmDirector, Musician, ProducerFilm
1894CarmencitaDirector, ProducerFilm
1894The Boxing CatsDirector, ProducerFilm
1894Annie OakleyDirectorFilm
1894Buffalo DanceDirectorFilm
1894Corbett and Courtney Before the KinetographDirectorFilm
1894Sioux Ghost DanceDirectorFilm
1894Fire Rescue SceneDirectorFilm
1894Bucking BronchoDirectorFilm
1894Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)DirectorFilm
1894Imperial Japanese DanceDirectorFilm
1894Luis Martinetti, ContortionistDirectorFilm
1894Leonard-Cushing FightDirectorFilm
1894Band DrillDirectorFilm
1894The Hornbacker-Murphy FightDirectorFilm
1894Glenroy Bros., No. 2Director, ProducerFilm
1894Chinese Laundry SceneDirectorFilm
1894Hadj CheriffDirectorFilm
1894Annabelle Sun DanceDirectorFilm
1894The Cock FightDirectorFilm
1894The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”DirectorFilm
1894Chinese Opium DenDirectorFilm
1894Buffalo BillDirectorFilm
1894Highland DanceDirectorFilm
1894Rat KillingDirectorFilm
1894Wrestling MatchDirectorFilm
1894Trained BearsDirectorFilm
1894DanceDirectorFilm
1894Mexican Knife DuelDirectorFilm
1894Lasso ThrowerDirectorFilm
1894A Bar Room SceneDirectorFilm
1894Ruth DennisDirectorFilm
1894Boxing MatchDirectorFilm
1894Indian War CouncilDirectorFilm
1894Rats and Terrier No. 3DirectorFilm
1894Rats and WeaselDirectorFilm
1894Fred Ott Holding a BirdDirectorFilm
1894Rats and Terrier No. 2DirectorFilm
1894Mlle. CapitaineDirector, ProducerFilm
1893Blacksmithing SceneDirector, ProducerFilm
1893Horse ShoeingDirectorFilm
1892WrestlingDirectorFilm
1892Man on Parallel BarsDirectorFilm
1891Dickson GreetingDirector, ProducerFilm
1891Duncan SmokingDirectorFilm
1891Duncan or Devonald with Muslin CloudDirectorFilm
1891Monkey and Another, BoxingDirectorFilm
1891Duncan and Another, Blacksmith ShopDirectorFilm
1891Newark athlete. [No. 2]DirectorFilm
1890Monkeyshines, No. 1Director, ProducerFilm
1890Monkeyshines, No. 2Director, ProducerFilm
1890Monkeyshines, No. 3Director, ProducerFilm
Production (13)
1896Little EgyptProducerFilm
1894Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a SneezeProducer, DirectorFilm
1894Annabelle Butterfly DanceProducer, DirectorFilm
1894Caicedo (with Pole)Producer, DirectorFilm
1894Sandow: The Strong ManProducer, DirectorFilm
1894The Barber ShopProducer, DirectorFilm
1894Athlete with WandProducer, DirectorFilm
1894Cock Fight, No. 2Producer, DirectorFilm
1894Japanese DancersProducerFilm
1892A Hand ShakeProducer, DirectorFilm
1892FencingProducer, DirectorFilm
1891Newark AthleteProducer, DirectorFilm
1891Men BoxingProducer, DirectorFilm