William K.L. Dickson
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 194
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- August 3, 1860
- Died
- September 28, 1935
- Place of birth
- Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
- Also known as
- William Kennedy-Laurie DicksonW.K-L. DicksonWilliam DicksonW.K.L. Dickson WKL Dickson
Biography
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.
Popular
Filmography
Directing
173 titles
1902
1901
Production
26 titles
1894
Camera
25 titles1900
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
MovieDirector of Photography
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
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Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
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Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
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1899
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
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Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
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Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
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Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899
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Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899
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Tapping a Blast Furnace
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Launch of the 'Oceanic'
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Acting
7 titles
1898
1892
