William K.L. 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.

Most Famous Work

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Sandow

(1896) Director

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Newark Athlete

(1891) Producer

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Blacksmithing Scene

(1893) Producer

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Carmencita

(1894) Producer

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Annabelle Serpentine Dance

(1895) Director

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Monkeyshines, No. 1

(1890) Producer

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Dickson Experimental Sound Film

(1894) Musician

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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

(1894) Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1899	Himself	General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton 1899-11-22 Movie
1898	Himself	Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii 1898-01-02 Movie
	Man on left of picture	Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square 1898-01-01 Movie
1894	Self	Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894-08-31 Movie
1893	Himself	Horse Shoeing 1893-01-01 Movie
1892	N/A	A Hand Shake 1892-01-01 Movie
1891	Himself	Dickson Greeting 1891-05-20 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Director	The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) 2020-08-31 Movie
2007	Director	Butterfly Dances 2007-06-01 Movie
1901	Director	Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram 1901-06-03 Movie
	Director	Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc. 1901-01-01 Movie
1900	Director	Brook Trout Fishing 1900-06-01 Movie
	Director	Warships at Sunset 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Four Warships in Rough Seas 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Tram Journey through Southampton 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dutch Fishing Fleet 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director	Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns 1900-01-01 Movie
1899	Director	King John 1899-09-20 Movie
	Director	Man Overboard! 1899-09-01 Movie
	Director	Flower Parade in Haarlem 1899-06-04 Movie
	Director	Fun on a Sand Hill 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	Away Aloft 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	From Monte Carlo to Monaco 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	In the Friedrichstrasse 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	In a German Bath 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	Tapping a Blast Furnace 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	Panoramic View of Windsor Castle 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	London Fire Brigade, Alarm 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	Upside Down Boxers 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	Launch of the 'Oceanic' 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director	Amann, the Great Impersonator 1899-01-01 Movie
1898	Director	Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel 1898-12-01 Movie
	Director	Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104 1898-12-01 Movie
	Director	From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton 1898-11-05 Movie
	Director	Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1 1898-11-01 Movie
	Director	Duel to the Death 1898-10-30 Movie
	Director	Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto 1898-10-26 Movie
	Director	Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage 1898-09-25 Movie
	Director	Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1) 1898-09-06 Movie
	Director	Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina) 1898-09-06 Movie
	Director	Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor) 1898-09-06 Movie
	Director	The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina) 1898-09-06 Movie
	Director	The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina) 1898-09-06 Movie
	Director	The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina) 1898-09-06 Movie
	Director	Duel to the Death 1898-08-05 Movie
	Director	He and She 1898-08-01 Movie
	Director	His Holiness Pope Leo XIII 1898-07-01 Movie
	Director	Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa 1898-06-01 Movie
	Director	Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1 1898-06-01 Movie
	Director	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 Brigade 1898-06-01 Movie
	Director	Capuchin Monks in Vatican City 1898-05-01 Movie
	Director	Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club 1898-04-01 Movie
	Director	Military Exercise - Aldershot 1898-02-18 Movie
	Director	The Boulevard of Scheveningen 1898-01-28 Movie
	Director	Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Venice, harbour scene with gondolas 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Procession of Capuchin Monks 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Funeral Procession of the Misericordia 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Maidenhead Junction 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Tarantella, an Italian Dance 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dutch Fishing Boats 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Mills from the Zaanstreek 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Blast at the Solvay Quarries 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Bridge of Sighs, Venice 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Grand Canal, Venice 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Unwilling Draught Dog 1898-01-01 Movie
1897	Director	Place de la Concorde 1897-12-01 Movie
	Director	Crissie Sheridan 1897-10-24 Movie
	Director	Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris 1897-09-08 Movie
	Director	Has He Hit Me? 1897-09-07 Movie
	Director	Les Parisiennes 1897-03-04 Movie
	Director	Bath Scene 1897-01-28 Movie
	Director	Home Life of a Hungarian Family 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	Firing the Maxim Gun 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	French Military School Exercise 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director	Changing Guard (Berlin) 1897-01-01 Movie
1896	Director	Sound Money Parade 1896-11-02 Movie
	Director	American Falls from Luna Island 1896-10-02 Movie
	Director	American Falls from Goat Island 1896-10-02 Movie
	Director	Sandow 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Rip's Toast 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Awakening of Rip 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Rip Meeting the Dwarf 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Rip Passing Over the Mountain 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Rip's Toast to Hudson 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Exit of Rip and the Dwarf 1896-09-30 Movie
	Director	Serpentine Dances by Annabelle 1896-09-17 Movie
	Director	Tambourine Dance by Annabelle 1896-09-01 Movie
	Director	View on Boulevard, New York City 1896-09-01 Movie
	Director	Rip Van Winkle 1896-08-01 Movie
	Director	Hard Wash 1896-06-01 Movie
	Director	Dancing Darkies 1896-01-02 Movie
	Director	Annabelle in Flag Dance 1896-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Watermelon Feast 1896-01-01 Movie
1895	Director	New Blacksmith Shop 1895-11-20 Movie
	Director	Robetta and Doretto, No. 1 1895-05-16 Movie
	Director	Annabelle Serpentine Dance 1895-04-01 Movie
	Director	Billy Edwards and the Unknown 1895-01-30 Movie
	Director	James Grundy, Buck and Wing 1895-01-24 Movie
	Director	A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby 1895-01-02 Movie
1894	Director	Fire Rescue Scene 1894-12-01 Movie
	Director	Dance 1894-12-01 Movie
	Director	Indian War Council 1894-12-01 Movie
	Director	Band Drill 1894-11-28 Movie
	Director	Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph 1894-11-17 Movie
	Director	Imperial Japanese Dance 1894-11-05 Movie
	Director	Annie Oakley 1894-11-01 Movie
	Director	Bucking Broncho 1894-10-16 Movie
	Director	Chinese Opium Den 1894-10-16 Movie
	Director	Lasso Thrower 1894-10-06 Movie
	Director	Mexican Knife Duel 1894-10-06 Movie
	Director	Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) 1894-10-05 Movie
	Director	Hadj Cheriff 1894-10-05 Movie
	Director	The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight 1894-10-02 Movie
	Director	Sioux Ghost Dance 1894-09-23 Movie
	Director	Buffalo Dance 1894-09-23 Movie
	Director	Rats and Terrier No. 2 1894-09-01 Movie
	Director	Rats and Terrier No. 3 1894-09-01 Movie
	Director	Rats and Weasel 1894-09-01 Movie
	Director	Boxing Match 1894-09-01 Movie
	Director	Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894-08-31 Movie
	Director	Caicedo (with Pole) 1894-07-25 Movie
	Director	The Boxing Cats 1894-07-16 Movie
	Director	Buffalo Bill 1894-06-17 Movie
	Director	Leonard-Cushing Fight 1894-06-14 Movie
	Director	Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope 1894-05-18 Movie
	Director	The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” 1894-05-16 Movie
	Director	Rat Killing 1894-05-01 Movie
	Director	Trained Bears 1894-05-01 Movie
	Director	A Bar Room Scene 1894-05-01 Movie
	Director	Chinese Laundry Scene 1894-04-30 Movie
	Director	Wrestling Match 1894-04-01 Movie
	Director	Highland Dance 1894-04-01 Movie
	Director	Carmencita 1894-03-14 Movie
	Director	Unsuccessful Somersault 1894-03-01 Movie
	Director	Athlete with Wand 1894-02-01 Movie
	Director	Cock Fight, No. 2 1894-01-15 Movie
	Director	Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894-01-09 Movie
	Director	Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Cock Fight 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director	Luis Martinetti, Contortionist 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director	Annabelle Sun Dance 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director	Glenroy Bros., No. 2 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director	Ruth Dennis 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director	Fred Ott Holding a Bird 1894-01-01 Movie
1893	Director	Blacksmithing Scene 1893-05-08 Movie
	Director	The Barber Shop 1893-01-01 Movie
	Director	Horse Shoeing 1893-01-01 Movie
1892	Director	Fencing 1892-01-01 Movie
	Director	Man on Parallel Bars 1892-01-01 Movie
	Director	Wrestling 1892-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Hand Shake 1892-01-01 Movie
1891	Director	Dickson Greeting 1891-05-20 Movie
	Director	Newark Athlete 1891-05-01 Movie
	Director	Men Boxing 1891-04-30 Movie
	Director	Monkey and Another, Boxing 1891-01-01 Movie
	Director	Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud 1891-01-01 Movie
	Director	Duncan Smoking 1891-01-01 Movie
	Director	Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop 1891-01-01 Movie
1890	Director	Monkeyshines, No. 1 1890-11-21 Movie
	Director	Monkeyshines, No. 2 1890-11-21 Movie
	Director	Monkeyshines, No. 3 1890-11-21 Movie
	Director	Fatima Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1901	Director of Photography	Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram 1901-06-03 Movie
1900	Director of Photography	Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River 1900-02-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith 1900-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag 1900-01-01 Movie
1899	Director of Photography	Naval Guns Firing at Colenso 1899-12-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere 1899-12-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1899-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The American Biograph in Circus O. Carré 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Launch of the 'Oceanic' 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tapping a Blast Furnace 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lane on Sunday Morning 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899 1899-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899 1899-01-01 Movie
1898	Director of Photography	Me and My Two Friends 1898-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse 1898-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Tug in a Heavy Sea 1898-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii 1898-01-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Pelicans at the Zoo 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice 1898-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Grand Canal, Venice 1898-01-01 Movie
1897	Director of Photography	Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House 1897-01-01 Movie
1896	Director of Photography	McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio 1896-09-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1896	Producer	Little Egypt 1896-03-01 Movie
1895	Producer	Billy Edwards and the Unknown 1895-01-30 Movie
1894	Producer	Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894-08-31 Movie
	Producer	Caicedo (with Pole) 1894-07-25 Movie
	Producer	The Boxing Cats 1894-07-16 Movie
	Producer	Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope 1894-05-18 Movie
	Producer	Carmencita 1894-03-14 Movie
	Producer	Athlete with Wand 1894-02-01 Movie
	Producer	Cock Fight, No. 2 1894-01-15 Movie
	Producer	Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894-01-09 Movie
	Producer	Glenroy Bros., No. 2 1894-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Japanese Dancers 1894-01-01 Movie
1893	Producer	Blacksmithing Scene 1893-05-08 Movie
	Producer	The Barber Shop 1893-01-01 Movie
1892	Producer	Fencing 1892-01-01 Movie
	Producer	A Hand Shake 1892-01-01 Movie
1891	Producer	Dickson Greeting 1891-05-20 Movie
	Producer	Newark Athlete 1891-05-01 Movie
	Producer	Men Boxing 1891-04-30 Movie
1890	Producer	Monkeyshines, No. 1 1890-11-21 Movie
	Producer	Monkeyshines, No. 2 1890-11-21 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1894	Musician	Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894-08-31 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv