William K.L. Dickson
Directing
Born August 3, 1860 · Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
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.
Directed (172)
Butterfly Dances
2007
Annabelle Dances and Dances
1997
Ten Pickaninnies
1908
Nabbed by the Nipper
1902
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
1902
An Obstinate Cork
1902
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
1901
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
1901
English Nell
1900
Brook Trout Fishing
1900
Tram Journey through Southampton
1900
Four Warships in Rough Seas
1900
Warships at Sunset
1900
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
1900
Dutch Fishing Fleet
1900
King John
1899
Man Overboard!
1899
Flower Parade in Haarlem
1899
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
1899
Amann, the Great Impersonator
1899
Fun on a Sand Hill
1899
In a German Bath
1899
In the Friedrichstrasse
1899
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
1899
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
1899
Upside Down Boxers
1899
Away Aloft
1899
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
1899
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
1899
Tapping a Blast Furnace
1899
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
1899
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
1898
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
1898
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
1898
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
1898
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
1898
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
1898
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
1898
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
1898
Duel to the Death
1898
He and She
1898
His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
1898
Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa
1898
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
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1
1898
Capuchin Monks in Vatican City
1898
Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club
1898
Military Exercise - Aldershot
1898
The Boulevard of Scheveningen
1898
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
1898
The Grand Canal, Venice
1898
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway
1898
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
1898
Venice, harbour scene with gondolas
1898
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
1898
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
1898
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
1898
Mills from the Zaanstreek
1898
Dutch Fishing Boats
1898
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
1898
Maidenhead Junction
1898
The Tarantella, an Italian Dance
1898
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
1898
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
1898
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
1898
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
1898
Place de la Concorde
1897
Crissie Sheridan
1897
Fatima
1897
Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris
1897
Has He Hit Me?
1897
Les Parisiennes
1897
Bath Scene
1897
Home Life of a Hungarian Family
1897
Changing Guard (Berlin)
1897
A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies
1897
Firing the Maxim Gun
1897
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
1897
French Military School Exercise
1897
Sound Money Parade
1896
American Falls from Goat Island
1896
American Falls from Luna Island
1896
Sandow
1896
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
1896
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
1896
Rip's Toast
1896
Awakening of Rip
1896
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
1896
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
1896
Rip's Toast to Hudson
1896
Rip Meeting the Dwarf
1896
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
1896
View on Boulevard, New York City
1896
Tambourine Dance by Annabelle
1896
Rip Van Winkle
1896
Hard Wash
1896
Dancing Darkies
1896
Annabelle in Flag Dance
1896
A Watermelon Feast
1896
New Blacksmith Shop
1895
Robetta and Doretto, No. 1
1895
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
1895
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
1895
James Grundy, Buck and Wing
1895
A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby
1895
Fire Rescue Scene
1894
Dance
1894
Indian War Council
1894
Band Drill
1894
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894
Imperial Japanese Dance
1894
Annie Oakley
1894
Bucking Broncho
1894
Chinese Opium Den
1894
Mexican Knife Duel
1894
Lasso Thrower
1894
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
1894
Hadj Cheriff
1894
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
1894
Buffalo Dance
1894
Sioux Ghost Dance
1894
Rats and Terrier No. 2
1894
Rats and Terrier No. 3
1894
Rats and Weasel
1894
Boxing Match
1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894
Caicedo (with Pole)
1894
The Boxing Cats
1894
Buffalo Bill
1894
Leonard-Cushing Fight
1894
Sandow: The Strong Man
1894
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
1894
Trained Bears
1894
A Bar Room Scene
1894
Rat Killing
1894
Chinese Laundry Scene
1894
Highland Dance
1894
Wrestling Match
1894
Carmencita
1894
Athlete with Wand
1894
Cock Fight, No. 2
1894
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
1894
The Cock Fight
1894
The Barber Shop
1894
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
1894
Annabelle Sun Dance
1894
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
1894
Ruth Dennis
1894
Fred Ott Holding a Bird
1894
Mlle. Capitaine
1894
Blacksmithing Scene
1893
Horse Shoeing
1893
Fencing
1892
Man on Parallel Bars
1892
Wrestling
1892
A Hand Shake
1892
Dickson Greeting
1891
Newark Athlete
1891
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
1891
Men Boxing
1891
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
1891
Monkey and Another, Boxing
1891
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
1891
Duncan Smoking
1891
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1890
Monkeyshines, No. 2
1890
Monkeyshines, No. 3
1890
