Personal Info
Birthday
August 3, 1860
Place of Birth
Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Known For
Directing
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.
Directed Movies (134)
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4.3
Ten Pickaninnies
Movie1908
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6.5
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Movie1902
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An Obstinate Cork
Movie1902
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Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Movie1901
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6.5
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
Movie1901
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Four Warships in Rough Seas
Movie1900
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6.3
Warships at Sunset
Movie1900
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6.5
Tram Journey through Southampton
Movie1900
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4.5
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Movie1900
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6.0
Dutch Fishing Fleet
Movie1900
4.9
King John
Movie1899
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8.0
Man Overboard!
Movie1899
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6.0
Flower Parade in Haarlem
Movie1899
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5.5
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Movie1899
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6.5
Amann, the Great Impersonator
Movie1899
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8.5
Fun on a Sand Hill
Movie1899
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8.0
In a German Bath
Movie1899
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7.5
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
Movie1899
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8.0
In the Friedrichstrasse
Movie1899
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7.0
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
Movie1899
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7.0
Away Aloft
Movie1899
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6.3
Upside Down Boxers
Movie1899
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4.0
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
Movie1899
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6.0
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
Movie1899
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6.5
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Movie1899
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8.3
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Movie1899
5.6
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
Movie1898
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6.0
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
Movie1898
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5.5
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
Movie1898
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5.3
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
Movie1898
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0.0
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Movie1898
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0.0
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
Movie1898
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0.0
Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Movie1898
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0.0
The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Movie1898
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The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Movie1898
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2.0
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
Movie1898
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7.0
Duel to the Death
Movie1898
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4.5
He and She
Movie1898
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6.0
Capuchin Monks in Vatican City
Movie1898
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6.5
Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club
Movie1898
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4.3
The Boulevard of Scheveningen
Movie1898
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5.0
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Movie1898
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3.7
The Grand Canal, Venice
Movie1898
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7.5
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway
Movie1898
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5.0
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Movie1898
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6.5
Venice, harbour scene with gondolas
Movie1898
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7.0
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
Movie1898
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5.7
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
Movie1898
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4.5
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
Movie1898
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7.0
Mills from the Zaanstreek
Movie1898
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6.5
Dutch Fishing Boats
Movie1898
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6.0
Maidenhead Junction
Movie1898
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6.0
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
Movie1898
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7.0
The Tarantella, an Italian Dance
Movie1898
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4.0
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
Movie1898
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6.3
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
Movie1898
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1.0
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
Movie1898
5.3
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
Movie1898
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6.9
Place de la Concorde
Movie1897
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9.0
Fatima
Movie1897
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4.8
Les Parisiennes
Movie1897
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5.3
Bath Scene
Movie1897
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5.7
Home Life of a Hungarian Family
Movie1897
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8.0
Changing Guard (Berlin)
Movie1897
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7.0
A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies
Movie1897
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6.7
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
Movie1897
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5.0
Firing the Maxim Gun
Movie1897
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6.0
French Military School Exercise
Movie1897
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8.0
Sound Money Parade
Movie1896
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0.0
American Falls from Luna Island
Movie1896
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American Falls from Goat Island
Movie1896
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5.3
Sandow
Movie1896
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4.4
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
Movie1896
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4.3
Rip's Toast
Movie1896
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4.4
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
Movie1896
4.2
Awakening of Rip
Movie1896
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4.4
Rip Meeting the Dwarf
Movie1896
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4.2
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
Movie1896
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4.4
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
Movie1896
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5.5
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
Movie1896
4.2
Rip Van Winkle
Movie1896
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1.0
Hard Wash
Movie1896
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1.0
Annabelle in Flag Dance
Movie1896
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3.5
A Watermelon Feast
Movie1896
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3.8
New Blacksmith Shop
Movie1895
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2.4
Robetta and Doretto, No. 1
Movie1895
5.9
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Movie1895
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4.0
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Movie1895
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1.5
James Grundy, Buck and Wing
Movie1895
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5.3
Fire Rescue Scene
Movie1894
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1.8
Indian War Council
Movie1894
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3.8
Band Drill
Movie1894
4.8
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Movie1894
4.5
Imperial Japanese Dance
Movie1894
5.9
Annie Oakley
Movie1894
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4.4
Bucking Broncho
Movie1894
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3.0
Chinese Opium Den
Movie1894
5.0
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Movie1894
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4.7
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
Movie1894
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4.8
Buffalo Dance
Movie1894
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4.8
Sioux Ghost Dance
Movie1894
6.1
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Movie1894
6.0
Caicedo (with Pole)
Movie1894
5.9
The Boxing Cats
Movie1894
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3.4
Buffalo Bill
Movie1894
5.1
Sandow: The Strong Man
Movie1894
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2.8
Trained Bears
Movie1894
4.3
A Bar Room Scene
Movie1894
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2.7
Rat Killing
Movie1894
5.3
Chinese Laundry Scene
Movie1894
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3.2
Wrestling Match
Movie1894
5.2
Carmencita
Movie1894
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4.0
Athlete with Wand
Movie1894
3.8
Cock Fight, No. 2
Movie1894
4.8
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Movie1894
5.6
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Movie1894
5.1
The Barber Shop
Movie1894
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5.4
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Movie1894
4.8
Annabelle Sun Dance
Movie1894
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5.0
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Movie1894
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6.3
Fred Ott Holding a Bird
Movie1894
5.6
Blacksmithing Scene
Movie1893
3.0
Horse Shoeing
Movie1893
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3.7
Fencing
Movie1892
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3.1
Man on Parallel Bars
Movie1892
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3.4
Wrestling
Movie1892
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3.6
A Hand Shake
Movie1892
5.0
Dickson Greeting
Movie1891
4.6
Newark Athlete
Movie1891
4.3
Men Boxing
Movie1891
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4.1
Duncan Smoking
Movie1891
5.0
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Movie1890
4.7
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Movie1890
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3.5
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Movie1890
Acting Filmography (7)
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4.5
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
Movie1899
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5.0
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Movie1898
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5.0
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Movie1898
6.1
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Movie1894
3.0
Horse Shoeing
Movie1893
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3.6
A Hand Shake
Movie1892
5.0
Dickson Greeting
Movie1891