William K.L. Dickson
Directing
August 3, 1860
Died September 28, 1935 (75 years old)
Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
7
Acting Credits
173
Directed
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.
Known For
Filmography
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
1899
as Self
4.5
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
1898
as Man on left of picture
5
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
1898
as Self
5
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894
as Self
6.1
Horse Shoeing
1893
as Self
3
A Hand Shake
1892
3.6
Dickson Greeting
1891
as Self
5