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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1899
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1898
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Character: Man on left of picture
MOVIE • 1898
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1894
Horse Shoeing
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1893
A Hand Shake
Character:
MOVIE • 1892
Dickson Greeting
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1891
Crew
Crew Credits
Butterfly Dances
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2007
Annabelle Dances and Dances
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1997
Ten Pickaninnies
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1908
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1902
An Obstinate Cork
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1902
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1901
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1901
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1901
English Nell
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1900
English Nell
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1900
English Nell
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1900
Brook Trout Fishing
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1900
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1900
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1900
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1900
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1900
Tram Journey through Southampton
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1900
Four Warships in Rough Seas
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1900
Warships at Sunset
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1900
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1900