Acting credits
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Early stage
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Actor
William K.L. Dickson
Directing
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Movies: 155Series: 0Crew credits: 154
TMDB ID: 110347
IMDb ID: nm0005690
Known for: Directing
Born: August 3, 1860
Died: September 28, 1935
Age: 75
Place of birth: Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1890 - 1908
Years active: 19
Average TMDB rating: 4.72
Wikidata: Q465350
Also known as
William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson • W.K-L. Dickson • William Dickson • W.K.L. Dickson • WKL Dickson
Other jobs
Director (122)Director of Photography (19)Producer (13)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William K.L. Dickson.
2.0
Ten Pickaninnies
Director
1908 Movie
5.0
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Director
1902 Movie
4.0
An Obstinate Cork
Director
1902 Movie
4.3
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Director of Photography
1901 Movie
6.0
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
Director
1901 Movie
4.5
Brook Trout Fishing
Director
1900 Movie
4.5
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
Director of Photography
1900 Movie
7.4
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
Director of Photography
1900 Movie
6.3
Warships at Sunset
Director
1900 Movie
7.5
Four Warships in Rough Seas
Director
1900 Movie
6.5
Tram Journey through Southampton
Director
1900 Movie
4.5
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Director
1900 Movie
6.0
Dutch Fishing Fleet
Director
1900 Movie
5.0
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
Director of Photography
1900 Movie
5.0
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
Director of Photography
1900 Movie
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
Director of Photography
1899 Movie
3.3
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
as Himself
1899 Movie
4.9
King John
Director
1899 Movie
6.0
Man Overboard!
Director
1899 Movie
6.0
Flower Parade in Haarlem
Director
1899 Movie
1.0
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Director
1899 Movie
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Director of Photography
1899 Movie
6.3
Upside Down Boxers
Director
1899 Movie
8.0
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Director of Photography
1899 Movie