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 154
1900s
- 1908
Ten Pickaninnies
Director
- 1907
Mr. Hurry-up
Director
- 1902
Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle
Director
An Obstinate Cork
Director
- 1901
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Director
Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.
Director
- 1900
English Nell
Director
Brook Trout Fishing
Director
Tram Journey through Southampton
Director
Four Warships in Rough Seas
Director
Warships at Sunset
Director
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Director
Dutch Fishing Fleet
Director
1890s
- 1899
King John
Director
Man Overboard!
Director
Flower Parade in Haarlem
Director
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Director
Amann, the Great Impersonator
Director
Fun on a Sand Hill
Director
In a German Bath
Director
In the Friedrichstrasse
Director
From Monte Carlo to Monaco
Director
Panoramic View of Windsor Castle
Director
Upside Down Boxers
Director
Away Aloft
Director
London Fire Brigade, Alarm
Director
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
Director
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Director
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Director
- 1898
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
Director
From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton
Director
Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto
Director
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
Director
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Director
The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Director
Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Director
The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
Director
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
Director
Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1)
Director
He and She
Director
His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
Director
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
Director
Capuchin Monks in Vatican City
Director
Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club
Director
Military Exercise - Aldershot
Director
The Boulevard of Scheveningen
Director
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Director
The Grand Canal, Venice
Director
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway
Director
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Director
Venice, harbour scene with gondolas
Director
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
Director
Funeral Procession of the Misericordia
Director
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
Director
Mills from the Zaanstreek
Director
Dutch Fishing Boats
Director
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries
Director
Maidenhead Junction
Director
The Tarantella, an Italian Dance
Director
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
Director
Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats
Director
Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot
Director
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
Director
- 1897
Place de la Concorde
Director
Crissie Sheridan
Director
Fatima
Director
Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris
Director
Has He Hit Me?
Director
Les Parisiennes
Director
Bath Scene
Director
Home Life of a Hungarian Family
Director
Changing Guard (Berlin)
Director
A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies
Director
Firing the Maxim Gun
Director
Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun
Director
French Military School Exercise
Director
- 1896
Sound Money Parade
Director
American Falls from Goat Island
Director
American Falls from Luna Island
Director
Sandow
Director
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
Director
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
Director
Rip's Toast
Director
Awakening of Rip
Director
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
Director
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
Director
Rip's Toast to Hudson
Director
Rip Meeting the Dwarf
Director
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
Director
View on Boulevard, New York City
Director
Tambourine Dance by Annabelle
Director
Rip Van Winkle
Director
Hard Wash
Director
Dancing Darkies
Director
Annabelle in Flag Dance
Director
A Watermelon Feast
Director
- 1895
New Blacksmith Shop
Director
Robetta and Doretto, No. 1
Director
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Director
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Director
James Grundy, Buck and Wing
Director
A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby
Director
- 1894
Fire Rescue Scene
Director
Indian War Council
Director
Band Drill
Director
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Director
Imperial Japanese Dance
Director
Chinese Opium Den
Director
Mexican Knife Duel
Director
Lasso Thrower
Director
Hadj Cheriff
Director
Sioux Ghost Dance
Director
Rats and Weasel
Director
Boxing Match
Director
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Director
Caicedo (with Pole)
Director
Buffalo Bill
Director
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Director
Sandow: The Strong Man
Director
Trained Bears
Director
A Bar Room Scene
Director
Rat Killing
Director
Wrestling Match
Director
Carmencita
Director
Athlete with Wand
Director
Cock Fight, No. 2
Director
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Director
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Director
The Barber Shop
Director
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Director
Annabelle Sun Dance
Director
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Director
Fred Ott Holding a Bird
Director
- 1893
- 1892
Man on Parallel Bars
Director
Wrestling
Director
A Hand Shake
Director
- 1891
Duncan Smoking
Director
- 1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Director
Produced 25
1900s
- 1900
English Nell
Producer
1890s
- 1896
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
Executive Producer
Little Egypt
Producer
- 1895
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Producer
- 1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Producer
Caicedo (with Pole)
Producer
Sandow: The Strong Man
Producer
Carmencita
Producer
Athlete with Wand
Producer
Cock Fight, No. 2
Producer
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Producer
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Producer
The Barber Shop
Producer
Japanese Dancers
Producer
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Producer
- 1893
- 1892
A Hand Shake
Producer
- 1891
- 1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Producer
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Producer
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Producer
Camera 21
1900s
- 1901
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
Director of Photography
- 1900
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
Director of Photography
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
Director of Photography
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
Director of Photography
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
Director of Photography
1890s
- 1899
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
Director of Photography
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Director of Photography
Tapping a Blast Furnace
Director of Photography
Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899
Director of Photography
The Lane on Sunday Morning
Director of Photography
Launch of the 'Oceanic'
Director of Photography
Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp
Director of Photography
- 1898
Me and My Two Friends
Director of Photography
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse
Director of Photography
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Director of Photography
Pelicans at the Zoo
Director of Photography
Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore
Director of Photography
Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice
Director of Photography
The Grand Canal, Venice
Director of Photography
- 1897
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
Director of Photography
- 1896
Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
Director of Photography
Acted in 2
1890s
- 1898
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Man on left of picture
- 1892
A Hand Shake
Movie
Sound 1
1890s
- 1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Musician
Edited 1
1900s
- 1900
English Nell
Editor
Appearances5
1890s
- 1899
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
Self
- 1898
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
Self
- 1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Self
- 1893
- 1891