William K.L. Dickson
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1860-08-03 · Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
- Died
- 1935-09-28
Known for
- Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894) — Self
- Blacksmith Scene (1893) — Director
- Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (1895) — Director
- Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890) — Director
- Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) — Producer
- Newark Athlete (1891) — Producer
- Carmencita (1894) — Director
- Dickson Greeting (1891) — Self
- Sandow (1896) — Director
- Annie Oakley (1894) — Director
- The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) (1894) — Director
- Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890) — Director
- Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894) — Producer
- Men Boxing (1891) — Producer
- Sandow: The Strong Man (1894) — Producer
- Caicedo (with Pole) (1894) — Producer