Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Person· Directing
William K.L. Dickson
- Born
- August 3, 1860
- Died
- September 28, 1935
- From
- Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Also known as
William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson · W.K-L. Dickson · William Dickson · W.K.L. Dickson · WKL Dickson
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
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1997
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English Nell
Film 11 Directing (Director) Editing (Editor) Production (Producer)
Brook Trout Fishing
Film 12 Directing (Director)
Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River
Film 13 Camera (Director of Photography)
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
Film 14 Directing (Director)
Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag
Film 15 Camera (Director of Photography)
Dutch Fishing Fleet
Film 16 Directing (Director)
Four Warships in Rough Seas
Film 17 Directing (Director)
Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith
Film 18 Camera (Director of Photography)
Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith
Film 19 Camera (Director of Photography)
Tram Journey through Southampton
Film 20 Directing (Director)
Warships at Sunset
Film Directing (Director)
1899
21 
Naval Guns Firing at Colenso
Film 22 Camera (Director of Photography)
Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere
Film 23 Camera (Director of Photography)
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
Film 24 Acting (Self)
King John
Film 25 Directing (Director)
Man Overboard!
Film 26 Directing (Director)
Flower Parade in Haarlem
Film 27 Directing (Director)
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
Film 28 Directing (Director)
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Film 29 Camera (Director of Photography)
Amann, the Great Impersonator
Film 30 Directing (Director)
Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899
Film 31 Camera (Director of Photography)
Away Aloft
Film 32 Directing (Director)
Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam
Film Directing (Director)