William K.L. Dickson

from Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France

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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.

Timeline

2007Aged 147

1997Aged 137

1908Aged 48

  • Poster for Ten Pickaninnies

    Director

1907Aged 47

1902Aged 42

1901Aged 41

  • Poster for Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.

    Director

  • Poster for Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

    Director of Photography

1900Aged 40

  • Poster for Four Warships in Rough Seas

    Director

  • Poster for Tram Journey through Southampton

    Director

  • Poster for Dutch Fishing Fleet

    Director

  • Poster for Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Warships at Sunset

    Director

  • Poster for Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns

    Director

  • Poster for Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River

    Director of Photography

  • Brook Trout Fishing

    Director

  • English Nell

    Producer

1899Aged 39

1898Aged 38

1897Aged 37

1896Aged 36

1895Aged 35

1894Aged 34

1893Aged 33

  • Poster for Horse Shoeing

    Self

  • Poster for Blacksmithing Scene

    Producer

1892Aged 32

  • Poster for A Hand Shake

    Producer

  • Poster for Man on Parallel Bars

    Director

  • Poster for Wrestling

    Director

  • Poster for Fencing

    Producer

1890Aged 30

  • Poster for Monkeyshines, No. 3

    Producer

  • Poster for Monkeyshines, No. 2

    Producer

  • Poster for Monkeyshines, No. 1

    Producer