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.
Born
Aug 03, 1860
Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Died
Sep 28, 1935
Known For
Directing
Movies
7 acting
227 crew
Popularity
0.4
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
1898
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Director
Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor)
1898
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Director
movie
Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899
1899
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Director of Photography
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★ 4.7
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