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William K.L. Dickson
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🎂 August 3, 1860📍 Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France🕯️ September 28, 1935 · Age 75
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.
BODY OF WORK
William K.L. Dickson's Filmography
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General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
1899⭐ 4.5
as Self
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Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
1898⭐ 5.0
as Self
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Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
1898⭐ 5.0
as Man on left of picture
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894⭐ 6.1
as Self
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Horse Shoeing
1893⭐ 3.0
as Self
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A Hand Shake
1892⭐ 3.6
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Dickson Greeting
1891⭐ 5.0
as Self