Director

William K.L. Dickson Movies and TV Series

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

August 3, 1860

Died

September 28, 1935

Place

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

Known for

Directing