Mini-Biography:
William K.L. Dickson was born on August 3, 1860 in Château St. Buc. He was an English Filmpionier, Regisseur, known for Buffalo Bill, The noted Proprietor of the Wild West (1894), Monkeyshines (1890), Newark Athlete (1891), William K.L. Dickson's first movie on record is from 1890. William K.L. Dickson died on September 28, 1935 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. His last motion picture on file dates from 1899.
Biographical Notes
Der in Frankreich geborene Brite William Kennedy Laurie Dickson war bei Edison massgeblich an der Entwicklung des Kinetoscopes beteiligt. Für Edison drehte er auch die ersten kurzen Filmchen, die als Vorläufer der eigentlichen Kinematographie gelten. (lhg)
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1899: King John (Regisseur), Directed by Walter Pfeffer Dando, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Dora Tulloch, Charles Sefton,
1896: Rip Passing Over the Mountain (Regisseur), with Joseph Jefferson,
1896: Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep (Regisseur), with Joseph Jefferson,
1896: Rip Meeting the Dwarf (Regisseur), with Joseph Jefferson,
1896: Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow (Regisseur), with Joseph Jefferson,
1896: Rip's Toast to Hudson (Regisseur), with Joseph Jefferson,
1896: Exit of Rip and the Dwarf (Regisseur), with Joseph Jefferson,
1896: Awakening of Rip (Regisseur), with Joseph Jefferson,
1894: The Widder (Regisseur), with Isabelle Coe,
1894: Buffalo Bill, The noted Proprietor of the Wild West (Regisseur),
1894: Carmencita (Darsteller), Directed by Carmencita,
1893: Blacksmith Scene (Regisseur), with Charles Kayser, John Ott,
1891: Newark Athlete (Regisseur),
1890: Monkeyshines (Regisseur), with Giuseppe Sacco Albanese,