About

Known credits:
227
Birthday:
1860-08-03
Place of birth:
Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Website:
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William K.L. Dickson

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1899 General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton Actor Himself 58
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1898 Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii Actor Himself 59
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1898 Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square Actor Man on left of picture 59
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1894 Dickson Experimental Sound Film Actor Self 59
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1893 Horse Shoeing Actor Himself 58
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1892 A Hand Shake Actor 57
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1891 Dickson Greeting Actor Himself 58
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Directing
2025 A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound Directing Director N/A
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2020 The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) Directing Director 58
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2007 Butterfly Dances Directing Director N/A
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1902 Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle Directing Director N/A
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1902 An Obstinate Cork Directing Director 58
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1901 Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram Directing Director 58
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1901 Malta Directing Director N/A
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1901 Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc. Directing Director 59
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1900 English Nell Directing Director N/A
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1900 Brook Trout Fishing Directing Director 58
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1900 Warships at Sunset Directing Director 59
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1900 Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns Directing Director 59
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1900 Tram Journey through Southampton Directing Director 59
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1900 Four Warships in Rough Seas Directing Director 59
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1900 Dutch Fishing Fleet Directing Director 59
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1899 King John Directing Director 58
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1899 Man Overboard! Directing Director 59
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1899 Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam Directing Director 59
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1899 London Fire Brigade, Alarm Directing Director 59
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1899 Away Aloft Directing Director 59
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1899 Upside Down Boxers Directing Director 59
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1899 Amann, the Great Impersonator Directing Director N/A
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1899 Panoramic View of Windsor Castle Directing Director 59
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1899 In the Friedrichstrasse Directing Director 59
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1899 Fun on a Sand Hill Directing Director 58
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1899 From Monte Carlo to Monaco Directing Director 59
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1899 Launch of the 'Oceanic' Directing Director 59
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1899 In a German Bath Directing Director 59
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1899 Tapping a Blast Furnace Directing Director 59
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1898 Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104 Directing Director 59
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1898 Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel Directing Director 59
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1898 From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton Directing Director 59
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1898 Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1 Directing Director N/A
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1898 Duel to the Death Directing Director 58
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1898 Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto Directing Director 58
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1898 Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage Directing Director 59
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1898 The Royal Procession to the Church before the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina) Directing Director N/A
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1898 Arrival of the Queen at the Palace, Amsterdam, Sept 6th (Coronation of Wilhelmina) Directing Director N/A
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1898 Coronation of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (No. 1) Directing Director 59
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1898 Review of the Royal Netherland Guards in the Costumes of the Middle Ages (Coronation of Wilhelmina Guard of Honor) Directing Director N/A
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1898 The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina) Directing Director N/A
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1898 The Royal Procession from the Church after the Ceremony (Coronation of Wilhelmina) Directing Director N/A
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1898 Duel to the Death Directing Director 59
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1898 He and She Directing Director 59
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1898 His Holiness Pope Leo XIII Directing Director N/A
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1898 Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1 Directing Director N/A
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1898 The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade Directing Director N/A
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1898 Pope Leo XIII Resting on His Way to His Summer Villa Directing Director N/A
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1898 Capuchin Monks in Vatican City Directing Director 58
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1898 Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club Directing Director 59
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1898 Military Exercise - Aldershot Directing Director N/A
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1898 The Boulevard of Scheveningen Directing Director 58
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1898 Venice, harbour scene with gondolas Directing Director 58
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1898 Flower Parade in Haarlem Directing Director N/A
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1898 Funeral Procession of the Misericordia Directing Director 58
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1898 The Tarantella, an Italian Dance Directing Director 59
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1898 The Bridge of Sighs, Venice Directing Director 58
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1898 Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice Directing Director 59
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1898 Dutch Fishing Boats Directing Director 59
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1898 Maidenhead Junction Directing Director 59
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1898 The Grand Canal, Venice Directing Director 59
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1898 Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed Directing Director 59
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1898 Mills from the Zaanstreek Directing Director 59
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1898 Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats Directing Director 59
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1898 Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square Directing Director 59
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1898 Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway Directing Director N/A
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1898 A Blast at the Solvay Quarries Directing Director 58
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1898 Charge of the Carabineers, Aldershot Directing Director 58
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1897 Place de la Concorde Directing Director 59
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1897 Crissie Sheridan Directing Director 59
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1897 Charge of the French Cuirassiers – Paris Directing Director N/A
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1897 Has He Hit Me? Directing Director 59
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1897 Les Parisiennes Directing Director 59
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1897 Bath Scene Directing Director 59
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1897 A Camp of Zingaree Gypsies Directing Director 58
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1897 French Military School Exercise Directing Director 59
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1897 Hiram Maxim and His Quick-firing Gun Directing Director 59
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1897 Home Life of a Hungarian Family Directing Director 58
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1897 Changing Guard (Berlin) Directing Director 59
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1897 Firing the Maxim Gun Directing Director 59
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1896 Sound Money Parade Directing Director N/A
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1896 American Falls from Luna Island Directing Director N/A
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1896 American Falls from Goat Island Directing Director N/A
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1896 Exit of Rip and the Dwarf Directing Director 58
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1896 Rip's Toast Directing Director 58
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1896 Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep Directing Director 58
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1896 Rip Meeting the Dwarf Directing Director 58
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1896 Rip's Toast to Hudson Directing Director 58
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1896 Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow Directing Director 58
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1896 Rip Passing Over the Mountain Directing Director 58
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1896 Sandow Directing Director 58
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1896 Awakening of Rip Directing Director 57
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1896 Serpentine Dances by Annabelle Directing Director 58
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1896 View on Boulevard, New York City Directing Director 59
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1896 Tambourine Dance by Annabelle Directing Director N/A
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1896 Rip Van Winkle Directing Director 58
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1896 Hard Wash Directing Director 59
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1896 Dancing Darkies Directing Director 58
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1896 A Watermelon Feast Directing Director 58
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1896 Annabelle in Flag Dance Directing Director N/A
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1895 New Blacksmith Shop Directing Director 58
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1895 Robetta and Doretto, No. 1 Directing Director 58
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1895 Annabelle Serpentine Dance Directing Director 58
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1895 Billy Edwards and the Unknown Directing Director 58
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1895 James Grundy, Buck and Wing Directing Director 58
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1895 A West Indian Woman Bathing a Baby Directing Director 58
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1894 Dance Directing Director 58
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1894 Indian War Council Directing Director 59
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1894 Fire Rescue Scene Directing Director 58
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1894 Band Drill Directing Director 57
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1894 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph Directing Director 58
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1894 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph Directing Director 58
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1894 Imperial Japanese Dance Directing Director 58
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1894 Annie Oakley Directing Director 59
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1894 Bucking Broncho Directing Director 58
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1894 Chinese Opium Den Directing Director 58
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1894 Lasso Thrower Directing Director 58
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1894 Mexican Knife Duel Directing Director 59
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1894 Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) Directing Director 58
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1894 Hadj Cheriff Directing Director 58
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1894 The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight Directing Director 58
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1894 Buffalo Dance Directing Director 57
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1894 Sioux Ghost Dance Directing Director 58
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1894 Rats and Terrier No. 3 Directing Director 58
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1894 Boxing Match Directing Director 58
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1894 Rats and Terrier No. 2 Directing Director 59
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1894 Rats and Weasel Directing Director 58
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1894 Dickson Experimental Sound Film Directing Director 59
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1894 Caicedo (with Pole) Directing Director 59
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1894 The Boxing Cats Directing Director 58
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1894 Buffalo Bill Directing Director 58
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1894 Leonard-Cushing Fight Directing Director 58
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1894 Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope Directing Director 58
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1894 The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” Directing Director 58
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1894 Trained Bears Directing Director 58
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1894 A Bar Room Scene Directing Director 58
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1894 Rat Killing Directing Director 58
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1894 Chinese Laundry Scene Directing Director 58
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1894 Highland Dance Directing Director 58
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1894 Wrestling Match Directing Director 58
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1894 Carmencita Directing Director 58
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1894 Unsuccessful Somersault Directing Director 58
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1894 Athlete with Wand Directing Director 58
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1894 Cock Fight, No. 2 Directing Director 58
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1894 Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze Directing Director 57
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1894 The Cock Fight Directing Director 58
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1894 Fred Ott Holding a Bird Directing Director N/A
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1894 The Barber Shop Directing Director 58
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1894 Glenroy Bros., No. 2 Directing Director 58
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1894 Annabelle Butterfly Dance Directing Director 58
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1894 Annabelle Sun Dance Directing Director 58
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1894 Luis Martinetti, Contortionist Directing Director 58
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1894 Ruth Dennis Directing Director 58
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1893 Blacksmithing Scene Directing Director 58
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1893 Horse Shoeing Directing Director 58
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1892 A Hand Shake Directing Director 57
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1892 Fencing Directing Director 58
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1892 Man on Parallel Bars Directing Director 58
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1892 Wrestling Directing Director 58
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1891 Dickson Greeting Directing Director 58
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1891 Newark Athlete Directing Director 57
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1891 Men Boxing Directing Director 57
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1891 Monkey and Another, Boxing Directing Director 59
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1891 Duncan Smoking Directing Director 59
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1891 Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud Directing Director 59
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1891 Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop Directing Director 59
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1890 Monkeyshines, No. 1 Directing Director 57
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1890 Monkeyshines, No. 3 Directing Director 58
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1890 Monkeyshines, No. 2 Directing Director 58
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Fatima Directing Director N/A
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Production
1900 English Nell Production Producer N/A
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1896 Little Egypt Production Producer 59
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1895 Billy Edwards and the Unknown Production Producer 58
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1894 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph Production Producer 58
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1894 Dickson Experimental Sound Film Production Producer 59
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1894 Caicedo (with Pole) Production Producer 59
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1894 The Boxing Cats Production Producer 58
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1894 Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope Production Producer 58
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1894 Carmencita Production Producer 58
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1894 Athlete with Wand Production Producer 58
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1894 Cock Fight, No. 2 Production Producer 58
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1894 Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze Production Producer 57
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1894 Annabelle Butterfly Dance Production Producer 58
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1894 Glenroy Bros., No. 2 Production Producer 58
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1894 Japanese Dancers Production Producer 59
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1894 The Barber Shop Production Producer 58
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1893 Blacksmithing Scene Production Producer 58
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1892 Fencing Production Producer 58
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1892 A Hand Shake Production Producer 57
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1891 Dickson Greeting Production Producer 58
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1891 Newark Athlete Production Producer 57
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1891 Men Boxing Production Producer 57
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1890 Monkeyshines, No. 1 Production Producer 57
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1890 Monkeyshines, No. 2 Production Producer 58
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Sound
1894 Dickson Experimental Sound Film Sound Musician 59
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Camera
1901 Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram Camera Director of Photography 58
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1900 Battle of Spion Kop: Ambulance Corps Crossing the Tugela River Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1900 Gordon Highlanders in Ladysmith Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1900 Bloemfontein: Unfurling the Flag Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1900 Ladysmith – Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith Camera Director of Photography 59
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1899 Naval Guns Firing at Colenso Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1899 Repairing the Broken Bridge at Frere Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1899 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1899 Tapping a Blast Furnace Camera Director of Photography 59
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1899 The Lane on Sunday Morning Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1899 Panoramic View of Frere Camp Taken from the Front of an Armoured Train, November 29th, 1899 Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1899 Launch of the 'Oceanic' Camera Director of Photography 59
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1899 Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899 Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1899 Rifle Hill Signal Station near Frere Camp Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1898 A Tug in a Heavy Sea Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1898 Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Emerging from the Boathouse Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1898 Me and My Two Friends Camera Director of Photography 59
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1898 Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii Camera Director of Photography 59
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1898 Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat Coming Ashore Camera Director of Photography 59
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1898 Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice Camera Director of Photography 59
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1898 Pelicans at the Zoo Camera Director of Photography 58
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1898 The Grand Canal, Venice Camera Director of Photography 59
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1897 Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House Camera Director of Photography 58
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1896 McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio Camera Director of Photography 58
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Editing
1900 English Nell Editing Editor N/A
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