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.
William K.L. Dickson has 233 screen credits in a career dating back to 1890. Signature works include Horse Shoeing, Les Parisiennes, Danse serpentine (Annabelle). Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
