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.

Now screening in Brussels

No upcoming screenings of films by William K.L. Dickson.

Also by William K.L. Dickson

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

1898

The Tarantella, an Italian Dance

1898

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

1894

Chinese Laundry Scene

1894