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William K.L. Dickson

Director · 180 credits · 59 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Boxing Cats (1894)

Frequent collaborators: William Heise, Emile Lauste

Best William K.L. Dickson movies by genre

Directed movies (173 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Boxing Cats

    1894 · ★ 5.9 (56 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy, Action

    1

  2. Scheveningen, Dutch Fishing Boats

    1898 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    2

  3. From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton

    1898 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    3

  4. Away Aloft

    1899 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    4

  5. Les Parisiennes

    1897 · ★ 4.8 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Dutch Fishing Fleet

    1900 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Hadj Cheriff

    1894 · ★ 4.4 (18 votes)

    7

  8. Chinese Laundry Scene

    1894 · ★ 5.0 (20 votes)

    Crime, Comedy

    8

  9. Sound Money Parade

    1896

    Documentary

    9

  10. Annabelle Butterfly Dance

    1894 · ★ 5.5 (54 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Water Polo - Worthing Swimming Club

    1898 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Leonard-Cushing Fight

    1894 · ★ 5.2 (23 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Dutch Fishing Boats

    1898 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    13

  14. Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns

    1900 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, War

    14

  15. Launch of the 'Oceanic'

    1899 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

    1894 · ★ 5.1 (23 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. He and She

    1898 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    17

  18. Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage

    1898 · ★ 4.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

    1894 · ★ 4.0 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Four Warships in Rough Seas

    1900 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Tram Journey through Southampton

    1900 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. London Fire Brigade, Alarm

    1899 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    22

  23. Catching the Ferry in Amsterdam

    1899 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    23

  24. Ruth Dennis

    1894 · ★ 4.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    1894 · ★ 6.1 (116 votes)

    Music

    25

  26. Place de la Concorde

    1897 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    26

  27. Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.

    1901 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Duel to the Death

    1898 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Action

    28

  29. Amann, the Great Impersonator

    1899

    Documentary

    29

  30. Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice

    1898 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.