FILM DIRECTOR

William Kennedy Dickson

1860 - 1935

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William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British-American inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Kennedy Dickson is the 348th most popular film director (down from 333rd in 2019), the 2,081st most popular biography from France (down from 1,964th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 348 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean Girault, Barbet Schroeder, Francis Veber, Jim Henson, Samuel Fuller, and Leo McCarey. After him are Kira Muratova, Ermanno Olmi, Víctor Erice, Dušan Makavejev, Jean Rouch, and George Albert Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 47. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Jules Laforgue, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Sergey Sazonov, and James McKeen Cattell. After him are Friedrich Naumann, Paul Gustav Fischer, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, Charles Lwanga, and Christen C. Raunkiær. Among people deceased in 1935, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 55. Before him are Richard Sheldon, Ma Barker, Abraham Isaac Kook, Valerian Kuybyshev, Meletius IV of Constantinople, and Jean Béraud. After him are Juan Vicente Gómez, Edward Carson, Bernhard Schmidt, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Pavlos Kountouriotis, and Aleksandër Moisiu.

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In France

Among people born in France, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 2,081 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Cornu (1881), Paul Pogba (1993), Émile Chartier (1868), Jean Sorel (1934), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), and Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343). After him are Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950), Léon Brillouin (1889), Antoine Coysevox (1640), Peter Nolasco (1180), Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), and Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 43. Before him are Frank Darabont (1959), François Ozon (1967), Jeannot Szwarc (1937), Germaine Dulac (1882), Jean Girault (1924), and Francis Veber (1937). After him are Jean Rouch (1917), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Édouard Molinaro (1928), Leos Carax (1960), Nadine Trintignant (1934), and Marcel Camus (1912).

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