William Dickson

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:American_Society_of_Cinematographers
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Edison_Manufacturing_Company
gptkb:Thomas_Edison
gptkb:Motion_Picture_Patents_Company
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Honorary_Academy_Award
Honorary Doctorate
Honorary_Doctorate_from_Columbia_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1860-01-01
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Dickson_Jr.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Edison_Manufacturing_Company
gptkb:George_Eastman
gptkb:William_Kennedy_Laurie_Dickson
gptkbp:contributedTo Cinematography
Film technology
Visual entertainment
gptkbp:contribution Motion pictures
Motion picture technology
Development of film industry
Development of early motion picture technology
gptkbp:createdBy First commercial motion picture projector
gptkbp:deathDate 1935-01-01
1935-09-28
gptkbp:education gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Kinetoscope
gptkbp:field Film
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Optics
Photography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Dickson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Digital_cinema
Animation
Cinematography
Film direction
Film editing
Film industry
Film production
Film theory
Television production
Film distribution
Experimental film
Film criticism
Cinematic storytelling
Video technology
Cinematic techniques
Silent film era
Documentary filmmaking
Film editing techniques
Home video industry
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Thomas_Edison
gptkb:Louis_Le_Prince
gptkb:Lumière_brothers
Eadweard Muybridge
gptkbp:inspiredBy Photography experiments
gptkbp:inventor gptkb:Kinetoscope
1891
1893
gptkbp:inventorResidence gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:involvedIn Film history
Film production
Film theory
Film distribution
Film criticism
Film preservation
Film festivals
Film education
Film analysis
Film exhibition
Film awards
Film restoration
Film technology development
Film archiving
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Bill_Dickson
gptkb:Kinetoscope
Early motion picture technology
Inventing the motion picture camera
Inventing the Kinetoscope
gptkbp:legacy Pioneer_of_cinema
gptkbp:members gptkb:American_Society_of_Cinematographers
gptkbp:nationality American
British
English
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:George_Eastman
First public demonstration of the Kinetoscope
Creation of the first film studio
Development of motion picture camera
First commercial film exhibition
First commercial motion picture exhibition
First use of film in education
Kinetoscope_parlors
gptkbp:notableFeature Director of photography
Film projection technology
Standardization of film formats
gptkbp:notableFilm gptkb:The_Execution_of_Mary_Stuart
gptkb:The_Arrival_of_a_Train_at_La_Ciotat
gptkb:The_Kiss
The Great Train Robbery
The Horse in Motion
The Sneeze
The_Barber_Shop
The_Blacksmith_Shop
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Kinetoscope
Kinetoscope_films
gptkbp:occupation Inventor
gptkbp:patentCitation gptkb:Kinetoscope_patent
gptkbp:patentFilingDate 1893-08-24
gptkbp:patentType Film projection
Film projector
Utility patent
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Bristol,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:New_York_City,_USA
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:William_Dickson
William_H._Dickson
Sir_William_Dickson
gptkbp:relatedTo Silent film
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:significantEvent First public demonstration of Kinetoscope
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Dickson
gptkbp:workLocation gptkb:Edison_Manufacturing_Company