Robert W. Paul
- Directing
- October 4, 1869 · Highbury, London, England, UK
- March 28, 1943
Biography
Robert William Paul (3 October 1869 – 28 March 1943) was an English film pioneer and scientific instrument maker. He began producing narrative films as early as April 1895, initially shown on Edison Kinetoscope-style devices, and by 1896 he was projecting them—around the same time the Lumière brothers were developing projected cinema in France. In addition to his filmmaking, Paul achieved success as an inventor, notably creating the Unipivot galvanometer. In 1999, the British film industry honored his contributions with a commemorative plaque at his former workshop at 44 Hatton Garden, London.
Known for
Filmography
- The Butterfly · Director
- Domesticated Elephants · Director
- The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin · Director
- Whaling Afloat and Ashore · Producer
- The Fatal Hand · Producer
- Laplander Feeding His Reindeer · Producer, Cinematography
- The '?' Motorist · Producer
- Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations · Director
- A Lively Quarter Day · Producer
- Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales · Director
- Short-Sighted Sammy · Producer
- Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor · Producer
- Drat That Boy! · Producer
- A Collier's Life · Producer
- An Extraordinary Cab Accident · Producer
- The Kiddies' Cakewalk · Producer
- Hammerfest · Producer, Director
- Coronation Durbar at Delhi · Producer
- The Delhi Durbar · Director
- Race for the Grand National · Director
- Delhi Durbar · Director
- The Extraordinary Waiter · Producer
- His Only Pair · Director, Producer
- Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost · Producer
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph · Director, Producer
- The Trick Cyclist · Director
- The Waif and the Wizard · Producer
- The Haunted Curiosity Shop · Producer
- The Deonzo Brothers · Producer, Director
- The Football Final · Director
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901 · Director
- Plucked From The Burning · Producer
- Chinese Magic · Producer
- Briton vs. Boer · Producer
- His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision · Producer
- A Railway Collision · Producer
- The Derby 1900 · Director
- Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride · Director
- Phantom Ride, Chamonix · Director
- The Bout · Director
- The Training of Infantry · Director
- The Deserter · Director
- Cyclists and Pony Traps · Director
- Firing at the Ranges · Director
- Training at the Regimental Depot · Director
- Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein · Producer
- Army Life: Mounted Infantry · Director, Producer
- An Exciting Pillow Fight · Producer
- Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts · Producer
- His Brave Defender · Producer, Director
- On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus · Director, Producer
- Upside Down; or, The Human Flies · Producer
- Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War · Director
- Attack on a Piquet · Director, Producer
- A Camp Smithy · Producer
- The Kaiser at Portsmouth · Producer
- Tommy Atkins in the Park · Director, Producer
- A Favourite Domestic Scene · Director, Producer
- Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England · Director
- Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall · Director
- The Launch of H.M.S. Albion · Director, Cinematography
- Come Along, Do! · Producer, Director
- A Switchback Railway · Director
- Tetherball, or Do-Do · Producer, Director
- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee · Director, Producer
- The Vanishing Lady · Director
- Fun on the Clothesline · Chasing Man, Director
- Cupid at the Washtub · Producer, Director
- The Young Rivals · Producer, Director
- Head of Procession Including Bluejackets · Director
- Royal Carriages Passing Westminster · Director
- Dragoons Passing St Paul's · Director
- Head of Colonial Procession · Director
- Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's · Director
- Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's · Director
- Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's · Director
- Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard · Director
- Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's · Director
- Robbery · Director, Producer
- Fishermen and Boat at Port Said · Producer