Robert W. Paul

Born: 1869-10-04 in Highbury, London, England, UK

Died: 1943-03-28

Known For: Directing

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.

Filmography

1910

The Butterfly ... (Director)

1909

Domesticated Elephants ... (Director)
The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin ... (Director)

1908

Whaling Afloat and Ashore ... (Producer)

1907

Laplander Feeding His Reindeer ... (Producer)
The Fatal Hand ... (Producer)

1906

The '?' Motorist ... (Producer)
Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales ... (Director)
Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations ... (Director)
A Lively Quarter Day ... (Producer)

1905

Short-Sighted Sammy ... (Producer)

1904

Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor ... (Producer)
Drat That Boy! ... (Producer)
A Collier's Life ... (Producer)

1903

An Extraordinary Cab Accident ... (Producer)
Hammerfest ... (Producer)
Coronation Durbar at Delhi ... (Producer)
The Kiddies' Cakewalk ... (Producer)
The Delhi Durbar ... (Director)
Race for the Grand National ... (Director)

1902

The Extraordinary Waiter ... (Producer)
Delhi Durbar ... (Director)
His Only Pair ... (Director)

1901

Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost ... (Producer)
The Haunted Curiosity Shop ... (Producer)
The Deonzo Brothers ... (Producer)
The Football Final ... (Director)
The Trick Cyclist ... (Director)
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901 ... (Director)
The Countryman and the Cinematograph ... (Director)
The Waif and the Wizard ... (Producer)

1900

A Railway Collision ... (Producer)
His Brave Defender ... (Producer)
Plucked From The Burning ... (Producer)
Phantom Ride, Chamonix ... (Director)
Briton vs. Boer ... (Producer)
An Exciting Pillow Fight ... (Producer)
The Bout ... (Director)
Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts ... (Producer)
Chinese Magic ... (Producer)
Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein ... (Producer)
Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride ... (Director)
The Training of Infantry ... (Director)
Army Life: Mounted Infantry ... (Producer)
Firing at the Ranges ... (Director)
The Derby 1900 ... (Director)
Cyclists and Pony Traps ... (Director)
His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision ... (Producer)
Training at the Regimental Depot ... (Director)
The Deserter ... (Director)

1899

Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War ... (Director)
On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus ... (Director)
A Camp Smithy ... (Producer)
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies ... (Producer)
Attack on a Piquet ... (Producer)
The Kaiser at Portsmouth ... (Producer)

1898

Come Along, Do! ... (Director)
Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall ... (Director)
Tommy Atkins in the Park ... (Director)
A Switchback Railway ... (Director)
Tetherball, or Do-Do ... (Director)
A Favourite Domestic Scene ... (Director)
The Launch of H.M.S. Albion ... (Director)
Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England ... (Director)

1897

The Vanishing Lady ... (Director)
Head of Colonial Procession ... (Director)
Cupid at the Washtub ... (Producer)
Robbery ... (Director)
Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard ... (Director)
Women Fetching Water from the Nile ... (Producer)
Dragoons Passing St Paul's ... (Director)
Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's ... (Director)
Head of Procession Including Bluejackets ... (Director)
Fun on the Clothesline as Chasing Man
Fishermen and Boat at Port Said ... (Producer)
Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's ... (Director)
Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's ... (Director)
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee ... (Director)
Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's ... (Director)
Royal Carriages Passing Westminster ... (Director)
The Young Rivals ... (Director)

1896

Trilby Burlesque ... (Producer)
Blackfriars Bridge ... (Director)
The Twins' Tea Party ... (Director)
London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade ... (Director)
Fire Brigade as Director
The Derby ... (Director)
Chirgwin in His Humorous Business ... (Producer)
Two AM; or, The Husband's Return ... (Producer)
Rough Sea at Dover ... (Producer)
The Soldier's Courtship ... (Producer)
Hyde Park Bicycling Scene ... (Director)
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon ... (Producer)
Gardener Watering Plants ... (Director)
Landing at Low Tide ... (Producer)
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race ... (Producer)
Rocky Shore ... (Producer)
On Westminster Bridge ... (Director)
A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne ... (Director)
Waves Breaking ... (Director)
Royal Train ... (Director)
Comic Costume Race ... (Director)
Our New General Servant ... (Director)
Sunderland ... (Producer)
Children in the Nursery ... (Director)
Contortionist ... (Director)
Scene on the River Thames ... (Director)

1895

The Derby 1895 ... (Producer)
Incident at Clovelly Cottage ... (Producer)
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II ... (Producer)
Opening of the Kiel Canal ... (Producer)
The Arrest of a Bookmaker ... (Director)