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
- The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin ... (Director)
- Domesticated Elephants ... (Director)
1908
- Whaling Afloat and Ashore ... (Producer)
1907
- Laplander Feeding His Reindeer ... (Producer)
1906
- Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales ... (Director)
- A Lively Quarter Day ... (Producer)
- The '?' Motorist ... (Producer)
- The Hand of the Artist ... (Producer)
- Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations ... (Director)
1905
- Goaded to Anarchy ... (Director)
- A Victim of Misfortune ... (Director)
- Short-Sighted Sammy ... (Producer)
1904
- Buy Your Own Cherries ... (Director)
- A Collier's Life ... (Producer)
- Drat That Boy! ... (Producer)
- Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor ... (Producer)
1903
- Hammerfest ... (Producer)
- Race for the Grand National ... (Director)
- Bloodhounds Tracking a Convict ... (Director)
- A Chess Dispute ... (Director)
- Coronation Durbar at Delhi ... (Producer)
- An Extraordinary Cab Accident ... (Producer)
- The Delhi Durbar ... (Director)
- The Kiddies' Cakewalk ... (Producer)
1902
- Delhi Durbar ... (Director)
- The Extraordinary Waiter ... (Producer)
- His Only Pair ... (Director)
1901
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901 ... (Director)
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph ... (Director)
- The Haunted Curiosity Shop ... (Producer)
- The Deonzo Brothers ... (Producer)
- The Trick Cyclist ... (Director)
- The Football Final ... (Director)
- Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost ... (Producer)
- The Waif and the Wizard ... (Producer)
1900
- The Deserter ... (Director)
- The Bout ... (Director)
- Chinese Magic ... (Producer)
- Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein ... (Producer)
- The Derby 1900 ... (Director)
- Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts ... (Producer)
- Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride ... (Director)
- Training at the Regimental Depot ... (Director)
- Plucked From The Burning ... (Producer)
- A Railway Collision ... (Producer)
- The Training of Infantry ... (Director)
- His Brave Defender ... (Producer)
- Firing at the Ranges ... (Director)
- Briton vs. Boer ... (Producer)
- Army Life: Mounted Infantry ... (Director)
- Phantom Ride, Chamonix ... (Director)
- An Exciting Pillow Fight ... (Producer)
- Cyclists and Pony Traps ... (Director)
1899
- Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War ... (Director)
- On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus ... (Director)
- Attack on a Piquet ... (Director)
- The Kaiser at Portsmouth ... (Producer)
- A Camp Smithy ... (Producer)
- Upside Down; or, The Human Flies ... (Producer)
1898
- Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England ... (Director)
- The Launch of H.M.S. Albion ... (Director of Photography)
- A Favourite Domestic Scene ... (Director)
- A Switchback Railway ... (Director)
- Come Along, Do! ... (Producer)
- Tommy Atkins in the Park ... (Director)
- Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall ... (Director)
- Tetherball, or Do-Do ... (Producer)
1897
- Robbery ... (Producer)
- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee ... (Director)
- Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard ... (Director)
- Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's ... (Director)
- Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's ... (Director)
- Dragoons Passing St Paul's ... (Director)
- Royal Carriages Passing Westminster ... (Director)
- Cupid at the Washtub ... (Producer)
- Head of Procession Including Bluejackets ... (Director)
- Fishermen and Boat at Port Said ... (Producer)
- Fun on the Clothesline as Chasing Man
- The Vanishing Lady ... (Director)
- Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's ... (Director)
- The Young Rivals ... (Producer)
- Head of Colonial Procession ... (Director)
- Women Fetching Water from the Nile ... (Producer)
- Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's ... (Director)
1896
- London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade ... (Director)
- Sunderland ... (Cinematography)
- Footpads ... (Director)
- Fire Brigade as Director
- A Sea Cave Near Lisbon ... (Producer)
- Rocky Shore ... (Producer)
- The Derby ... (Director)
- Trilby Burlesque ... (Producer)
- Waves Breaking ... (Director)
- Blackfriars Bridge ... (Director)
- Royal Train ... (Director)
- Contortionist ... (Director)
- A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne ... (Director)
- Landing at Low Tide ... (Producer)
- The Soldier's Courtship ... (Producer)
- Hyde Park Bicycling Scene ... (Director)
- Children in the Nursery ... (Director)
- Rough Sea at Dover ... (Producer)
- Our New General Servant ... (Director)
- On Westminster Bridge ... (Director)
- Gardener Watering Plants ... (Director)
- Comic Costume Race ... (Director)
- Two AM; or, The Husband's Return ... (Producer)
- The Twins' Tea Party ... (Director)
- Scene on the River Thames ... (Director)
- Chirgwin in His Humorous Business ... (Producer)
1895
- The Derby 1895 ... (Producer)
- The Arrest of a Bookmaker ... (Director)
- Incident at Clovelly Cottage ... (Producer)
- Opening of the Kiel Canal ... (Producer)
- Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II ... (Producer)