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