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
- The Fatal Hand ... (Producer)
- Laplander Feeding His Reindeer ... (Producer)
1906
- 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)
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)
- The Delhi Durbar ... (Director)
- The Kiddies' Cakewalk ... (Producer)
- Race for the Grand National ... (Director)
- Coronation Durbar at Delhi ... (Producer)
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 Deonzo Brothers ... (Producer)
- The Waif and the Wizard ... (Producer)
- The Football Final ... (Director)
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph ... (Director)
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901 ... (Director)
1900
- The Derby 1900 ... (Director)
- Chinese Magic ... (Producer)
- Plucked From The Burning ... (Producer)
- His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision ... (Producer)
- The Deserter ... (Director)
- The Bout ... (Director)
- A Railway Collision ... (Producer)
- Briton vs. Boer ... (Producer)
- His Brave Defender ... (Producer)
- An Exciting Pillow Fight ... (Producer)
- The Training of Infantry ... (Director)
- Phantom Ride, Chamonix ... (Director)
- Army Life: Mounted Infantry ... (Producer)
- Cyclists and Pony Traps ... (Director)
- Firing at the Ranges ... (Director)
- Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride ... (Director)
- Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts ... (Producer)
- Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein ... (Producer)
- Training at the Regimental Depot ... (Director)
1899
- Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War ... (Director)
- A Camp Smithy ... (Producer)
- Upside Down; or, The Human Flies ... (Producer)
- Attack on a Piquet ... (Producer)
- On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus ... (Director)
- The Kaiser at Portsmouth ... (Producer)
1898
- Come Along, Do! ... (Director)
- Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall ... (Director)
- Tetherball, or Do-Do ... (Director)
- Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England ... (Director)
- A Favourite Domestic Scene ... (Director)
- A Switchback Railway ... (Director)
- Tommy Atkins in the Park ... (Director)
- The Launch of H.M.S. Albion ... (Director)
1897
- Cupid at the Washtub ... (Producer)
- The Vanishing Lady ... (Director)
- Robbery ... (Director)
- Fun on the Clothesline as Chasing Man
- Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's ... (Director)
- Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's ... (Director)
- Head of Colonial Procession ... (Director)
- The Young Rivals ... (Director)
- Women Fetching Water from the Nile ... (Producer)
- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee ... (Director)
- Head of Procession Including Bluejackets ... (Director)
- Fishermen and Boat at Port Said ... (Producer)
- Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's ... (Director)
- Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard ... (Director)
- Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's ... (Director)
- Dragoons Passing St Paul's ... (Director)
- Royal Carriages Passing Westminster ... (Director)
1896
- London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade ... (Director)
- Trilby Burlesque ... (Producer)
- Two AM; or, The Husband's Return ... (Producer)
- Waves Breaking ... (Director)
- Sunderland ... (Producer)
- Rocky Shore ... (Producer)
- Fire Brigade as Director
- The Derby ... (Director)
- The Soldier's Courtship ... (Producer)
- Contortionist ... (Director)
- Scene on the River Thames ... (Director)
- Chirgwin in His Humorous Business ... (Producer)
- On Westminster Bridge ... (Director)
- Rough Sea at Dover ... (Producer)
- Gardener Watering Plants ... (Director)
- Comic Costume Race ... (Director)
- The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race ... (Producer)
- A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne ... (Director)
- Our New General Servant ... (Director)
- Children in the Nursery ... (Director)
- Royal Train ... (Director)
- Hyde Park Bicycling Scene ... (Director)
- Landing at Low Tide ... (Producer)
- Blackfriars Bridge ... (Director)
- The Twins' Tea Party ... (Director)
- A Sea Cave Near Lisbon ... (Producer)
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)