Robert W. Paul

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

Acting

1897

Fun on the Clothesline

as

Chasing Man

1896

Fire Brigade

as

Director

Production

1906

The '?' Motorist

as

1896

Landing at Low Tide

as

1896

Sunderland

as

1903

An Extraordinary Cab Accident

as

1906

A Lively Quarter Day

as

1901

Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost

as

1896

A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

as

1906

The Hand of the Artist

as

1903

Hammerfest

as

1898

Come Along, Do!

as

1897

Cupid at the Washtub

as

1897

Robbery

as

1901

The Deonzo Brothers

as

1900

Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein

as

1896

Two AM; or, The Husband's Return

as

1896

Chirgwin in His Humorous Business

as

1899

A Camp Smithy

as

1898

Tetherball, or Do-Do

as

1899

Attack on a Piquet

as

1900

An Exciting Pillow Fight

as

1900

Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts

as

1902

The Extraordinary Waiter

as

1900

Army Life: Mounted Infantry

as

1901

The Haunted Curiosity Shop

as

1900

A Railway Collision

as

1900

His Brave Defender

as

1898

Tommy Atkins in the Park

as

1904

Drat That Boy!

as

1904

Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor

as

1896

Rough Sea at Dover

as

1907

Laplander Feeding His Reindeer

as

1895

Opening of the Kiel Canal

as

1901

The Waif and the Wizard

as

1896

The Soldier's Courtship

as

1900

Chinese Magic

as

1896

Blackfriars Bridge

as

1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

as

1904

A Collier's Life

as

1895

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

as

1895

The Derby 1895

as

1897

The Young Rivals

as

1896

Rocky Shore

as

1905

Short-Sighted Sammy

as

1896

Trilby Burlesque

as

1898

A Favourite Domestic Scene

as

1899

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

as

1903

Coronation Durbar at Delhi

as

1902

His Only Pair

as

1903

The Kiddies' Cakewalk

as

1908

Whaling Afloat and Ashore

as

1897

Fishermen and Boat at Port Said

as

1897

Women Fetching Water from the Nile

as

1901

The Countryman and the Cinematograph

as

1895

Incident at Clovelly Cottage

as

1896

The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race

as

1899

On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus

as

1896

Fire Brigade

as

1900

Briton vs. Boer

as

S.S. Columbia

as

1900

Plucked From The Burning

as

1899

The Kaiser at Portsmouth

as

Crew

1896

Sunderland

as

1907

Laplander Feeding His Reindeer

as

1896

London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade

as

Directing

1896

Waves Breaking

as

1896

Blackfriars Bridge

as

1895

The Arrest of a Bookmaker

as

1896

Hyde Park Bicycling Scene

as

1897

Head of Procession Including Bluejackets

as

1896

The Twins' Tea Party

as

1896

On Westminster Bridge

as

1896

Royal Train

as

1897

Royal Carriages Passing Westminster

as

1897

Dragoons Passing St Paul's

as

1897

Head of Colonial Procession

as

1897

Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's

as

1897

Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's

as

1897

Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's

as

1897

Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard

as

1898

Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall

as

1897

Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's

as

1906

Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales

as

1906

Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations

as

1902

Delhi Durbar

as

1896

Our New General Servant

as

1896

Contortionist

as

1898

The Launch of H.M.S. Albion

as

1900

The Derby 1900

as

1897

Robbery

as

1900

Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride

as

1909

The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin

as

1903

Hammerfest

as

1900

Phantom Ride, Chamonix

as

1901

The Football Final

as

1896

Gardener Watering Plants

as

1903

The Delhi Durbar

as

1898

Come Along, Do!

as

1896

Scene on the River Thames

as

1900

The Bout

as

1900

The Training of Infantry

as

1898

A Switchback Railway

as

1901

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901

as

1900

The Deserter

as

1896

Comic Costume Race

as

1899

Attack on a Piquet

as

1909

Domesticated Elephants

as

1900

Army Life: Mounted Infantry

as

1903

Race for the Grand National

as

1901

The Countryman and the Cinematograph

as

1905

Goaded to Anarchy

as

1899

Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War

as

1898

Tommy Atkins in the Park

as

1900

Cyclists and Pony Traps

as

1900

Firing at the Ranges

as

1898

Tetherball, or Do-Do

as

1900

Training at the Regimental Depot

as

1910

The Butterfly

as

1896

The Derby

as

1897

The Vanishing Lady

as

1897

Fun on the Clothesline

as

1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

as

1898

Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England

as

1897

The Young Rivals

as

1901

The Deonzo Brothers

as

1898

A Favourite Domestic Scene

as

1900

His Brave Defender

as

1902

His Only Pair

as

1896

Children in the Nursery

as

1899

On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus

as

1896

Footpads

as

1896

London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade

as

1896

A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne

as

1901

The Trick Cyclist

as