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