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.
Directing
139
Male
1869-10-04
Highbury, London, England, UK
R.W. Paul, Robert William Paul, Robert Paul
Fun on the Clothesline
Fire Brigade
Waves Breaking
Blackfriars Bridge
The '?' Motorist
The Arrest of a Bookmaker
Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
Head of Procession Including Bluejackets
The Twins' Tea Party
On Westminster Bridge
Royal Train
Royal Carriages Passing Westminster
Dragoons Passing St Paul's
Head of Colonial Procession
Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's
Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's
Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's
Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard
Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall
Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's
Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales
Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations
Landing at Low Tide
Sunderland
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
A Lively Quarter Day
Delhi Durbar
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon
Our New General Servant
Contortionist
The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
The Derby 1900
Hammerfest
Robbery
Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride
The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin
Come Along, Do!
Cupid at the Washtub
Phantom Ride, Chamonix
The Football Final
Gardener Watering Plants
The Delhi Durbar
Scene on the River Thames
The Bout
The Training of Infantry
A Switchback Railway
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901
The Deonzo Brothers
Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein
Two AM; or, The Husband's Return
The Deserter
Comic Costume Race
Chirgwin in His Humorous Business
Attack on a Piquet
A Camp Smithy
Domesticated Elephants
Army Life: Mounted Infantry
Race for the Grand National
The Countryman and the Cinematograph
Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
Tommy Atkins in the Park
Cyclists and Pony Traps
Firing at the Ranges
Tetherball, or Do-Do
An Exciting Pillow Fight
Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts
Training at the Regimental Depot
The Butterfly
The Extraordinary Waiter
The Derby
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
A Railway Collision
His Brave Defender
Drat That Boy!
Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor
Rough Sea at Dover
Laplander Feeding His Reindeer
Opening of the Kiel Canal
The Vanishing Lady
The Waif and the Wizard
The Soldier's Courtship
Chinese Magic
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
A Collier's Life
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Derby 1895
Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England
The Young Rivals
A Favourite Domestic Scene
His Only Pair
Rocky Shore
Short-Sighted Sammy
Trilby Burlesque
Children in the Nursery
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Coronation Durbar at Delhi
The Kiddies' Cakewalk
Whaling Afloat and Ashore
Fishermen and Boat at Port Said
Women Fetching Water from the Nile
Incident at Clovelly Cottage
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race
On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus
Briton vs. Boer
S.S. Columbia
London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade
Plucked From The Burning
A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne
The Trick Cyclist
The Kaiser at Portsmouth
Rotten Row
His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision
The Fatal Hand