Biography
Robert William Paul (3 October 1869 – 28 March 1943) was an English pioneer of film and scientific instrument maker.
He made narrative films as early as April 1895. Those films were shown first in Edison Kinescope knockoffs. In 1896 he showed them projected. That was about the time the Lumière brothers were pioneering projected films in .
His first notably successful scientic device was his Unipivot galvanometer.
In 1999 the British film industry erected a commemorative plaque on his building at 44 Hatton Garden, London.
Filmography
all 137
Movies 137
Producer 82
Director 55
Director
The Butterfly (1910)
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Director
Domesticated Elephants (1909)
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Producer
The Robber and the Jew (1908)
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Producer
The Fatal Hand (1907)
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Producer
Comedy Cartoons (1907)
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Producer / Cinematography
Laplander Feeding His Reindeer (1907)
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Producer / Director of Photography
The '?' Motorist (1906)
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Producer
The Curate's Dilemma (1906)
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Producer
The Hand of the Artist (1906)
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Producer
A Lively Quarter Day (1906)
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The Freak Barber (1905)
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Short-Sighted Sammy (1905)
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Producer
When the Wife's Away (1905)
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Producer
The Dancer's Dream (1905)
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Director
Goaded to Anarchy (1905)
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A Victim of Misfortune (1905)
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Director
Buy Your Own Cherries (1904)
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Drat That Boy! (1904)
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A Collier's Life (1904)
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An Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903)
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The Kiddies' Cakewalk (1903)
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A Chess Dispute (1903)
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Producer / Director
Hammerfest (1903)
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Pocket Boxers (1903)
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The Delhi Durbar (1903)
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Delhi Durbar (1902)
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His Only Pair (1902)
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The Magic Sword (1901)
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Artistic Creation (1901)
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The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901)
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The Waif and the Wizard (1901)
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The Deonzo Brothers (1901)
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The Devil in the Studio (1901)
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An Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
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The Football Final (1901)
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Chinese Magic (1900)
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Briton vs. Boer (1900)
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A Railway Collision (1900)
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Phantom Ride, Chamonix (1900)
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Firing at the Ranges (1900)
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The Deserter (1900)
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The Derby 1900 (1900)
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Cyclists and Pony Traps (1900)
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The Bout (1900)
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Director / Producer
Army Life: Mounted Infantry (1900)
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Producer / Director
His Brave Defender (1900)
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Surprising a Picket (1899)
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Director / Producer
On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus (1899)
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The Miser's Doom (1899)
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Attack on a Piquet (1899)
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Producer
A Camp Smithy (1899)
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Director / Producer
Tommy Atkins in the Park (1898)
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Director / Producer
A Favourite Domestic Scene (1898)
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Director
A Switchback Railway (1898)
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Director / Director of Photography
The Launch of H.M.S. Albion (1898)
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Producer / Director
Come Along, Do! (1898)
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Tetherball, or Do-Do (1898)
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Director / Producer
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897)
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Director
The Vanishing Lady (1897)
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Chasing Man / Director
Fun on the Clothesline (1897)
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Producer
Cupid at the Washtub (1897)
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Director / Producer
The Young Rivals (1897)
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Director / Producer
Robbery (1897)
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Director
Dragoons ing St Paul's (1897)
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Producer
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon (1896)
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Children in the Nursery (1896)
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The Twins' Tea Party (1896)
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Producer
Landing at Low Tide (1896)
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The Soldier's Courtship (1896)
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The Derby (1896)
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Rough Sea at Dover (1896)
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Director
Our New General Servant (1896)
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Director
Contortionist (1896)
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Director
Footpads (1896)
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Director / Producer
Fire Brigade (1896)
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Producer
Trilby Burlesque (1896)
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Director
On Westminster Bridge (1896)
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Cinematography / Producer
Sunderland (1896)
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Director / Editor / Director of Photography / Producer
Blackfriars Bridge (1896)
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Director
Comic Costume Race (1896)
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Director
Royal Train (1896)
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Producer
Andalusian Dance (1896)
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Producer
Rocky Shore (1896)
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Director / Cinematography
London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade (1896)
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Director
Waves Breaking (1896)
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Producer
The Derby 1895 (1895)
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Producer
S.S. Columbia
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Information
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1869-10-03
Deathday
1943-03-28 (73 years old)
Birth Place
Highbury, United Kingdom
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Also Known As
R.W. Paul, Robert William Paul, Robert Paul
Awards
Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize
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