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

Blackfriars Bridge
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer

The '?' Motorist
Producer, Director of Photography

The Arrest of a Bookmaker
Director

Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
Director

Head of Procession Including Bluejackets
Director

On Westminster Bridge
Director

The Twins' Tea Party
Director

Royal Train
Director

Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's
Director

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

Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard
Director

Head of Colonial Procession
Director

Dragoons Passing St Paul's
Director

Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's
Director

Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall
Director

Royal Carriages Passing Westminster
Director

Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's
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
Cinematography, Producer

An Extraordinary Cab Accident
Producer, Director

A Lively Quarter Day
Producer

Delhi Durbar
Director

Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
Producer
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901
Director

Phantom Ride, Chamonix
Director

Army Life: Mounted Infantry
Director, Producer

Cupid at the Washtub
Producer
Robbery
Producer, Director

Scene on the River Thames
Director

The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
Director of Photography, Director
The Training of Infantry
Director
The Football Final
Director

Tetherball, or Do-Do
Producer, Director

The Deonzo Brothers
Producer, Director

A Victim of Misfortune
Director

Hammerfest
Producer, Director

The Countryman and the Cinematograph
Director, Producer
Firing at the Ranges
Director

The Derby 1900
Director
Contortionist
Director

Attack on a Piquet
Director, Producer
Cyclists and Pony Traps
Director
Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride
Director
The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin
Director
Gardener Watering Plants
Director

His Brave Defender
Producer, Director
The Deserter
Director

Two AM; or, The Husband's Return
Producer
Domesticated Elephants
Director
Goaded to Anarchy
Director

Come Along, Do!
Producer, Director

A Sea Cave Near Lisbon
Producer
The Bout
Director
Our New General Servant
Director
The Hand of the Artist
Producer

Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein
Producer

Chirgwin in His Humorous Business
Producer

The Derby
Director

Buy Your Own Cherries
Director

Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts
Producer

The Delhi Durbar
Director

A Camp Smithy
Producer

The Haunted Curiosity Shop
Producer
Race for the Grand National
Director

Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
Director
A Switchback Railway
Director
The Butterfly
Director

A Railway Collision
Producer

The Extraordinary Waiter
Producer
Training at the Regimental Depot
Director

Tommy Atkins in the Park
Director, Producer

An Exciting Pillow Fight
Producer

Comic Costume Race
Director

Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor
Producer

Drat That Boy!
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
Producer, Director

His Only Pair
Director, Producer

A Favourite Domestic Scene
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

Fishermen and Boat at Port Said
Producer

Women Fetching Water from the Nile
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