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 France.
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.
Full Filmography
Directing
The Arrest of a Bookmaker
(1895)
Director
Blackfriars Bridge
(1896)
Director
Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
(1896)
Director
Trilby Burlesque
(1896)
Director
Waves Breaking
(1896)
Director
On Westminster Bridge
(1896)
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Royal Train
(1896)
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Gardener Watering Plants
(1896)
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The Twins' Tea Party
(1896)
Director
Children in the Nursery
(1896)
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Contortionist
(1896)
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Our New General Servant
(1896)
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The Derby
(1896)
Director
Comic Costume Race
(1896)
Director
Scene on the River Thames
(1896)
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Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's
(1897)
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Dragoons Passing St Paul's
(1897)
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Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's
(1897)
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Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's
(1897)
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Royal Carriages Passing Westminster
(1897)
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Head of Procession Including Bluejackets
(1897)
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Head of Colonial Procession, Canadians, etc
(1897)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
(1897)
Director
Fun on the Clothesline
(1897)
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Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's
(1897)
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Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard
(1897)
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The Vanishing Lady
(1897)
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Robbery
(1897)
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The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
(1898)
Director
Come Along, Do!
(1898)
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Tetherball, or Do-Do
(1898)
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Tommy Atkins in the Park
(1898)
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A Switchback Railway
(1898)
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Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England
(1898)
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Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall
(1898)
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A Favourite Domestic Scene
(1898)
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The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall
(1898)
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Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
(1899)
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Attack on a Piquet
(1899)
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Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride
(1900)
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Training at the Regimental Depot
(1900)
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Phantom Ride, Chamonix
(1900)
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The Training of Infantry
(1900)
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The Deserter
(1900)
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Army Life: Mounted Infantry
(1900)
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Cyclists and Pony Traps
(1900)
Director
The Derby 1900
(1900)
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Firing at the Ranges
(1900)
Director
The Bout
(1900)
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His Brave Defender
(1900)
Director
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901
(1901)
Director
The Football Final
(1901)
Director
The Countryman and the Cinematograph
(1901)
Director
The Deonzo Brothers
(1901)
Director
Delhi Durbar
(1902)
Director
His Only Pair
(1902)
Director
Race for the Grand National
(1903)
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An Extraordinary Cab Accident
(1903)
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Bloodhounds Tracking a Convict
(1903)
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Hammerfest
(1903)
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The Delhi Durbar
(1903)
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A Chess Dispute
(1903)
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Buy Your Own Cherries
(1904)
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The Unfortunate Policeman
(1905)
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Goaded to Anarchy
(1905)
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Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales
(1906)
Director
Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations
(1906)
Director
Domesticated Elephants
(1909)
Director
The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin
(1909)
Director
The Butterfly
(1910)
Director
Production
Opening of the Kiel Canal
(1895)
Producer
Incident at Clovelly Cottage
(1895)
Producer
Rocky Shore
(1896)
Producer
The Soldier's Courtship
(1896)
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Chirgwin in His Humorous Business
(1896)
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Two AM; or, The Husband's Return
(1896)
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A Sea Cave Near Lisbon
(1896)
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Blackfriars Bridge
(1896)
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Sunderland
(1896)
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Landing at Low Tide
(1896)
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Rough Sea at Dover
(1896)
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Women Fetching Water from the Nile
(1897)
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Robbery
(1897)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
(1897)
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Fishermen and Boat at Port Said
(1897)
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Cupid at the Washtub
(1897)
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The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall
(1898)
Producer
Come Along, Do!
(1898)
Producer
A Favourite Domestic Scene
(1898)
Producer
Tetherball, or Do-Do
(1898)
Producer
Tommy Atkins in the Park
(1898)
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Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
(1899)
Producer
Attack on a Piquet
(1899)
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A Camp Smithy
(1899)
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Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein
(1900)
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A Railway Collision
(1900)
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Army Life: Mounted Infantry
(1900)
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Chinese Magic
(1900)
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His Brave Defender
(1900)
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Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts
(1900)
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An Exciting Pillow Fight
(1900)
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Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
(1901)
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The Haunted Curiosity Shop
(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 Extraordinary Waiter
(1902)
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His Only Pair
(1902)
Producer
Hammerfest
(1903)
Producer
Coronation Durbar at Delhi
(1903)
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An Extraordinary Cab Accident
(1903)
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The Kiddies' Cakewalk
(1903)
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Drat That Boy
(1904)
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Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor
(1904)
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A Lively Quarter-Day
(1906)
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The Hand of the Artist
(1906)
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The '?' Motorist
(1906)
Producer
Laplander Feeding His Reindeer
(1907)
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Whaling Afloat and Ashore
(1908)
Producer
Editing
Crew
Sunderland
(1896)
Cinematography
The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall
(1898)
Cinematography
Laplander Feeding His Reindeer
(1907)
Cinematography
Camera