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Robert W. Paul

Producer, Director, Editor, Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 4, 1869Died March 28, 1943 (73 years)
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.

Known For

  • The '?' Motorist
  • The Countryman's First Sight of the Animated Pictures
  • Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
  • Come Along, Do!
  • An Extraordinary Cab Accident
  • The Haunted Curiosity Shop
  • The Derby 1895
  • Blackfriars Bridge
  • The Twins' Tea Party
  • A Sea Cave Near Lisbon
  • The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
  • Two AM; or, The Husband's Return
  • Comic Costume Race
  • Artistic Creation
  • Upside Down; or, the Human Flies
  • Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
  • Royal Train

Filmography

1908
The Robber and the Jew
1907
The Fatal Hand
1906
The '?' Motorist
1906
Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations
1906
Is Spiritualism a Fraud?
1906
The Delhi Durbar
1906
House Furnishing Made Easy
1906
The Dancer's Dream
1904
Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor
1904
Drat That Boy
1904
A Collier's Life
1904
Clifton Suspension Bridge
1903
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903
The Kiddies' Cakewalk
1903
A Chess Dispute
1903
Coronation Durbar at Delhi
1902
The Extraordinary Waiter
1902
His Only Pair
1901
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
1901
Magical Sword
1901
The Countryman's First Sight of the Animated Pictures
1901
Artistic Creation
1901
The Waif and the Wizard
1901
The Deonzo Brothers in Their Wonderful Barrel Jumping Act
1901
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
1901
Undressing Extraordinary
1901
What Came Out of the Cheese; or, The Lilliputians in a New York Restaurant
1901
The Derby 1901
1900
Chinese Magic
1900
A Railroad Wreck (Imitation)
1900
Phantom Ride, Chamonix
1900
Entry of the Scots Guard Into Bloemfontein
1900
Army Life; or, How Soldiers Are Made: Mounted Infantry
1900
His Brave Defender
1900
Embarkation of the C.I.V.S for South Africa
1900
Modder River Drift
1900
Artillery Crossing the River Vaal
1900
The 1900 Derby
1899
Nurses Attending the Wounded
1899
Surprising a Picket
1899
Upside Down; or, the Human Flies
1899
Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
1898
Gladstone's Funeral
1898
Obstacle Race
1898
Shipping on the Thames
1898
Tommy Atkins in the Park
1898
Come Along, Do!
1898
Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall
1898
The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
1898
Tetherball, or Do-Do
1897
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1897
Fun on the Clothesline
1897
Women Fetching Water from the Nile
1897
Robbery
1897
Fishermen and Boat at Port Said
1896
Petticoat Lane
1896
Comic Costume Race
1896
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon
1896
Children in the Nursery
1896
Football Match
1896
The Twins' Tea Party
1896
Two AM; or, The Husband's Return
1896
Up the River
1896
The Derby
1896
Blackfriars Bridge
1896
Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
1896
Royal Train
1896
Sunderland
1896
Rocky Shore
1896
Fire Brigade
1895
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist
1895
Rough Sea at Dover
1895
The Derby 1895
1895
Opening of the Kiel Canal

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