About

Known credits:
141
Birthday:
1869-10-04
Place of birth:
Highbury, London, England, UK
Website:
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Robert W. Paul

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1897 Fun on the Clothesline Actor Chasing Man 58
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1896 Fire Brigade Actor Director 58
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Directing
1910 The Butterfly Directing Director N/A
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1909 Domesticated Elephants Directing Director N/A
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1909 The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin Directing Director N/A
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1906 Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations Directing Director 58
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1906 Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales Directing Director 58
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1905 Goaded to Anarchy Directing Director N/A
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1905 A Victim of Misfortune Directing Director 58
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1904 Buy Your Own Cherries Directing Director 58
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1903 An Extraordinary Cab Accident Directing Director 58
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1903 A Chess Dispute Directing Director 58
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1903 Hammerfest Directing Director 58
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1903 Bloodhounds Tracking a Convict Directing Director N/A
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1903 The Delhi Durbar Directing Director 59
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1903 Race for the Grand National Directing Director N/A
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1902 Delhi Durbar Directing Director N/A
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1902 His Only Pair Directing Director 58
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1901 The Countryman and the Cinematograph Directing Director 58
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1901 The Deonzo Brothers Directing Director 59
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1901 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901 Directing Director N/A
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1901 The Football Final Directing Director N/A
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1900 Training at the Regimental Depot Directing Director N/A
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1900 The Derby 1900 Directing Director N/A
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1900 The Deserter Directing Director N/A
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1900 The Bout Directing Director N/A
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1900 Phantom Ride, Chamonix Directing Director N/A
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1900 Firing at the Ranges Directing Director N/A
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1900 Cyclists and Pony Traps Directing Director N/A
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1900 The Training of Infantry Directing Director N/A
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1900 Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride Directing Director N/A
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1900 Army Life: Mounted Infantry Directing Director 58
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1900 His Brave Defender Directing Director 58
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1899 On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus Directing Director N/A
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1899 Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War Directing Director N/A
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1899 Attack on a Piquet Directing Director 59
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1898 A Favourite Domestic Scene Directing Director 58
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1898 Tommy Atkins in the Park Directing Director 58
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1898 Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England Directing Director 59
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1898 Come Along, Do! Directing Director 58
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1898 A Switchback Railway Directing Director 58
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1898 The Launch of H.M.S. Albion Directing Director 59
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1898 Tetherball, or Do-Do Directing Director 59
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1898 Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall Directing Director 59
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1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Directing Director 58
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1897 The Vanishing Lady Directing Director 58
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1897 Fun on the Clothesline Directing Director 58
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1897 The Young Rivals Directing Director 58
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1897 Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's Directing Director 59
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1897 Head of Procession Including Bluejackets Directing Director 59
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1897 Dragoons Passing St Paul's Directing Director 59
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1897 Royal Carriages Passing Westminster Directing Director 59
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1897 Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard Directing Director 59
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1897 Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's Directing Director 59
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1897 Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's Directing Director 59
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1897 Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's Directing Director 59
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1897 Robbery Directing Director 58
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1897 Head of Colonial Procession Directing Director 58
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1896 Children in the Nursery Directing Director 59
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1896 The Twins' Tea Party Directing Director 58
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1896 Scene on the River Thames Directing Director 58
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1896 The Derby Directing Director 58
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1896 Gardener Watering Plants Directing Director 59
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1896 Our New General Servant Directing Director N/A
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1896 Contortionist Directing Director 59
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1896 On Westminster Bridge Directing Director 59
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1896 Comic Costume Race Directing Director 58
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1896 London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade Directing Director N/A
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1896 Blackfriars Bridge Directing Director 58
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1896 Waves Breaking Directing Director N/A
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1896 Footpads Directing Director N/A
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1896 Royal Train Directing Director 58
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1896 Footpads Directing Director N/A
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1896 Hyde Park Bicycling Scene Directing Director 58
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1895 The Arrest of a Bookmaker Directing Director 58
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Production
1908 Whaling Afloat and Ashore Production Producer 58
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1907 Laplander Feeding His Reindeer Production Producer N/A
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1906 The '?' Motorist Production Producer 59
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1906 The Hand of the Artist Production Producer 58
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1906 A Lively Quarter Day Production Producer 58
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1905 Short-Sighted Sammy Production Producer N/A
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1904 Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor Production Producer 58
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1904 Drat That Boy! Production Producer 58
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1904 A Collier's Life Production Producer N/A
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1903 An Extraordinary Cab Accident Production Producer 58
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1903 The Kiddies' Cakewalk Production Producer 59
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1903 Hammerfest Production Producer 58
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1903 Coronation Durbar at Delhi Production Producer 58
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1902 The Extraordinary Waiter Production Producer 58
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1902 His Only Pair Production Producer 58
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1901 Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost Production Producer 58
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1901 The Countryman and the Cinematograph Production Producer 58
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1901 The Waif and the Wizard Production Producer 59
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1901 The Deonzo Brothers Production Producer 59
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1901 The Haunted Curiosity Shop Production Producer 58
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1900 Chinese Magic Production Producer N/A
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1900 Briton vs. Boer Production Producer N/A
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1900 A Railway Collision Production Producer 58
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1900 His Brave Defender Production Producer 58
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1900 An Exciting Pillow Fight Production Producer 59
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1900 Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein Production Producer 58
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1900 Army Life: Mounted Infantry Production Producer 58
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1900 Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts Production Producer 58
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1899 On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus Production Producer N/A
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1899 Upside Down; or, The Human Flies Production Producer 58
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1899 Attack on a Piquet Production Producer 59
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1899 A Camp Smithy Production Producer 59
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1898 Tommy Atkins in the Park Production Producer 58
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1898 A Favourite Domestic Scene Production Producer 58
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1898 Tetherball, or Do-Do Production Producer 59
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1898 Come Along, Do! Production Producer 58
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1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Production Producer 58
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1897 The Young Rivals Production Producer 58
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1897 Cupid at the Washtub Production Producer 58
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1897 Robbery Production Producer 58
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1897 Women Fetching Water from the Nile Production Producer 59
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1897 Fishermen and Boat at Port Said Production Producer 59
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1896 A Sea Cave Near Lisbon Production Producer 58
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1896 Two AM; or, The Husband's Return Production Producer 58
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1896 Chirgwin in His Humorous Business Production Producer 59
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1896 Landing at Low Tide Production Producer 58
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1896 The Soldier's Courtship Production Producer 59
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1896 Rough Sea at Dover Production Producer 58
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1896 Trilby Burlesque Production Producer 58
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1896 Rocky Shore Production Producer 59
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1896 Blackfriars Bridge Production Producer 58
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1896 Fire Brigade Production Producer 58
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1896 Sunderland Production Producer N/A
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1895 The Derby 1895 Production Producer 58
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1895 Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II Production Producer 59
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1895 Opening of the Kiel Canal Production Producer 58
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1895 Incident at Clovelly Cottage Production Producer 58
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The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Production Producer N/A
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S.S. Columbia Production Producer N/A
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Camera
1906 The '?' Motorist Camera Director of Photography 59
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1898 The Launch of H.M.S. Albion Camera Director of Photography 59
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1896 Blackfriars Bridge Camera Director of Photography 58
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Crew
1907 Laplander Feeding His Reindeer Crew Cinematography N/A
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1896 Sunderland Crew Cinematography N/A
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1896 London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
1896 Blackfriars Bridge Editing Editor 58
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