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Robert W. Paul (1869-1943)

Alias:
R.W. Paul
Robert Paul
Robert William Paul

Birthplace:
Highbury, London, England, UK

Born:
October 4, 1869

Died:
March 28, 1943

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1896  Sunderland
1907  Laplander Feeding His Reindeer

Director:
1895  The Arrest of a Bookmaker
1896  Blackfriars Bridge
1896  Children in the Nursery
1896  Comic Costume Race
1896  Contortionist
1896  Footpads
1896  Gardener Watering Plants
1896  Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
1896  On Westminster Bridge
1896  Our New General Servant
1896  Royal Train
1896  Scene on the River Thames
1896  Sunderland
1896  The Derby
1896  The Twins' Tea Party
1896  Waves Breaking
1897  Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's
1897  Dragoons Passing St Paul's
1897  Fun on the Clothesline
1897  Head of Colonial Procession, Canadians, etc
1897  Head of Procession Including Bluejackets
1897  Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's
1897  Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1897  Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's
1897  Robbery
1897  Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's
1897  Royal Carriages Passing Westminster
1897  Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard
1897  The Vanishing Lady
1897  The Young Rivals
1898  A Favourite Domestic Scene
1898  A Switchback Railway
1898  Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England
1898  Come Along, Do!
1898  Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall
1898  Tetherball, or Do-Do
1898  The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
1898  Tommy Atkins in the Park
1899  Attack on a Piquet
1899  Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
1899  On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus
1900  Army Life: Mounted Infantry
1900  Cyclists and Pony Traps
1900  Firing at the Ranges
1900  His Brave Defender
1900  Phantom Ride, Chamonix
1900  The Bout
1900  The Derby 1900
1900  The Deserter
1900  The Training of Infantry
1900  Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride
1900  Training at the Regimental Depot
1901  Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901
1901  The Countryman and the Cinematograph
1901  The Deonzo Brothers
1901  The Football Final
1902  Delhi Durbar
1902  His Only Pair
1903  A Chess Dispute
1903  An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903  Bloodhounds Tracking a Convict
1903  Hammerfest
1903  Race for the Grand National
1903  The Delhi Durbar
1904  Buy Your Own Cherries
1905  A Victim of Misfortune
1905  Goaded to Anarchy
1906  Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations
1906  Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales
1907  Laplander Feeding His Reindeer
1909  Domesticated Elephants
1909  The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin
1910  The Butterfly

Director of Photography:
1895  The Arrest of a Bookmaker
1896  Blackfriars Bridge
1896  Children in the Nursery
1896  Comic Costume Race
1896  Contortionist
1896  Footpads
1896  Gardener Watering Plants
1896  Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
1896  On Westminster Bridge
1896  Our New General Servant
1896  Royal Train
1896  Scene on the River Thames
1896  Sunderland
1896  The Derby
1896  The Twins' Tea Party
1896  Waves Breaking
1897  Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's
1897  Dragoons Passing St Paul's
1897  Fun on the Clothesline
1897  Head of Colonial Procession, Canadians, etc
1897  Head of Procession Including Bluejackets
1897  Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's
1897  Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1897  Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's
1897  Robbery
1897  Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's
1897  Royal Carriages Passing Westminster
1897  Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard
1897  The Vanishing Lady
1897  The Young Rivals
1898  A Favourite Domestic Scene
1898  A Switchback Railway
1898  Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England
1898  Come Along, Do!
1898  Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall
1898  Tetherball, or Do-Do
1898  The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
1898  Tommy Atkins in the Park
1899  Attack on a Piquet
1899  Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
1899  On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus
1900  Army Life: Mounted Infantry
1900  Cyclists and Pony Traps
1900  Firing at the Ranges
1900  His Brave Defender
1900  Phantom Ride, Chamonix
1900  The Bout
1900  The Derby 1900
1900  The Deserter
1900  The Training of Infantry
1900  Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride
1900  Training at the Regimental Depot
1901  Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901
1901  The Countryman and the Cinematograph
1901  The Deonzo Brothers
1901  The Football Final
1902  Delhi Durbar
1902  His Only Pair
1903  A Chess Dispute
1903  An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903  Bloodhounds Tracking a Convict
1903  Hammerfest
1903  Race for the Grand National
1903  The Delhi Durbar
1904  Buy Your Own Cherries
1905  A Victim of Misfortune
1905  Goaded to Anarchy
1906  Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations
1906  Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales
1906  The '?' Motorist
1907  Laplander Feeding His Reindeer
1909  Domesticated Elephants
1909  The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin
1910  The Butterfly

Editor:
1895  The Arrest of a Bookmaker
1896  Blackfriars Bridge
1896  Children in the Nursery
1896  Comic Costume Race
1896  Contortionist
1896  Footpads
1896  Gardener Watering Plants
1896  Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
1896  On Westminster Bridge
1896  Our New General Servant
1896  Royal Train
1896  Scene on the River Thames
1896  Sunderland
1896  The Derby
1896  The Twins' Tea Party
1896  Waves Breaking
1897  Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's
1897  Dragoons Passing St Paul's
1897  Fun on the Clothesline
1897  Head of Colonial Procession, Canadians, etc
1897  Head of Procession Including Bluejackets
1897  Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's
1897  Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1897  Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's
1897  Robbery
1897  Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's
1897  Royal Carriages Passing Westminster
1897  Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard
1897  The Vanishing Lady
1897  The Young Rivals
1898  A Favourite Domestic Scene
1898  A Switchback Railway
1898  Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England
1898  Come Along, Do!
1898  Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall
1898  Tetherball, or Do-Do
1898  The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
1898  Tommy Atkins in the Park
1899  Attack on a Piquet
1899  Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
1899  On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus
1900  Army Life: Mounted Infantry
1900  Cyclists and Pony Traps
1900  Firing at the Ranges
1900  His Brave Defender
1900  Phantom Ride, Chamonix
1900  The Bout
1900  The Derby 1900
1900  The Deserter
1900  The Training of Infantry
1900  Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride
1900  Training at the Regimental Depot
1901  Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901
1901  The Countryman and the Cinematograph
1901  The Deonzo Brothers
1901  The Football Final
1902  Delhi Durbar
1902  His Only Pair
1903  A Chess Dispute
1903  An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903  Bloodhounds Tracking a Convict
1903  Hammerfest
1903  Race for the Grand National
1903  The Delhi Durbar
1904  Buy Your Own Cherries
1905  A Victim of Misfortune
1905  Goaded to Anarchy
1906  Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations
1906  Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales
1906  The '?' Motorist
1907  Laplander Feeding His Reindeer
1909  Domesticated Elephants
1909  The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin
1910  The Butterfly

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

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