HewasborninHighbury,London,andbeganhistechnicalcareerlearninginstrument-makingskillsattheElliottBrothers,afirmofLondoninstrumentmakersfoundedin1804,followedbytheBellTelephoneCompanyinAntwerp.In1891,heestablishedaninstrument-makingcompany,RobertW.PaulInstrumentCompany,initiallywithaworkshopat44HattonGarden,London,laterhisoffice.In1894,hewasapproachedbytwoGreekbusinessmenwhowantedhimtomakecopiesofanEdisonKinetoscopethattheyhadpurchased.Heatfirstrefused,thenfoundtohisamazementthatEdisonhadnotpatentedtheinventioninBritain.Subsequently,PaulhimselfwouldgoontopurchaseaKinetoscope,intentontakingitapartandre-creatinganEnglish-basedversion.Hemanufacturedanumberofthese,oneofwhichwassuppliedtoGeorgesMéliès.However,theonlyfilmsavailablewere'bootleg'copiesofthoseproducedfortheEdisonmachines.AsEdisonhadpatentedhiscamera(thedetailsofwhichwereacloselyguardedsecret),Paulresolvedtosolvethisbottleneckbycreatinghisowncamera.HewasintroducedtoBirtAcres,aphotographicexpert,whohadinventedadevicetomovefilmaspartofthedevelopingprocess.PaulthoughtthatAcre'sprinciplecouldbeusedinacamera.Thiscamera,dubbedthePaul-AcresCamera,inventedinMarch1895,wouldbethefirstcameramadeinEngland.

性别: 男

星座: 天秤座

生卒日期: 1869年10月03日 至 1943年03月28日

出生地: 英国,伦敦,海布里

职业: 导演 / 制片人 / 摄影 / 剪辑

更多外文名: Robert William Paul (本名)

imdb编号: nm0666972