Directing · b. 1847 · Germany

William Heise

Biography

William Heise was an American film cinematographer and director, active in the 1890s. Along with William K.L. Dickson, Heise was one of the most prolific filmmakers of the nascent days of cinema. Together, both men worked on many of the early shorts produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company and were credited for more than 175 short silent films, capturing numerous scenes of everyday life as well as different aspects of performance and sport.

Directed
Butterfly Dances 2007 Ten Pickaninnies 1908 A Street Arab 1898 What Demoralized the Barber Shop 1898 Hockey Match on the Ice 1898 The Ball Game 1898 An Unwelcome Visitor 1898 Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 1898 Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 1898 Sea Waves 1898 Old Glory and the Cuban Flag 1898 Snowballing the Coasters 1898 A Bucking Broncho 1898 Bowery Waltz 1897 Pillow Fight 1897 Charity Ball 1897 Fisherman's Luck 1897 Black Diamond Express, No. 1 1897 Fifth Avenue, New York 1897 Dancing Darkey Boy 1897 Pie Eating Contest 1897 Ambulance Call 1897 Ambulance at the Accident 1897 Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun 1897 Admiral Cigarette 1897 The Kiss 1896 Amy Muller 1896 Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance 1896 Shooting the Chutes 1896 Danse serpentine (Annabelle) 1895 Princess Ali 1895 New Blacksmith Shop 1895 Dance of Rejoicing 1895 Paddle Dance 1895 Silver Dance 1895 Trilby Dance 1895 Hypnotic Scene 1895 Death Scene 1895 Billy Edwards and the Unknown 1895 The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 1895 Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894 Carmencita 1894 The Barber Shop 1894 Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) 1894 Sioux Ghost Dance 1894 Annie Oakley 1894 Chinese Laundry Scene 1894 Imperial Japanese Dance 1894 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph 1894 The Boxing Cats 1894 Band Drill 1894 Hadj Cheriff 1894 Bucking Broncho 1894 Fire Rescue Scene 1894 Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894 Buffalo Dance 1894 Leonard-Cushing Fight 1894 The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” 1894 The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight 1894 Cock Fight, No. 2 1894 Glenroy Bros., No. 2 1894 Boxing Match 1894 Sandow: The Strong Man 1894 Caicedo (with Pole) 1894 Athlete with Wand 1894 Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894 Luis Martinetti, Contortionist 1894 Horse Shoeing 1893 Blacksmithing Scene 1893 Fencing 1892 A Hand Shake 1892 Dickson Greeting 1891 Men Boxing 1891 Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud 1891 Monkey and Another, Boxing 1891 Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop 1891 Duncan Smoking 1891 Newark Athlete 1891 Newark athlete. [No. 2] 1891 Monkeyshines, No. 1 1890 Monkeyshines, No. 3 1890 Monkeyshines, No. 2 1890
Cinematography
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola 1898 Shooting Captured Insurgents 1898 The Dolorita Passion Dance 1897 Crissie Sheridan 1897 Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory 1897 Serpentine Dance - Annabelle 1897 The First Sleigh-Ride 1897 The Bad Boy and the Gardener 1896 Black Diamond Express 1896 Feeding the Doves 1896 Interrupted Lovers 1896 Lone Fisherman 1896 The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 1895 The Barber Shop 1894 Athlete with Wand 1894 Caicedo (with Pole) 1894 Cock Fight, No. 2 1894 Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894 Sandow: The Strong Man 1894 Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894 Carmencita 1894 Glenroy Bros., No. 2 1894 The Boxing Cats 1894 Buffalo Dance 1894 Buffalo Bill 1894 Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894 Blacksmithing Scene 1893 A Hand Shake 1892 Fencing 1892 Newark Athlete 1891 Men Boxing 1891 Dickson Greeting 1891 Monkeyshines, No. 1 1890 Monkeyshines, No. 2 1890 Monkeyshines, No. 3 1890
Other Credits
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn' Camera Operator 1898 Alciede Capitane Cinematography 1898 Buffalo Fire Department in Action Camera Operator 1897 Single Harness Horses Producer 1897 Buffalo Stockyards Camera Operator 1897 Falls of Minnehaha Camera Operator 1897 Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago Camera Operator 1897 Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park Camera Operator 1897 Water Fall in the Catskills Camera Operator 1897 A Morning Alarm Camera Operator 1896 Japanese Dancers Cinematography 1894 Mlle. Capitaine Cinematography 1894
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