
William Heise
Directing
1847-10-01 · Germany
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.
Filmography
Butterfly Dances
2007 · Movie

Ten Pickaninnies
1908 · Movie
What Demoralized the Barber Shop
1898 · Movie
American Flag
1898 · Movie

A Bucking Broncho
1898 · Movie

Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
1898 · Movie
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
1898 · Movie
Cuban Ambush
1898 · Movie

Shooting Captured Insurgents
1898 · Movie
An Unwelcome Visitor
1898 · Movie

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
1898 · Movie

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
1898 · Movie
A Street Arab
1898 · Movie

The Ball Game
1898 · Movie
Old Glory and the Cuban Flag
1898 · Movie
Sea Waves
1898 · Movie

Hockey Match on the Ice
1898 · Movie
Snowballing the Coasters
1898 · Movie
Alciede Capitane
1898 · Movie

Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
1897 · Movie

Crissie Sheridan
1897 · Movie

Buffalo Fire Department in Action
1897 · Movie
Pie Eating Contest
1897 · Movie
Dancing Darkey Boy
1897 · Movie

Single Harness Horses
1897 · Movie

Charity Ball
1897 · Movie
Bowery Waltz
1897 · Movie

Ambulance at the Accident
1897 · Movie

Fisherman's Luck
1897 · Movie

Ambulance Call
1897 · Movie

Admiral Cigarette
1897 · Movie

Buffalo Stockyards
1897 · Movie

Waterfall in the Catskills
1897 · Movie
Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway
1897 · Movie

Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
1897 · Movie

Armour's Electric Trolley
1897 · Movie

Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
1897 · Movie

Racing at Sheepshead Bay
1897 · Movie

Falls of Minnehaha
1897 · Movie

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
1897 · Movie
Pillow Fight
1897 · Movie

Black Diamond Express, No. 1
1897 · Movie
The Dolorita Passion Dance
1897 · Movie

Fifth Avenue, New York
1897 · Movie

The First Sleigh-Ride
1897 · Movie

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
1897 · Movie
Black Diamond Express
1896 · Movie

A Morning Alarm
1896 · Movie

Mounted Police Charge
1896 · Movie

Feeding the Doves
1896 · Movie

Shooting the Chutes
1896 · Movie

The Bad Boy and the Gardener
1896 · Movie

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
1896 · Movie

The Kiss
1896 · Movie
Amy Muller
1896 · Movie

Interrupted Lovers
1896 · Movie

Lone Fisherman
1896 · Movie

New Blacksmith Shop
1895 · Movie

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
1895 · Movie

Princess Ali
1895 · Movie

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
1895 · Movie

Billy Edwards and the Unknown
1895 · Movie
Hypnotic Scene
1895 · Movie
Death Scene
1895 · Movie
Trilby Dance
1895 · Movie
Paddle Dance
1895 · Movie
Dance of Rejoicing
1895 · Movie
Silver Dance
1895 · Movie

Fire Rescue Scene
1894 · Movie

Band Drill
1894 · Movie

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894 · Movie

Imperial Japanese Dance
1894 · Movie

Annie Oakley
1894 · Movie

Bucking Broncho
1894 · Movie

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
1894 · Movie

Hadj Cheriff
1894 · Movie

The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
1894 · Movie

Sioux Ghost Dance
1894 · Movie

Buffalo Dance
1894 · Movie

Boxing Match
1894 · Movie

Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894 · Movie

Caicedo (with Pole)
1894 · Movie

The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)
1894 · Movie

Buffalo Bill
1894 · Movie

Leonard-Cushing Fight
1894 · Movie

Sandow: The Strong Man
1894 · Movie
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
1894 · Movie

Chinese Laundry Scene
1894 · Movie

Carmencita
1894 · Movie

Athlete with Wand
1894 · Movie

Cock Fight, No. 2
1894 · Movie

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894 · Movie

Glenroy Bros., No. 2
1894 · Movie

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
1894 · Movie

Annabelle Butterfly Dance
1894 · Movie

The Barber Shop
1894 · Movie

Japanese Dancers
1894 · Movie
Mlle. Capitaine
1894 · Movie

Blacksmith Scene
1893 · Movie

Horse Shoeing
1893 · Movie

Fencing
1892 · Movie

A Hand Shake
1892 · Movie

Dickson Greeting
1891 · Movie
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
1891 · Movie

Newark Athlete
1891 · Movie

Men Boxing
1891 · Movie
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
1891 · Movie
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
1891 · Movie
Monkey and Another, Boxing
1891 · Movie

Duncan Smoking
1891 · Movie

Monkeyshines, No. 1
1890 · Movie

Monkeyshines, No. 2
1890 · Movie

Monkeyshines, No. 3
1890 · Movie