William Heise

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1847-10-01 (63 years old)

Deathday

1910-02-14

Place of Birth

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.

Acting

Production

1897

The Dolorita Passion Dance

as Director of Photography

1890

1892

Fencing

as Director

1893

Horse Shoeing

as Director

1892

A Hand Shake

as Director

1893

1890

Monkeyshines, No. 1

as Director of Photography

1890

Monkeyshines, No. 2

as Director of Photography

1891

Newark Athlete

as Director of Photography

1892

A Hand Shake

as Director of Photography

1892

Fencing

as Director of Photography

1891

Men Boxing

as Director of Photography

1894

The Barber Shop

as Director of Photography

1894

Athlete with Wand

as Director of Photography

1894

Caicedo (with Pole)

as Director of Photography

1894

Cock Fight, No. 2

as Director of Photography

1894

Carmencita

as Director

1894

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

as Director of Photography

1894

1893

Blacksmithing Scene

as Director of Photography

1897

Buffalo Stockyards

as Camera Operator

1897

1897

Falls of Minnehaha

as Camera Operator

1896

The Kiss

as Director

1894

The Barber Shop

as Director

1897

Bowery Waltz

as Director

1894

1894

Annie Oakley

as Director

1897

Pillow Fight

as Director

1894

1894

The Boxing Cats

as Director

1894

Band Drill

as Director

1894

Hadj Cheriff

as Director

1894

Bucking Broncho

as Director

1895

Princess Ali

as Director

1897

Charity Ball

as Director

1894

1896

Amy Muller

as Director

1897

Fisherman's Luck

as Director

1894

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

as Director of Photography

1898

A Street Arab

as Director

1897

1897

1898

The Ball Game

as Director

1897

1898

1897

Ambulance Call

as Director

1896

A Morning Alarm

as Camera Operator

1894

Buffalo Dance

as Director

1894

1895

1895

1895

Paddle Dance

as Director

1895

Silver Dance

as Director

1896

1894

1891

Dickson Greeting

as Director

1891

Men Boxing

as Director

1890

1890

1897

Crissie Sheridan

as Producer

1891

Duncan Smoking

as Director

1894

1898

Sea Waves

as Director

1894

Boxing Match

as Director

1894

Japanese Dancers

as Cinematography

1897

1897

Admiral Cigarette

as Cinematography

1895

Trilby Dance

as Director

1895

Hypnotic Scene

as Director

1895

Death Scene

as Director

1894

Carmencita

as Director of Photography

1897

1897

Single Harness Horses

as Camera Operator

1894

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

as Director of Photography

1894

The Boxing Cats

as Director of Photography

1898

Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

as Director of Photography

1897

Crissie Sheridan

as Director of Photography

1896

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

as Director of Photography

1896

Black Diamond Express

as Director of Photography

1896

Feeding the Doves

as Director of Photography

1898

Shooting Captured Insurgents

as Director of Photography

1894

Buffalo Dance

as Director of Photography

1897

1896

Interrupted Lovers

as Director of Photography

1891

Dickson Greeting

as Director of Photography

1897

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

as Director of Photography

1894

Buffalo Bill

as Director of Photography

1896

Lone Fisherman

as Director of Photography

1897

The First Sleigh-Ride

as Director of Photography

2007

Butterfly Dances

as Director

1895

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

as Director of Photography

1891

Newark Athlete

as Director

1894

1894

1898

1897

Water Fall in the Catskills

as Camera Operator

1908

Ten Pickaninnies

as Director

1895

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