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.
Directing
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Male
1847-10-01
Germany
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A Hand Shake
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Fencing
Horse Shoeing
Blacksmithing Scene
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Carmencita
The Kiss
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
The Barber Shop
Bowery Waltz
Sioux Ghost Dance
Annie Oakley
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Pillow Fight
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Imperial Japanese Dance
The Boxing Cats
Chinese Laundry Scene
Bucking Broncho
Band Drill
Hadj Cheriff
Princess Ali
Charity Ball
Fire Rescue Scene
Amy Muller
Fisherman's Luck
What Demoralized the Barber Shop
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
A Street Arab
Hockey Match on the Ice
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
Fifth Avenue, New York
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
Dancing Darkey Boy
The Ball Game
Pie Eating Contest
An Unwelcome Visitor
Ambulance Call
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
New Blacksmith Shop
Leonard-Cushing Fight
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
Buffalo Dance
Silver Dance
Paddle Dance
Dance of Rejoicing
Shooting the Chutes
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
Cock Fight, No. 2
Dickson Greeting
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Men Boxing
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Crissie Sheridan
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
Monkey and Another, Boxing
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
Duncan Smoking
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
Ambulance at the Accident
Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
Sea Waves
Old Glory and the Cuban Flag
Boxing Match
Admiral Cigarette
Death Scene
Hypnotic Scene
Trilby Dance
Single Harness Horses
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Butterfly Dances
Snowballing the Coasters
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Sandow: The Strong Man
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Athlete with Wand
Newark Athlete
Caicedo (with Pole)
A Bucking Broncho
Ten Pickaninnies
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Racing at Sheepshead Bay