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William Heise

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.

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

136

Gender

Male

Birthday

1847-10-01

Place of Birth

Germany

Also Known As

Known For

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
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