William Heise
Known for: Directing
Born: October 1, 1847
Died: February 14, 1910
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
108 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Butterfly Dances
2007
4.3
Ten Pickaninnies
19084.6
What Demoralized the Barber Shop
1898
4.3
A Bucking Broncho
1898
4.0
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
18985.5
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
18985.0
An Unwelcome Visitor
1898
4.6
Shooting Captured Insurgents
1898
4.0
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
1898
4.0
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
18984.8
A Street Arab
1898
3.1
The Ball Game
18987.0
Old Glory and the Cuban Flag
18984.2
Sea Waves
18985.5
Snowballing the Coasters
1898
4.5
Hockey Match on the Ice
18987.0
Alciede Capitane
1898
4.5
Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
18974.8
Crissie Sheridan
1897
5.0
Buffalo Fire Department in Action
18974.8
Pie Eating Contest
18974.3
Dancing Darkey Boy
1897
5.0
Single Harness Horses
1897
4.5
Ambulance at the Accident
1897
4.2
Fisherman's Luck
1897
3.9
Charity Ball
18974.0
Bowery Waltz
1897
10.0
Ambulance Call
1897
6.7
Admiral Cigarette
1897
4.0
Buffalo Stockyards
1897
5.2
Falls of Minnehaha
1897
5.1
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
1897
5.0
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
1897
4.3
Water Fall in the Catskills
1897
5.0
Racing at Sheepshead Bay
1897
5.2
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
18975.0
Pillow Fight
18979.0
The Dolorita Passion Dance
1897
4.8
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
1897
5.0
Fifth Avenue, New York
1897
4.8
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
1897
4.0
The First Sleigh-Ride
18975.3
Black Diamond Express
1896
6.5
A Morning Alarm
1896
5.2
Feeding the Doves
1896
4.3
Shooting the Chutes
1896
6.0
The Bad Boy and the Gardener
1896
5.0
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
1896
5.2
The Kiss
18964.8
Amy Muller
1896
4.5
Interrupted Lovers
1896
4.6
Lone Fisherman
1896
3.8
New Blacksmith Shop
1895
6.3
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
1895
4.0
Princess Ali
1895
5.9
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
1895
3.9
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
18953.3
Dance of Rejoicing
18954.0
Paddle Dance
18953.0
Silver Dance
18951.5
Trilby Dance
18951.0
Hypnotic Scene
18951.5
Death Scene
1895
5.3
Fire Rescue Scene
1894
3.8
Band Drill
1894
4.8
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894
4.6
Imperial Japanese Dance
1894
6.0
Annie Oakley
1894
4.5
Bucking Broncho
1894
4.9
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
18944.6
Hadj Cheriff
1894
4.7
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
1894
4.9
Sioux Ghost Dance
1894
4.8
Buffalo Dance
18944.8
Boxing Match
1894
6.1
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894
6.0
Caicedo (with Pole)
1894
5.9
The Boxing Cats
1894
3.7
Buffalo Bill
18945.3
Leonard-Cushing Fight
1894
5.1
Sandow: The Strong Man
18944.4
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
1894
5.3
Chinese Laundry Scene
1894
5.2
Carmencita
1894
4.0
Athlete with Wand
1894
3.8
Cock Fight, No. 2
1894
4.8
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894
5.1
The Barber Shop
1894
5.5
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
1894
5.0
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
1894
6.0
Japanese Dancers
1894
5.3
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
18942.0
Mlle. Capitaine
1894
5.6
Blacksmithing Scene
1893
3.0
Horse Shoeing
1893
3.6
A Hand Shake
1892
3.6
Fencing
1892
5.0
Dickson Greeting
1891
4.6
Newark Athlete
18913.5
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
1891
4.2
Men Boxing
18913.2
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
18914.0
Monkey and Another, Boxing
18913.6
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
1891
4.1
Duncan Smoking
1891
5.1
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1890
4.7
Monkeyshines, No. 2
1890
3.4
Monkeyshines, No. 3
1890