William Heise
Directing
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.
As actor 1
On the crew 108
Interrupted Lovers
1896
Buffalo Stockyards
1897
Lone Fisherman
1896
Leonard-Cushing Fight
1894
Butterfly Dances
2007
The Kiss
1896
Annie Oakley
1894
Pillow Fight
1897
Blacksmithing Scene
1893
Caicedo (with Pole)
1894
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
1894
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
1897
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
1897
Charity Ball
1897
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
1895
Bowery Waltz
1897
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
1898
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
1896
Alciede Capitane
1898
Men Boxing
1891
A Morning Alarm
1896
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
1894
Shooting Captured Insurgents
1898
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
1898
Death Scene
1895
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894
Falls of Minnehaha
1897
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894
Band Drill
1894
Shooting the Chutes
1896
Dickson Greeting
1891
Sioux Ghost Dance
1894
Fifth Avenue, New York
1897
Newark Athlete
1891
The First Sleigh-Ride
1897
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
1894
Buffalo Fire Department in Action
1897
Buffalo Bill
1894
Carmencita
1894
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894
Fencing
1892
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
1897
Admiral Cigarette
1897
Hadj Cheriff
1894
Feeding the Doves
1896
Duncan Smoking
1891
Black Diamond Express
1896
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
1895
Silver Dance
1895
Buffalo Dance
1894
Boxing Match
1894
Monkeyshines, No. 2
1890
Racing at Sheepshead Bay
1897
Bucking Broncho
1894
Trilby Dance
1895
The Bad Boy and the Gardener
1896
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
1895
Ten Pickaninnies
1908
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
1894
Paddle Dance
1895
Horse Shoeing
1893
Crissie Sheridan
1897
Imperial Japanese Dance
1894
Monkeyshines, No. 3
1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
1890
Dancing Darkey Boy
1897
Japanese Dancers
1894
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
1891
Cock Fight, No. 2
1894
Fire Rescue Scene
1894
The Boxing Cats
1894
New Blacksmith Shop
1895
Ambulance Call
1897
Amy Muller
1896
A Hand Shake
1892
Monkey and Another, Boxing
1891
Athlete with Wand
1894
Princess Ali
1895
Hypnotic Scene
1895
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
1894
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
1894
The Barber Shop
1894
Sea Waves
1898
Chinese Laundry Scene
1894
Sandow: The Strong Man
1894
What Demoralized the Barber Shop
1898
Snowballing the Coasters
1898
Newark athlete. [No. 2]
1891
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
1891
Ambulance at the Accident
1897
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
1898
Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
1897
Hockey Match on the Ice
1898
Fisherman's Luck
1897
The Dolorita Passion Dance
1897
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
1897
The Ball Game
1898
Mlle. Capitaine
1894
Single Harness Horses
1897
Water Fall in the Catskills
1897
An Unwelcome Visitor
1898
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
1897
Pie Eating Contest
1897
A Bucking Broncho
1898
Old Glory and the Cuban Flag
1898
A Street Arab
1898
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
1898
Dance of Rejoicing
1895