William Heise

Known for: Directing
Born: October 1, 1847, Germany
Died: February 14, 1910
Movies: 90

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.

Best-Known Movies

5.2

The Kiss

1896

6.3

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

1895

6.1

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

1894

5.6

Blacksmith Scene

1893

5.9

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

1895

5.1

Monkeyshines, No. 1

1890

4.8

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

1894

4.6

Newark Athlete

1891

5.2

Carmencita

1894

5.0

Dickson Greeting

1891

Filmography

1892

A Hand Shake

Directing, Writing & Producing

2007	Butterfly Dances	Director
1908	Ten Pickaninnies	Director
1898	What Demoralized the Barber Shop	Director
1898	A Bucking Broncho	Director
1898	An Unwelcome Visitor	Director
1898	Cuban Ambush	Director
1898	Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1	Director
1898	Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2	Director
1898	A Street Arab	Director
1898	The Ball Game	Director
1898	Old Glory and the Cuban Flag	Director
1898	Sea Waves	Director
1898	Hockey Match on the Ice	Director
1898	Snowballing the Coasters	Director
1897	Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun	Director
1897	Crissie Sheridan	Producer
1897	Pie Eating Contest	Director
1897	Dancing Darkey Boy	Director
1897	Single Harness Horses	Producer
1897	Bowery Waltz	Director
1897	Charity Ball	Director
1897	Ambulance at the Accident	Director
1897	Fisherman's Luck	Director
1897	Ambulance Call	Director
1897	Admiral Cigarette	Director
1897	Armour's Electric Trolley	Director
1897	Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway	Director
1897	Racing at Sheepshead Bay	Director
1897	Pillow Fight	Director
1897	Black Diamond Express, No. 1	Director
1897	Fifth Avenue, New York	Director
1896	Mounted Police Charge	Director
1896	Shooting the Chutes	Director
1896	Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance	Director
1896	The Kiss	Director
1896	Amy Muller	Director
1895	New Blacksmith Shop	Director
1895	The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots	Director
1895	Princess Ali	Director
1895	Danse serpentine (Annabelle)	Director
1895	Billy Edwards and the Unknown	Producer, Director
1895	Silver Dance	Director
1895	Paddle Dance	Director
1895	Dance of Rejoicing	Director
1895	Death Scene	Director
1895	Hypnotic Scene	Director
1895	Trilby Dance	Director
1894	Fire Rescue Scene	Director
1894	Band Drill	Director
1894	Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph	Director
1894	Imperial Japanese Dance	Director
1894	Annie Oakley	Director
1894	Bucking Broncho	Director
1894	Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)	Director
1894	Hadj Cheriff	Director
1894	The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight	Director
1894	Sioux Ghost Dance	Director
1894	Buffalo Dance	Director
1894	Boxing Match	Director
1894	Dickson Experimental Sound Film	Director
1894	Caicedo (with Pole)	Director
1894	The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)	Director
1894	Leonard-Cushing Fight	Director
1894	Sandow: The Strong Man	Director
1894	The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”	Director
1894	Chinese Laundry Scene	Director
1894	Carmencita	Director
1894	Athlete with Wand	Director
1894	Cock Fight, No. 2	Director
1894	Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze	Director
1894	The Barber Shop	Director
1894	Glenroy Bros., No. 2	Director
1894	Annabelle Butterfly Dance	Director
1894	Luis Martinetti, Contortionist	Director
1893	Blacksmith Scene	Director
1893	Horse Shoeing	Director
1892	Fencing	Director
1892	A Hand Shake	Director
1891	Dickson Greeting	Director
1891	Newark Athlete	Director
1891	Newark athlete. [No. 2]	Director
1891	Men Boxing	Director
1891	Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud	Director
1891	Monkey and Another, Boxing	Director
1891	Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop	Director
1891	Duncan Smoking	Director
1890	Monkeyshines, No. 1	Director
1890	Monkeyshines, No. 3	Director
1890	Monkeyshines, No. 2	Director

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