William Heise

Known for Directing

Details

Birthday: October 01, 1847

Deathday: February 14, 1910

Place of birth: Germany

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.

Actor

1892

A Hand Shake

Director

2007

Butterfly Dances

1908

Ten Pickaninnies

1898

What Demoralized the Barber Shop

1898

A Street Arab

1898

Hockey Match on the Ice

1898

The Ball Game

1898

An Unwelcome Visitor

1898

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2

1898

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1

1898

Sea Waves

1898

Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

1898

Snowballing the Coasters

1898

A Bucking Broncho

1897

Bowery Waltz

1897

Pillow Fight

1897

Charity Ball

1897

Fisherman's Luck

1897

Black Diamond Express, No. 1

1897

Fifth Avenue, New York

1897

Dancing Darkey Boy

1897

Pie Eating Contest

1897

Ambulance Call

1897

Ambulance at the Accident

1897

Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun

1897

Admiral Cigarette

1896

The Kiss

1896

Amy Muller

1896

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

1896

Shooting the Chutes

1895

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

1895

Princess Ali

1895

New Blacksmith Shop

1895

Silver Dance

1895

Paddle Dance

1895

Dance of Rejoicing

1895

Death Scene

1895

Hypnotic Scene

1895

Trilby Dance

1895

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

1895

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

1894

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

1894

Carmencita

1894

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

1894

The Barber Shop

1894

Sioux Ghost Dance

1894

Annie Oakley

1894

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

1894

Imperial Japanese Dance

1894

The Boxing Cats

1894

Chinese Laundry Scene

1894

Bucking Broncho

1894

Band Drill

1894

Hadj Cheriff

1894

Fire Rescue Scene

1894

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

1894

Leonard-Cushing Fight

1894

The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

1894

Buffalo Dance

1894

The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

1894

Cock Fight, No. 2

1894

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

1894

Boxing Match

1894

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

1894

Sandow: The Strong Man

1894

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

1894

Athlete with Wand

1894

Caicedo (with Pole)

1893

Horse Shoeing

1893

Blacksmithing Scene

1892

Fencing

1892

A Hand Shake

1891

Dickson Greeting

1891

Men Boxing

1891

Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

1891

Monkey and Another, Boxing

1891

Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

1891

Duncan Smoking

1891

Newark Athlete

1891

Newark athlete. [No. 2]

1890

Monkeyshines, No. 1

1890

Monkeyshines, No. 3

1890

Monkeyshines, No. 2