WILLIAM HEISE

William Heise
William Heise
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: October 1, 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.

Filmography

Starring

1892·
A Hand Shake

Production

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