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William Heise

Oct 1, 1847 - 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.

Known For Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	1892	A Hand Shake

Crew

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