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.
Directed 62
1900s
- 1908
Ten Pickaninnies
Director
1890s
- 1898
A Bucking Broncho
Director
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
Director
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
Director
The Ball Game
Director
Hockey Match on the Ice
Director
- 1897
Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
Director
Charity Ball
Director
Ambulance at the Accident
Director
Fisherman's Luck
Director
Ambulance Call
Director
Admiral Cigarette
Director
Armour's Electric Trolley
Director
Racing at Sheepshead Bay
Director
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
Director
Fifth Avenue, New York
Director
- 1896
Mounted Police Charge
Director
Shooting the Chutes
Director
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
Director
- 1895
New Blacksmith Shop
Director
Princess Ali
Director
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Director
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Director
- 1894
Fire Rescue Scene
Director
Band Drill
Director
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Director
Imperial Japanese Dance
Director
Hadj Cheriff
Director
Sioux Ghost Dance
Director
Boxing Match
Director
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Director
Caicedo (with Pole)
Director
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Director
Sandow: The Strong Man
Director
Carmencita
Director
Athlete with Wand
Director
Cock Fight, No. 2
Director
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Director
The Barber Shop
Director
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Director
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Director
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Director
- 1893
- 1892
A Hand Shake
Director
- 1891
Duncan Smoking
Director
- 1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Director
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Director
Camera 41
1890s
- 1898
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
Camera Operator
Shooting Captured Insurgents
Director of Photography
- 1897
Crissie Sheridan
Director of Photography
Buffalo Fire Department in Action
Camera Operator
Single Harness Horses
Camera Operator
Buffalo Stockyards
Camera Operator
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
Camera Operator
Waterfall in the Catskills
Camera Operator
Falls of Minnehaha
Camera Operator
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
Camera Operator
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Director of Photography
The First Sleigh-Ride
Director of Photography
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
Director of Photography
- 1896
A Morning Alarm
Camera Operator
Feeding the Doves
Director of Photography
The Bad Boy and the Gardener
Director of Photography
- 1895
- 1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Director of Photography
Caicedo (with Pole)
Director of Photography
Buffalo Bill
Director of Photography
Sandow: The Strong Man
Director of Photography
Carmencita
Director of Photography
Athlete with Wand
Director of Photography
Cock Fight, No. 2
Director of Photography
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Director of Photography
The Barber Shop
Director of Photography
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Director of Photography
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Director of Photography
- 1893
- 1892
A Hand Shake
Director of Photography
- 1891
- 1890
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Director of Photography
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Director of Photography
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Director of Photography
Produced 3
1890s
- 1897
Crissie Sheridan
Producer
Single Harness Horses
Producer
- 1895
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Producer
Other crew 3
1890s
- 1897
Admiral Cigarette
Cinematography
- 1895
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Cinematography
- 1894
Japanese Dancers
Cinematography
Acted in 1
1890s
- 1892
A Hand Shake
Movie