William Heise

Birthday: 1847-10-01
Deathday: 1910-02-14
Birthplace: Germany
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
2007-06-01 Butterfly Dances
1898-12-20 What Demoralized the Barber Shop
1898-10-30 A Bucking Broncho
1898-08-05 An Unwelcome Visitor
1898-06-12 Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
1898-05-31 Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
1898-05-20 A Street Arab
1898-05-19 The Ball Game
1898-03-29 Old Glory and the Cuban Flag
1898-03-21 Sea Waves
1898-02-24 Snowballing the Coasters
1898-02-20 Hockey Match on the Ice
1897-12-23 Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
1897-10-17 Pie Eating Contest
1897-10-05 Dancing Darkey Boy
1897-09-22 Ambulance at the Accident
1897-09-20 Fisherman's Luck
1897-09-18 Charity Ball
1897-08-31 Bowery Waltz
1897-08-06 Ambulance Call
1897-08-01 Admiral Cigarette
1897-05-23 Pillow Fight
1897-04-01 Black Diamond Express, No. 1
1897-03-05 Fifth Avenue, New York
1896-06-15 Shooting the Chutes
1896-05-03 Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
1896-04-01 The Kiss
1896-03-23 Amy Muller
1895-11-20 New Blacksmith Shop
1895-05-09 Princess Ali
1895-04-01 Annabelle Serpentine Dance
1895-01-30 Billy Edwards and the Unknown
1895-01-01 Silver Dance
1895-01-01 Paddle Dance
1895-01-01 Dance of Rejoicing
1895-01-01 Death Scene
1895-01-01 Hypnotic Scene
1895-01-01 Trilby Dance
1894-12-01 Fire Rescue Scene
1894-11-28 Band Drill
1894-11-17 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894-11-05 Imperial Japanese Dance
1894-11-01 Annie Oakley
1894-10-16 Bucking Broncho
1894-10-05 Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
1894-10-05 Hadj Cheriff
1894-10-02 The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
1894-09-23 Sioux Ghost Dance
1894-09-23 Buffalo Dance
1894-09-01 Boxing Match
1894-08-31 Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894-07-25 Caicedo (with Pole)
1894-07-16 The Boxing Cats
1894-06-14 Leonard-Cushing Fight
1894-05-18 Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
1894-05-16 The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
1894-04-30 Chinese Laundry Scene
1894-03-14 Carmencita
1894-02-01 Athlete with Wand
1894-01-15 Cock Fight, No. 2
1894-01-09 Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894-01-01 The Barber Shop
1894-01-01 Glenroy Bros., No. 2
1894-01-01 Annabelle Butterfly Dance
1894-01-01 Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
1893-05-08 Blacksmithing Scene
1893-01-01 Horse Shoeing
1892-01-01 Fencing
1892-01-01 A Hand Shake
1891-05-20 Dickson Greeting
1891-05-01 Newark Athlete
1891-04-30 Men Boxing
1891-01-01 Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
1891-01-01 Monkey and Another, Boxing
1891-01-01 Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
1891-01-01 Duncan Smoking
1890-11-21 Monkeyshines, No. 1
1890-11-21 Monkeyshines, No. 3
1890-11-21 Monkeyshines, No. 2