William Heise
- Directing
- October 1, 1847 · Germany
- February 14, 1910
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Butterfly Dances · Director
- Ten Pickaninnies · Director
- What Demoralized the Barber Shop · Director
- A Bucking Broncho · Director
- Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn' · Camera Operator
- Turkish Dance, Ella Lola · Cinematography
- An Unwelcome Visitor · Director
- Shooting Captured Insurgents · Cinematography
- Cuban Ambush · Director
- Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 · Director
- Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 · Director
- A Street Arab · Director
- The Ball Game · Director
- Old Glory and the Cuban Flag · Director
- Sea Waves · Director
- Hockey Match on the Ice · Director
- Snowballing the Coasters · Director
- Alciede Capitane · Cinematography
- Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun · Director
- Crissie Sheridan · Producer, Cinematography
- Buffalo Fire Department in Action · Camera Operator
- Pie Eating Contest · Director
- Dancing Darkey Boy · Director
- Single Harness Horses · Producer, Camera Operator
- Bowery Waltz · Director
- Charity Ball · Director
- Ambulance at the Accident · Director
- Fisherman's Luck · Director
- Ambulance Call · Director
- Admiral Cigarette · Director, Cinematography
- Buffalo Stockyards · Camera Operator
- Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago · Camera Operator
- Waterfall in the Catskills · Camera Operator
- Armour's Electric Trolley · Director
- Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway · Director
- Falls of Minnehaha · Camera Operator
- Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park · Camera Operator
- Racing at Sheepshead Bay · Director
- Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory · Cinematography
- Pillow Fight · Director
- The Dolorita Passion Dance · Cinematography
- Black Diamond Express, No. 1 · Director
- Fifth Avenue, New York · Director
- The First Sleigh-Ride · Cinematography
- Serpentine Dance - Annabelle · Cinematography
- Black Diamond Express · Cinematography
- A Morning Alarm · Camera Operator
- Mounted Police Charge · Director
- Feeding the Doves · Cinematography
- Shooting the Chutes · Director
- The Bad Boy and the Gardener · Cinematography
- Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance · Director
- The Kiss · Director
- Amy Muller · Director
- Interrupted Lovers · Cinematography
- Lone Fisherman · Cinematography
- New Blacksmith Shop · Director
- The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots · Cinematography, Director
- Princess Ali · Director
- Danse serpentine (Annabelle) · Director, Cinematography
- Billy Edwards and the Unknown · Producer, Director
- Dance of Rejoicing · Director
- Paddle Dance · Director
- Silver Dance · Director
- Trilby Dance · Director
- Hypnotic Scene · Director
- Death Scene · Director
- Fire Rescue Scene · Director
- Band Drill · Director
- Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph · Director
- Imperial Japanese Dance · Director
- Annie Oakley · Director
- Bucking Broncho · Director
- Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) · Director
- Hadj Cheriff · Director
- The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight · Director
- Sioux Ghost Dance · Director
- Buffalo Dance · Director, Cinematography
- Boxing Match · Director
- Dickson Experimental Sound Film · Cinematography, Director