William Heise
Directing · Born 1847-10-01 · age 62 at death · 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.
Titles
The Kiss
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Blacksmithing Scene
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Newark Athlete
Carmencita
Dickson Greeting
The Boxing Cats
Annie Oakley
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Men Boxing
Sandow: The Strong Man
Caicedo (with Pole)
Buffalo Dance
The Barber Shop
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
A Hand Shake
Sioux Ghost Dance
Fire Rescue Scene
Bucking Broncho
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Imperial Japanese Dance
Fencing
Athlete with Wand
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Leonard-Cushing Fight
Feeding the Doves
Band Drill
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
Monkeyshines, No. 3
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Cock Fight, No. 2
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
Chinese Laundry Scene
Hadj Cheriff
Princess Ali
The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
Interrupted Lovers
Horse Shoeing
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Shooting Captured Insurgents
Shooting the Chutes
Amy Muller
Crissie Sheridan
The First Sleigh-Ride
Fifth Avenue, New York
Black Diamond Express
Lone Fisherman
A Street Arab
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
Pillow Fight
The Ball Game
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
Buffalo Fire Department in Action
Bowery Waltz