Directing
William Heise
Born 1847-10-01 · Germany · Died 1910-02-14
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
Newark Athlete
Monkeyshines, No. 3
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Kiss
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Dickson Greeting
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Annabelle Serpentine Dance
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Blacksmith Scene
Annie Oakley
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Carmencita
The Boxing Cats
Buffalo Dance
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
Cock Fight, No. 2
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
Ambulance at the Accident
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
Butterfly Dances
Sioux Ghost Dance
Athlete with Wand
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
A Hand Shake
Bucking Broncho
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Princess Ali
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
Buffalo Stockyards
Single harness horses
Shooting the Chutes
Buffalo Fire Department in action
Boxing
Fisherman's Luck
Falls of Minnehaha
Hockey Match on the Ice
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago