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William Heise1847 - 1910

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Director

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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.

Credits

Butterfly Dances

2007

Director

0(0)

0.1

Ten Pickaninnies

1908

Comedy

Director

2(2)

What Demoralized the Barber Shop

1898

Comedy

Director

3.7(6)

0.1

A Bucking Broncho

1898

Documentary

Director

3(2)

0.1

Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

1898

Director of Photography

5.3(10)

An Unwelcome Visitor

1898

Director

2(1)

Shooting Captured Insurgents

1898

War

Director of Photography

4.3(15)

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1

1898

Documentary • Western

Director

2(2)

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2

1898

Documentary • Western

Director

2(2)

0.1

A Street Arab

1898

Documentary

Director

4.4(9)

The Ball Game

1898

Director

3.4(9)

Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

1898

Documentary

Director

4(1)

Sea Waves

1898

Documentary

Director

3.3(3)

Snowballing the Coasters

1898

Documentary

Director

2(1)

Hockey Match on the Ice

1898

Director

4(5)

0.1

Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun

1897

Director

3.3(3)

Crissie Sheridan

1897

Documentary

Producer, Director of Photography

4.6(13)

Buffalo Fire Department in Action

1897

Documentary

Camera Operator

4.6(7)

Pie Eating Contest

1897

Comedy

Director

3.8(4)

Dancing Darkey Boy

1897

Director

3.6(7)

0.1

Single Harness Horses

1897

Documentary

Producer, Camera Operator

1(1)

0.1

Ambulance at the Accident

1897

Director

3.7(3)

0.1

Fisherman's Luck

1897

Documentary

Director

3.2(4)

0.1

Charity Ball

1897

Documentary

Director

3(6)

Bowery Waltz

1897

Comedy

Director

3.3(7)

0.2

Ambulance Call

1897

Director

0(0)

Admiral Cigarette

1897

Documentary

Director, Cinematography

6.7(3)

0.1

Buffalo Stockyards

1897

Documentary

Camera Operator

3.5(6)

Falls of Minnehaha

1897

Camera Operator

4.2(5)

Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

1897

Documentary

Camera Operator

4.2(6)

0.1

Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

1897

Documentary

Camera Operator

3.4(5)

0.1

Water Fall in the Catskills

1897

Camera Operator

2.7(3)

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

1897

Documentary

Director of Photography

5.1(37)

0.3

Pillow Fight

1897

Comedy

Director

4.4(8)

0.2

The Dolorita Passion Dance

1897

Director of Photography

0(0)

Black Diamond Express, No. 1

1897

Director

4.2(8)

0.1

Fifth Avenue, New York

1897

Director

4.6(11)

The First Sleigh-Ride

1897

Documentary

Director of Photography

3.6(12)

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

1897

Documentary

Director of Photography

4.4(7)

0.1

Black Diamond Express

1896

Documentary

Director of Photography

4.6(9)

0.1

A Morning Alarm

1896

Documentary

Camera Operator

7(1)

Feeding the Doves

1896

Documentary

Director of Photography

5.1(22)

0.1

Shooting the Chutes

1896

Documentary

Director

3.8(13)

0.1

The Bad Boy and the Gardener

1896

Comedy

Director of Photography

4(2)

0.1

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

1896

Documentary

Director

5(20)

The Kiss

1896

Drama • Romance

Director

5.2(137)

0.2

Amy Muller

1896

Documentary

Director

4.4(12)

Interrupted Lovers

1896

Comedy • Romance

Director of Photography

3.8(16)

Lone Fisherman

1896

Comedy

Director of Photography

4(10)

0.1

New Blacksmith Shop

1895

Documentary

Director

3.7(7)

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

1895

History

Director of Photography

6.2(114)

0.5

Princess Ali

1895

Director

3.6(17)

Annabelle Serpentine Dance

1895

Documentary

Director, Cinematography

5.9(105)

0.2

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

1895

Documentary

Producer, Director

3.6(14)

0.1

Silver Dance

1895

Director

1(1)

Paddle Dance

1895

Director

1(1)

Dance of Rejoicing

1895

Director

1(1)

Death Scene

1895

Comedy

Director

0(0)

Hypnotic Scene

1895

Comedy

Director

0(0)

0.1

Trilby Dance

1895

Comedy

Director

0(0)

0.1

Fire Rescue Scene

1894

Drama

Director

5.1(33)

0.1

Band Drill

1894

Documentary

Director

3.4(22)

0.1

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

1894

Documentary

Director

4.9(36)

0.1

Imperial Japanese Dance

1894

Director

4.3(26)

0.1

Annie Oakley

1894

Documentary • Western

Director

5.9(59)

0.2

Bucking Broncho

1894

Documentary • Western

Director

4.2(29)

0.1

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

1894

Comedy • Documentary

Director

4.8(26)

0.1

Hadj Cheriff

1894

Director

4.3(19)

0.1

The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

1894

Action • Comedy

Director

4.5(23)

0.1

Sioux Ghost Dance

1894

Documentary • Western

Director

4.5(32)

Buffalo Dance

1894

Documentary • Western

Director, Director of Photography

4.6(42)

0.1

Boxing Match

1894

Director

2(1)

0.1

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

1894

Documentary • Music

Director, Director of Photography

6.1(107)

0.1

Caicedo (with Pole)

1894

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

6(42)

0.1

The Boxing Cats

1894

Action • Comedy • Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

5.8(63)

0.2

Buffalo Bill

1894

Documentary • Western

Director of Photography

1.7(3)

Leonard-Cushing Fight

1894

Documentary

Director

5.1(24)

Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope

1894

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

4.9(42)

0.2

The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

1894

Documentary

Director

4(17)

Chinese Laundry Scene

1894

Comedy • Crime

Director

5(20)

0.2

Carmencita

1894

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

5.2(74)

0.1

Athlete with Wand

1894

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

3.8(26)

0.1

Cock Fight, No. 2

1894

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

3.5(21)

0.1

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

1894

Documentary

Cinematography, Director

4.8(94)

0.1

The Barber Shop

1894

Drama

Director of Photography, Director

4.9(39)

0.1

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

1894

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

5.4(50)

0.1

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

1894

Comedy

Director, Director of Photography

4.7(21)

Japanese Dancers

1894

Documentary

Cinematography

4(1)

0.1

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

1894

Documentary

Director

5(24)

Blacksmithing Scene

1893

Documentary • Drama

Director, Director of Photography

5.5(104)

0.1

Horse Shoeing

1893

Documentary • Drama

Director

2.7(13)

0.1

Fencing

1892

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

3.4(26)

0.1

A Hand Shake

1892

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

3.5(33)

0.1

Dickson Greeting

1891

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

4.9(64)

0.1

Newark Athlete

1891

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

4.4(75)

Men Boxing

1891

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

4.1(44)

0.1

Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

1891

Director

2.7(3)

Monkey and Another, Boxing

1891

Director

3.3(3)

0.1

Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

1891

Director

2(2)

0.1

Duncan Smoking

1891

Director

2.8(4)

0.1

Monkeyshines, No. 1

1890

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

4.9(96)

0.2

Monkeyshines, No. 2

1890

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

4.4(50)

Monkeyshines, No. 3

1890

Director

3.1(20)

0.1