William Heise
male

Born on October 01, 1847 (177 years old)
Passed Away on February 14, 1910
From Germany
Known for Directing
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.
Cast Credits
- 1892
Crew Credits
- 2007
- 1908
- 1898
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A Street Arab
as
Director
1898
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What Demoralized the Barber Shop
as
Director
1898
Hockey Match on the Ice
as
Director
1898
The Ball Game
as
Director
1898
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An Unwelcome Visitor
as
Director
1898
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
as
Director
1898
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
as
Director
1898
Sea Waves
as
Director
1898
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Old Glory and the Cuban Flag
as
Director
1898
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Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
as
Director of Photography
1898
Shooting Captured Insurgents
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Director of Photography
1898
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Snowballing the Coasters
as
Director
1898
A Bucking Broncho
as
Director
1898
- 1897
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The Dolorita Passion Dance
as
Director of Photography
1897
Buffalo Stockyards
as
Camera Operator
1897
Buffalo Fire Department in Action
as
Camera Operator
1897
Falls of Minnehaha
as
Camera Operator
1897
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
as
Camera Operator
1897
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
as
Camera Operator
1897
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Bowery Waltz
as
Director
1897
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Pillow Fight
as
Director
1897
Charity Ball
as
Director
1897
Fisherman's Luck
as
Director
1897
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
as
Director
1897
Fifth Avenue, New York
as
Director
1897
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Dancing Darkey Boy
as
Director
1897
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Pie Eating Contest
as
Director
1897
Ambulance Call
as
Director
1897
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Crissie Sheridan
as
Producer
1897
Ambulance at the Accident
as
Director
1897
Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
as
Director
1897
Admiral Cigarette
as
Director
1897
Admiral Cigarette
as
Cinematography
1897
Single Harness Horses
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Producer
1897
Single Harness Horses
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Camera Operator
1897
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Crissie Sheridan
as
Director of Photography
1897
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
as
Director of Photography
1897
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
as
Director of Photography
1897
The First Sleigh-Ride
as
Director of Photography
1897
Water Fall in the Catskills
as
Camera Operator
1897
- 1896
The Kiss
as
Director
1896
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Amy Muller
as
Director
1896
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
as
Director
1896
A Morning Alarm
as
Camera Operator
1896
Shooting the Chutes
as
Director
1896
The Bad Boy and the Gardener
as
Director of Photography
1896
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Black Diamond Express
as
Director of Photography
1896
Feeding the Doves
as
Director of Photography
1896
Interrupted Lovers
as
Director of Photography
1896
Lone Fisherman
as
Director of Photography
1896
- 1895
Annabelle Serpentine Dance
as
Director
1895
Princess Ali
as
Director
1895
New Blacksmith Shop
as
Director
1895
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Dance of Rejoicing
as
Director
1895
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Paddle Dance
as
Director
1895
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Silver Dance
as
Director
1895
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Trilby Dance
as
Director
1895
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Hypnotic Scene
as
Director
1895
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Death Scene
as
Director
1895
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
as
Producer
1895
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
as
Director of Photography
1895
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
as
Director
1895
Annabelle Serpentine Dance
as
Cinematography
1895
- 1894
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
as
Cinematography
1894
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
as
Director
1894
The Barber Shop
as
Director of Photography
1894
Athlete with Wand
as
Director of Photography
1894
Caicedo (with Pole)
as
Director of Photography
1894
Cock Fight, No. 2
as
Director of Photography
1894
Carmencita
as
Director
1894
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
as
Director of Photography
1894
Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
as
Director of Photography
1894
The Barber Shop
as
Director
1894
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
as
Director
1894
Sioux Ghost Dance
as
Director
1894
Annie Oakley
as
Director
1894
Chinese Laundry Scene
as
Director
1894
Imperial Japanese Dance
as
Director
1894
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
as
Director
1894
The Boxing Cats
as
Director
1894
Band Drill
as
Director
1894
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Hadj Cheriff
as
Director
1894
Bucking Broncho
as
Director
1894
Fire Rescue Scene
as
Director
1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
as
Director of Photography
1894
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
as
Director
1894
Buffalo Dance
as
Director
1894
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Leonard-Cushing Fight
as
Director
1894
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The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”
as
Director
1894
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
as
Director
1894
Cock Fight, No. 2
as
Director
1894
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
as
Director
1894
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Boxing Match
as
Director
1894
Japanese Dancers
as
Cinematography
1894
Carmencita
as
Director of Photography
1894
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
as
Director of Photography
1894
The Boxing Cats
as
Director of Photography
1894
Buffalo Dance
as
Director of Photography
1894
Buffalo Bill
as
Director of Photography
1894
Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
as
Director
1894
Caicedo (with Pole)
as
Director
1894
Athlete with Wand
as
Director
1894
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
as
Director
1894
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
as
Director
1894
- 1893
- 1892
- 1891
Newark Athlete
as
Director of Photography
1891
Men Boxing
as
Director of Photography
1891
Dickson Greeting
as
Director
1891
Men Boxing
as
Director
1891
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Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud
as
Director
1891
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Monkey and Another, Boxing
as
Director
1891
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Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop
as
Director
1891
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Duncan Smoking
as
Director
1891
Dickson Greeting
as
Director of Photography
1891
Newark Athlete
as
Director
1891
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Newark athlete. [No. 2]
as
Director
1891
- 1890