William Heise

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.

Movies with William Heise

• A Hand Shake 1892 · ★ 3.6

Movies directed by William Heise

• The Kiss 1896 · ★ 5.2
• The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 1895 · ★ 6.3
• Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894 · ★ 6.1
• Blacksmith Scene 1893 · ★ 5.6
• Danse serpentine (Annabelle) 1895 · ★ 5.9
• Monkeyshines, No. 1 1890 · ★ 5.1
• Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894 · ★ 4.8
• Newark Athlete 1891 · ★ 4.6
• Carmencita 1894 · ★ 5.2
• Dickson Greeting 1891 · ★ 5.0
• Annie Oakley 1894 · ★ 6.0
• The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) 1894 · ★ 5.9
• Monkeyshines, No. 2 1890 · ★ 4.7
• Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894 · ★ 5.5
• Men Boxing 1891 · ★ 4.2
• Sandow: The Strong Man 1894 · ★ 5.1
• Caicedo (with Pole) 1894 · ★ 6.0
• Buffalo Dance 1894 · ★ 4.8
• The Barber Shop 1894 · ★ 5.1
• Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph 1894 · ★ 4.8
• A Hand Shake 1892 · ★ 3.6
• Sioux Ghost Dance 1894 · ★ 4.9
• Fire Rescue Scene 1894 · ★ 5.3
• Bucking Broncho 1894 · ★ 4.5
• Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) 1894 · ★ 4.9
• Fencing 1892 · ★ 3.6
• Imperial Japanese Dance 1894 · ★ 4.6
• Luis Martinetti, Contortionist 1894 · ★ 5.3
• Athlete with Wand 1894 · ★ 4.0
• Leonard-Cushing Fight 1894 · ★ 5.3
• Monkeyshines, No. 3 1890 · ★ 3.4
• Band Drill 1894 · ★ 3.8
• The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight 1894 · ★ 4.7
• Glenroy Bros., No. 2 1894 · ★ 5.0
• Cock Fight, No. 2 1894 · ★ 3.8
• Chinese Laundry Scene 1894 · ★ 5.3
• Hadj Cheriff 1894 · ★ 4.6
• Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance 1896 · ★ 5.0
• Princess Ali 1895 · ★ 4.0
• The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” 1894 · ★ 4.4