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.

Directed

1. The Kiss (1896) — Director
2. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895) — Director
3. Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894) — Director
4. Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (1895) — Director
5. Blacksmithing Scene (1893) — Director
6. Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890) — Director
7. Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) — Director
8. Newark Athlete (1891) — Director
9. Carmencita (1894) — Director
10. Dickson Greeting (1891) — Director
11. The Boxing Cats (1894) — Director
12. Annie Oakley (1894) — Director
13. Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890) — Director
14. Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894) — Director
15. Men Boxing (1891) — Director
16. Caicedo (with Pole) (1894) — Director
17. Sandow: The Strong Man (1894) — Director
18. Buffalo Dance (1894) — Director
19. The Barber Shop (1894) — Director
20. Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894) — Director
21. A Hand Shake (1892) — Director
22. Sioux Ghost Dance (1894) — Director
23. Fire Rescue Scene (1894) — Director
24. Bucking Broncho (1894) — Director
25. Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) (1894) — Director
26. Imperial Japanese Dance (1894) — Director
27. Fencing (1892) — Director
28. Athlete with Wand (1894) — Director
29. Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894) — Director
30. Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894) — Director
31. Band Drill (1894) — Director
32. The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight (1894) — Director
33. Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890) — Director
34. Glenroy Bros., No. 2 (1894) — Director
35. Cock Fight, No. 2 (1894) — Director
36. Chinese Laundry Scene (1894) — Director
37. Hadj Cheriff (1894) — Director
38. Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896) — Director
39. Princess Ali (1895) — Director
40. The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” (1894) — Director

Also appeared in

1. A Hand Shake (1892)