William Heise
Directing
Born October 1, 1847 in Germany
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.
Filmography
Ten Pickaninnies
A Bucking Broncho
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
Shooting Captured Insurgents
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
The Ball Game
Hockey Match on the Ice
Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
Buffalo Fire Department in Action
Single Harness Horses
Ambulance at the Accident
Fisherman's Luck
Charity Ball
Ambulance Call
Admiral Cigarette
Buffalo Stockyards
Falls of Minnehaha
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
Water Fall in the Catskills
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
Fifth Avenue, New York
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
The First Sleigh-Ride
A Morning Alarm
Feeding the Doves
Shooting the Chutes
The Bad Boy and the Gardener
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
The Kiss
Interrupted Lovers
Lone Fisherman
New Blacksmith Shop
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Princess Ali
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Fire Rescue Scene
Band Drill
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Imperial Japanese Dance
Annie Oakley
Bucking Broncho
Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
Sioux Ghost Dance
Buffalo Dance
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Caicedo (with Pole)
The Boxing Cats
Buffalo Bill
Sandow: The Strong Man
Chinese Laundry Scene
Carmencita
Athlete with Wand
Cock Fight, No. 2
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
The Barber Shop
Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Japanese Dancers
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Blacksmithing Scene
Horse Shoeing
A Hand Shake
Fencing
Dickson Greeting
Newark Athlete
Men Boxing
Duncan Smoking
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Monkeyshines, No. 3