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.

Most Famous Work

Average

6

Play Trailer Watch movie

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

(1895) Director of Photography

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

6

Play Trailer Watch movie

Blacksmithing Scene

(1893) Director of Photography

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

5

Play Trailer Watch movie

The Kiss

(1896) Director

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

6

Play Trailer Watch movie

Annabelle Serpentine Dance

(1895) Director

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

5

Play Trailer Watch movie

Monkeyshines, No. 1

(1890) Director of Photography

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

6

Play Trailer Watch movie

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

(1894) Director of Photography

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

5

Play Trailer Watch movie

Carmencita

(1894) Director

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

4

Play Trailer Watch movie

Newark Athlete

(1891) Director of Photography

suggest Watch List Rate

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1892	N/A	A Hand Shake 1892-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2007	Director	Butterfly Dances 2007-06-01 Movie
1898	Director	What Demoralized the Barber Shop 1898-12-20 Movie
	Director	An Unwelcome Visitor 1898-08-05 Movie
	Director	Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 1898-06-12 Movie
	Director	Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 1898-05-31 Movie
	Director	A Street Arab 1898-05-20 Movie
	Director	The Ball Game 1898-05-19 Movie
	Director	Old Glory and the Cuban Flag 1898-03-29 Movie
	Director	Sea Waves 1898-03-21 Movie
	Director	Snowballing the Coasters 1898-02-24 Movie
	Director	Hockey Match on the Ice 1898-02-20 Movie
1897	Director	Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun 1897-12-23 Movie
	Director	Pie Eating Contest 1897-10-17 Movie
	Director	Dancing Darkey Boy 1897-10-05 Movie
	Director	Ambulance at the Accident 1897-09-22 Movie
	Director	Fisherman's Luck 1897-09-20 Movie
	Director	Charity Ball 1897-09-18 Movie
	Director	Bowery Waltz 1897-08-31 Movie
	Director	Ambulance Call 1897-08-06 Movie
	Director	Admiral Cigarette 1897-08-01 Movie
	Director	Pillow Fight 1897-05-23 Movie
	Director	Black Diamond Express, No. 1 1897-04-01 Movie
	Director	Fifth Avenue, New York 1897-03-05 Movie
1896	Director	Shooting the Chutes 1896-06-15 Movie
	Director	Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance 1896-05-03 Movie
	Director	The Kiss 1896-04-01 Movie
	Director	Amy Muller 1896-03-23 Movie
1895	Director	New Blacksmith Shop 1895-11-20 Movie
	Director	Princess Ali 1895-05-09 Movie
	Director	Annabelle Serpentine Dance 1895-04-01 Movie
	Director	Billy Edwards and the Unknown 1895-01-30 Movie
	Director	Paddle Dance 1895-01-01 Movie
	Director	Silver Dance 1895-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dance of Rejoicing 1895-01-01 Movie
1894	Director	Fire Rescue Scene 1894-12-01 Movie
	Director	Band Drill 1894-11-28 Movie
	Director	Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph 1894-11-17 Movie
	Director	Imperial Japanese Dance 1894-11-05 Movie
	Director	Annie Oakley 1894-11-01 Movie
	Director	Bucking Broncho 1894-10-16 Movie
	Director	Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) 1894-10-05 Movie
	Director	Hadj Cheriff 1894-10-05 Movie
	Director	The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight 1894-10-02 Movie
	Director	Sioux Ghost Dance 1894-09-23 Movie
	Director	Buffalo Dance 1894-09-23 Movie
	Director	Boxing Match 1894-09-01 Movie
	Director	Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894-08-31 Movie
	Director	Caicedo (with Pole) 1894-07-25 Movie
	Director	The Boxing Cats 1894-07-16 Movie
	Director	Leonard-Cushing Fight 1894-06-14 Movie
	Director	Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope 1894-05-18 Movie
	Director	The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” 1894-05-16 Movie
	Director	Chinese Laundry Scene 1894-04-30 Movie
	Director	Carmencita 1894-03-14 Movie
	Director	Athlete with Wand 1894-02-01 Movie
	Director	Cock Fight, No. 2 1894-01-15 Movie
	Director	Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894-01-09 Movie
	Director	Glenroy Bros., No. 2 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director	Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director	Luis Martinetti, Contortionist 1894-01-01 Movie
1893	Director	Blacksmithing Scene 1893-05-08 Movie
	Director	The Barber Shop 1893-01-01 Movie
	Director	Horse Shoeing 1893-01-01 Movie
1892	Director	Fencing 1892-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Hand Shake 1892-01-01 Movie
1891	Director	Dickson Greeting 1891-05-20 Movie
	Director	Newark Athlete 1891-05-01 Movie
	Director	Men Boxing 1891-04-30 Movie
	Director	Monkey and Another, Boxing 1891-01-01 Movie
	Director	Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud 1891-01-01 Movie
	Director	Duncan Smoking 1891-01-01 Movie
	Director	Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop 1891-01-01 Movie
1890	Director	Monkeyshines, No. 1 1890-11-21 Movie
	Director	Monkeyshines, No. 2 1890-11-21 Movie
	Director	Monkeyshines, No. 3 1890-11-21 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1898	Director of Photography	Turkish Dance, Ella Lola 1898-09-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Shooting Captured Insurgents 1898-07-31 Movie
1897	Director of Photography	Crissie Sheridan 1897-10-24 Movie
	Camera Operator	Buffalo Fire Department in Action 1897-10-20 Movie
	Camera Operator	Single harness horses 1897-10-01 Movie
	Camera Operator	Buffalo Stockyards 1897-07-20 Movie
	Camera Operator	Falls of Minnehaha 1897-07-20 Movie
	Camera Operator	Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago 1897-07-20 Movie
	Camera Operator	Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park 1897-07-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory 1897-05-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Dolorita Passion Dance 1897-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Serpentine Dance - Annabelle 1897-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The First Sleigh-Ride 1897-01-01 Movie
1896	Director of Photography	Black Diamond Express 1896-12-01 Movie
	Camera Operator	A Morning Alarm 1896-11-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	Feeding the Doves 1896-10-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Bad Boy and the Gardener 1896-05-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Lone Fisherman 1896-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Interrupted Lovers 1896-01-01 Movie
1895	Director of Photography	The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 1895-08-28 Movie
1894	Director of Photography	Buffalo Dance 1894-09-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1894-08-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Caicedo (with Pole) 1894-07-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Boxing Cats 1894-07-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Buffalo Bill 1894-06-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope 1894-05-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Carmencita 1894-03-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Athlete with Wand 1894-02-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cock Fight, No. 2 1894-01-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Glenroy Bros., No. 2 1894-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Annabelle Butterfly Dance 1894-01-01 Movie
1893	Director of Photography	Blacksmithing Scene 1893-05-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Barber Shop 1893-01-01 Movie
1892	Director of Photography	Fencing 1892-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Hand Shake 1892-01-01 Movie
1891	Director of Photography	Dickson Greeting 1891-05-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Newark Athlete 1891-05-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Men Boxing 1891-04-30 Movie
1890	Director of Photography	Monkeyshines, No. 1 1890-11-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Monkeyshines, No. 2 1890-11-21 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1897	Producer	Crissie Sheridan 1897-10-24 Movie
	Producer	Single harness horses 1897-10-01 Movie
1895	Producer	Billy Edwards and the Unknown 1895-01-30 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1897	Cinematography	Admiral Cigarette 1897-08-01 Movie
1894	Cinematography	Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894-01-09 Movie
	Cinematography	Japanese Dancers 1894-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv