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.

Known For

Acting

1892

A Hand Shake

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Production

1897

Crissie Sheridan

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1897

Single Harness Horses

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1895

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

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Crew

1894

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

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1894

Japanese Dancers

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1897

Admiral Cigarette

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1895

Annabelle Serpentine Dance

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Directing

1890

Monkeyshines, No. 1

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1892

Fencing

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1893

Horse Shoeing

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1892

A Hand Shake

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1893

Blacksmithing Scene

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1894

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

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1894

Carmencita

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1896

The Kiss

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1894

The Barber Shop

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1894

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

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1897

Bowery Waltz

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1894

Sioux Ghost Dance

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1894

Annie Oakley

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1895

Annabelle Serpentine Dance

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1897

Pillow Fight

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1894

Chinese Laundry Scene

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1894

Imperial Japanese Dance

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1894

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

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1894

The Boxing Cats

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1894

Band Drill

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1894

Hadj Cheriff

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1894

Bucking Broncho

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1895

Princess Ali

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1897

Charity Ball

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1894

Fire Rescue Scene

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1896

Amy Muller

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1897

Fisherman's Luck

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1898

A Street Arab

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1898

What Demoralized the Barber Shop

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1894

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

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1898

Hockey Match on the Ice

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1897

Black Diamond Express, No. 1

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1897

Fifth Avenue, New York

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1896

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

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1897

Dancing Darkey Boy

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1898

The Ball Game

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1897

Pie Eating Contest

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1898

An Unwelcome Visitor

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1897

Ambulance Call

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1898

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2

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1894

Buffalo Dance

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1894

Leonard-Cushing Fight

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1894

The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

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1895

New Blacksmith Shop

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1895

Dance of Rejoicing

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1895

Paddle Dance

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1895

Silver Dance

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1894

The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

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1896

Shooting the Chutes

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1894

Cock Fight, No. 2

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1891

Dickson Greeting

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1891

Men Boxing

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1890

Monkeyshines, No. 3

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1890

Monkeyshines, No. 2

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1891

Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud

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1891

Monkey and Another, Boxing

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1891

Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop

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1891

Duncan Smoking

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1894

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

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1898

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1

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1897

Ambulance at the Accident

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1897

Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun

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1898

Sea Waves

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1898

Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

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1894

Boxing Match

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1897

Admiral Cigarette

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1895

Trilby Dance

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1895

Hypnotic Scene

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1895

Death Scene

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2007

Butterfly Dances

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1898

Snowballing the Coasters

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1895

Billy Edwards and the Unknown

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1894

Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope

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1891

Newark Athlete

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1894

Caicedo (with Pole)

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1894

Athlete with Wand

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1894

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

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1894

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

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1898

A Bucking Broncho

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1908

Ten Pickaninnies

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1891

Newark athlete. [No. 2]

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