🎬William Heise

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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character
1	Old Glory and the Cuban Flag (1898)	Director / Writer	1
2	The Ball Game (1898)	Director / Writer	3
3	Snowballing the Coasters (1898)	Director / Writer	5
4	Sea Waves (1898)	Director / Writer	4
5	An Unwelcome Visitor (1898)	Director / Writer	4
6	Hockey Match on the Ice (1898)	Director / Writer	3
7	Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 (1898)	Director / Writer	2
8	Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 (1898)	Director / Writer	2
9	A Street Arab (1898)	Director / Writer	3
10	What Demoralized the Barber Shop (1898)	Director / Writer	3
11	Black Diamond Express, No. 1 (1897)	Director / Writer	3
12	Bowery Waltz (1897)	Director / Writer	3
13	Fisherman's Luck (1897)	Director / Writer	3
14	Racing at Sheepshead Bay (1897)	Director / Writer	4
15	Ambulance at the Accident (1897)	Director / Writer	3
16	Dancing Darkey Boy (1897)	Director / Writer	6
17	Pillow Fight (1897)	Director / Writer	6
18	Charity Ball (1897)	Director / Writer	3
19	Fifth Avenue, New York (1897)	Director / Writer	6
20	Pie Eating Contest (1897)	Director / Writer	5
21	Ambulance Call (1897)	Director / Writer	5
22	Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun (1897)	Director / Writer	4
23	Admiral Cigarette (1897)	Director / Writer	5.5
24	Shooting the Chutes (1896)	Director / Writer	5
25	Amy Muller (1896)	Director / Writer	5
26	Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896)	Director / Writer	5
27	The Kiss (1896)	Director / Writer	4.5
28	Princess Ali (1895)	Director / Writer	4
29	Billy Edwards and the Unknown (1895)	Director / Writer	5
30	New Blacksmith Shop (1895)	Director / Writer	3
31	Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (1895)	Director / Writer	7
32	The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)	Director / Writer	6
33	The Barber Shop (1894)	Director / Writer	6
34	Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894)	Director / Writer	6
35	Hadj Cheriff (1894)	Director / Writer	5
36	Band Drill (1894)	Director / Writer	4
37	Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894)	Director / Writer	4
38	Bucking Broncho (1894)	Director / Writer	6
39	Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)	Director / Writer	5
40	Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)	Director / Writer	5
41	Buffalo Dance (1894)	Director / Writer	5
42	Glenroy Bros., No. 2 (1894)	Director / Writer	4
43	Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) (1894)	Director / Writer	6
44	Annie Oakley (1894)	Director / Writer	8
45	Sioux Ghost Dance (1894)	Director / Writer	5
46	Caicedo (with Pole) (1894)	Director / Writer	6
47	Sandow: The Strong Man (1894)	Director / Writer	5
48	Cock Fight, No. 2 (1894)	Director / Writer	5
49	Carmencita (1894)	Director / Writer	4
50	Chinese Laundry Scene (1894)	Director / Writer	5
51	The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” (1894)	Director / Writer	3
52	Athlete with Wand (1894)	Director / Writer	1
53	The Boxing Cats (1894)	Director / Writer	5.5
54	Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894)	Director / Writer	7
55	Fire Rescue Scene (1894)	Director / Writer	6
56	Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)	Director / Writer	6
57	The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight (1894)	Director / Writer	6
58	Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)	Director / Writer	8
59	Blacksmithing Scene (1893)	Director / Writer	5
60	Horse Shoeing (1893)	Director / Writer	1
61	Fencing (1892)	Director / Writer	4
62	A Hand Shake (1892)	Director / Writer	3
63	Boxing (1892)	Director / Writer	5
64	Men Boxing (1891)	Director / Writer	4
65	Newark Athlete (1891)	Director / Writer	3.5
66	Dickson Greeting (1891)	Director / Writer	4.5
67	Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890)	Director / Writer	4
68	Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890)	Director / Writer	3
69	Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890)	Director / Writer	3.5