10/01/1847
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.
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A Hand Shake (1892) as |
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Butterfly Dances (2007) Director |
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Ten Pickaninnies (1908) Director |
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What Demoralized the Barber Shop (1898) Director |
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A Bucking Broncho (1898) Director |
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Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn' (1898) Camera Operator |
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Turkish Dance, Ella Lola (1898) Director of Photography |
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An Unwelcome Visitor (1898) Director |
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Shooting Captured Insurgents (1898) Director of Photography |
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Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 (1898) Director |
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Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 (1898) Director |
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A Street Arab (1898) Director |
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The Ball Game (1898) Director |
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Old Glory and the Cuban Flag (1898) Director |
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Sea Waves (1898) Director |
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Snowballing the Coasters (1898) Director |
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Hockey Match on the Ice (1898) Director |
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Alciede Capitane (1898) Cinematography |
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Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun (1897) Director |
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Crissie Sheridan (1897) Producer |
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Crissie Sheridan (1897) Director of Photography |
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Buffalo Fire Department in Action (1897) Camera Operator |
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Pie Eating Contest (1897) Director |
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Dancing Darkey Boy (1897) Director |
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Single Harness Horses (1897) Camera Operator |
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Single Harness Horses (1897) Producer |
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Ambulance at the Accident (1897) Director |
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Fisherman's Luck (1897) Director |
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Charity Ball (1897) Director |
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Bowery Waltz (1897) Director |
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Ambulance Call (1897) Director |
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Admiral Cigarette (1897) Director |
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Admiral Cigarette (1897) Cinematography |
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Water Fall in the Catskills (1897) Camera Operator |
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Falls of Minnehaha (1897) Camera Operator |
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Buffalo Stockyards (1897) Camera Operator |
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Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park (1897) Camera Operator |
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Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago (1897) Camera Operator |
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Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory (1897) Director of Photography |
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Pillow Fight (1897) Director |
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Black Diamond Express, No. 1 (1897) Director |
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The Dolorita Passion Dance (1897) Director of Photography |
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Fifth Avenue, New York (1897) Director |
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The First Sleigh-Ride (1897) Director of Photography |
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Serpentine Dance - Annabelle (1897) Director of Photography |
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Black Diamond Express (1896) Director of Photography |
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A Morning Alarm (1896) Camera Operator |
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Feeding the Doves (1896) Director of Photography |
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Shooting the Chutes (1896) Director |
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The Bad Boy and the Gardener (1896) Director of Photography |
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Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896) Director |
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The Kiss (1896) Director |
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Amy Muller (1896) Director |
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Lone Fisherman (1896) Director of Photography |
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Interrupted Lovers (1896) Director of Photography |
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New Blacksmith Shop (1895) Director |
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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895) Director of Photography |
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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895) Director |
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Princess Ali (1895) Director |
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Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (1895) Director |
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Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (1895) Cinematography |
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Billy Edwards and the Unknown (1895) Producer |
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Billy Edwards and the Unknown (1895) Director |
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Paddle Dance (1895) Director |
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Dance of Rejoicing (1895) Director |
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Silver Dance (1895) Director |
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Death Scene (1895) Director |
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Hypnotic Scene (1895) Director |
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Trilby Dance (1895) Director |
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Fire Rescue Scene (1894) Director |
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Band Drill (1894) Director |
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Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894) Director |
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Imperial Japanese Dance (1894) Director |
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Annie Oakley (1894) Director |
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Bucking Broncho (1894) Director |
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Hadj Cheriff (1894) Director |
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Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) (1894) Director |
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The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight (1894) Director |
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Sioux Ghost Dance (1894) Director |
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Buffalo Dance (1894) Director of Photography |
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Buffalo Dance (1894) Director |
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Boxing Match (1894) Director |
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894) Director |
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894) Director of Photography |
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Caicedo (with Pole) (1894) Director |
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Caicedo (with Pole) (1894) Director of Photography |
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Prof. Welton's Boxing Cats (1894) Director |
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Prof. Welton's Boxing Cats (1894) Director of Photography |
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Buffalo Bill (1894) Director of Photography |
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Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894) Director |
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Sandow: The Strong Man (1894) Director |
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Sandow: The Strong Man (1894) Director of Photography |
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The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” (1894) Director |
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Chinese Laundry Scene (1894) Director |
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Carmencita (1894) Director of Photography |
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Carmencita (1894) Director |
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Athlete with Wand (1894) Director |
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Athlete with Wand (1894) Director of Photography |
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Cock Fight, No. 2 (1894) Director |
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Cock Fight, No. 2 (1894) Director of Photography |
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) Director |
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) Director of Photography |
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Glenroy Bros., No. 2 (1894) Director |
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Glenroy Bros., No. 2 (1894) Director of Photography |
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Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894) Director |
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Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894) Director of Photography |
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Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894) Director |
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Japanese Dancers (1894) Cinematography |
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Mlle. Capitaine (1894) Cinematography |
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The Barber Shop (1894) Director |
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The Barber Shop (1894) Director of Photography |
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Blacksmithing Scene (1893) Director |
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Blacksmithing Scene (1893) Director of Photography |
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Horse Shoeing (1893) Director |
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Fencing (1892) Director |
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Fencing (1892) Director of Photography |
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A Hand Shake (1892) Director |
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A Hand Shake (1892) Director of Photography |
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Dickson Greeting (1891) Director |
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Dickson Greeting (1891) Director of Photography |
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Newark Athlete (1891) Director |
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Newark Athlete (1891) Director of Photography |
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Newark athlete. [No. 2] (1891) Director |
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Men Boxing (1891) Director |
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Men Boxing (1891) Director of Photography |
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Monkey and Another, Boxing (1891) Director |
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Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud (1891) Director |
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Duncan Smoking (1891) Director |
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Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop (1891) Director |
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Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890) Director |
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Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890) Director of Photography |
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Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890) Director |
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Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890) Director of Photography |
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Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890) Director |
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Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890) Director of Photography |