Directing • AGE 62
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. Toge...


Ten Pickaninnies
Director
1908

A Bucking Broncho
Director
1898

Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
Camera Operator
1898

Shooting Captured Insurgents
Director of Photography
1898

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1
Director
1898

Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2
Director
1898

The Ball Game
Director
1898

Hockey Match on the Ice
Director
1898

Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun
Director
1897

Buffalo Fire Department in Action
Camera Operator
1897

Single Harness Horses
Camera Operator
1897

Ambulance at the Accident
Director
1897

Fisherman's Luck
Director
1897

Charity Ball
Director
1897

Ambulance Call
Director
1897

Admiral Cigarette
Director
1897

Buffalo Stockyards
Camera Operator
1897

Falls of Minnehaha
Camera Operator
1897

Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
Camera Operator
1897

Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
Camera Operator
1897

Water Fall in the Catskills
Camera Operator
1897

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Director of Photography
1897

Black Diamond Express, No. 1
Director
1897

Fifth Avenue, New York
Director
1897

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
Director of Photography
1897

The First Sleigh-Ride
Director of Photography
1897

A Morning Alarm
Camera Operator
1896

Feeding the Doves
Director of Photography
1896

Shooting the Chutes
Director
1896

The Bad Boy and the Gardener
Director of Photography
1896

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
Director
1896

The Kiss
Director
1896

Interrupted Lovers
Director of Photography
1896

Lone Fisherman
Director of Photography
1896

New Blacksmith Shop
Director
1895

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Director of Photography
1895

Princess Ali
Director
1895

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Director
1895

Billy Edwards and the Unknown
Producer
1895

Fire Rescue Scene
Director
1894

Band Drill
Director
1894

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Director
1894

Imperial Japanese Dance
Director
1894

Annie Oakley
Director
1894

Bucking Broncho
Director
1894

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)
Director
1894

The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight
Director
1894

Sioux Ghost Dance
Director
1894

Buffalo Dance
Director
1894

Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Director
1894

Caicedo (with Pole)
Director of Photography
1894

The Boxing Cats
Director
1894

Buffalo Bill
Director of Photography
1894

Sandow: The Strong Man
Director of Photography
1894

Chinese Laundry Scene
Director
1894

Carmencita
Director
1894

Athlete with Wand
Director of Photography
1894

Cock Fight, No. 2
Director of Photography
1894

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Director
1894

The Barber Shop
Director of Photography
1894

Annabelle Butterfly Dance
Director of Photography
1894

Glenroy Bros., No. 2
Director
1894

Japanese Dancers
Cinematography
1894

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Director
1894

Blacksmithing Scene
Director
1893

Horse Shoeing
Director
1893

A Hand Shake
1892

Fencing
Director
1892

Dickson Greeting
Director
1891

Newark Athlete
Director of Photography
1891

Men Boxing
Director of Photography
1891

Duncan Smoking
Director
1891

Monkeyshines, No. 1
Director
1890

Monkeyshines, No. 2
Director of Photography
1890

Monkeyshines, No. 3
Director
1890