William Heise (left) on the set of Edison's movie What Demoralized the Barber Shop in 1897
Born
c. 1847
unknown
Died
February 14, 1910(1910-02-14) (aged 62–63)
unknown
William Heise (c. 1847–February 14, 1910)[1] was a German-born American film cinematographer and director, active in the 1890s and credited for more than 175 short silent films. Heise filmed a "We All Smoke" skit promoting Admiral Cigarettes in 1897.[2]
Heise is best known for "directing" The Kiss, an 1896 short film that depicted a kiss between May Irwin and John Rice. Direction, at this early stage in cinema, consisted mainly of pointing a stationary camera in one direction and capturing whatever action transpired within the frame. Along with W. K. L. Dickson, Heise was one of the most prolific filmmakers of the nascent days of cinema. He worked with Dickson on many of the early shorts, capturing numerous scenes of everyday life as well as different aspects of performance and sport. One example of the Heise-Dickson collaboration is The Dickson Experimental Sound Film. He served as cinematographer on 1894's Bucking Broncho and many others.
^Geltzer, Jeremy (2015). Dirty Words and Filthy Pictures: Film and the First Amendment. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 9.
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starring and directed by William K. L. Dickson. Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop, directed by William K. L. Dickson and WilliamHeise and starring James...
in the United States. Monkeyshines, No. 1 was shot by William K. L. Dickson and WilliamHeise for the Edison labs. Scholars have differing opinions on...
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1891 American short silent film, produced and directed by William K. L. Dickson and WilliamHeise for the Edison Manufacturing Company, featuring two Edison...
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and distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. It was directed by WilliamHeise. The film contains footage of an 1898 baseball game between Reading...
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Company in 1895, he was replaced as director of production by cameraman WilliamHeise, then from 1896 to 1903, by James H. White. When White left to supervise...
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his viewing machine, the Kinetoscope. January 7, 1894 – Dickson and WilliamHeise film "Fred Ott's Sneeze" with the Kinetoscope at "Edison's Black Maria"...
black-and-white silent film from Edison Studios, produced by William K. L. Dickson with WilliamHeise as cinematographer. Filmed on a single reel, using standard...
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Retrieved 15 October 2006. Produced by James A. White and shot by WilliamHeise for the Edison Manufacturing Co. in 1896. Sex in Cinema: Pre-1920s Produced...
which was filmed November 1, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio by WilliamHeise. It lasted 21 seconds at 30 frames and 39 feet. It was the eleventh...
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be the first motion picture recorded. Monkeyshines, by William Kennedy Dickson and WilliamHeise. Believed to be the first film shot in the United States...
an 1894 American short narrative silent film directed by William K.L. Dickson and WilliamHeise. It was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company at...
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