William Heise
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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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The Kiss (1896)
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Horse Shoeing (1893)
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Hypnotic Scene (1895)
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Blacksmithing Scene (1893)
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Trilby Dance (1895)
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Death Scene (1895)
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Dickson Greeting (1891)
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Men Boxing (1891)
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The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight (1894)
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Newark Athlete (1891)
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Fencing (1892)
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Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) (1894)
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The Boxing Cats (1894)
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Chinese Laundry Scene (1894)
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Bucking Broncho (1894)
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Buffalo Dance (1894)
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The Barber Shop (1894)
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Fire Rescue Scene (1894)
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Annie Oakley (1894)
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Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890)
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Glenroy Bros., No. 2 (1894)
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Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890)
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Newark athlete. [No. 2] (1891)
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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
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A Hand Shake (1892)
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Sioux Ghost Dance (1894)
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Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896)
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Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)
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Charity Ball (1897)
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Princess Ali (1895)
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Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890)
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Ambulance Call (1897)
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Boxing Match (1894)
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Bowery Waltz (1897)
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Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894)
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Shooting the Chutes (1896)
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Band Drill (1894)
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Pillow Fight (1897)
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Carmencita (1894)
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Amy Muller (1896)
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Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
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Athlete with Wand (1894)
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Pie Eating Contest (1897)
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Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894)
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Sea Waves (1898)
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Butterfly Dances (2007)
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Ten Pickaninnies (1908)
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New Blacksmith Shop (1895)
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Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud (1891)
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Black Diamond Express, No. 1 (1897)
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Hockey Match on the Ice (1898)
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Fisherman's Luck (1897)
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Caicedo (with Pole) (1894)
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Fifth Avenue, New York (1897)
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A Bucking Broncho (1898)
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Hadj Cheriff (1894)
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Admiral Cigarette (1897)
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Silver Dance (1895)
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Ambulance at the Accident (1897)
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Cock Fight, No. 2 (1894)
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Old Glory and the Cuban Flag (1898)
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
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Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop (1891)
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What Demoralized the Barber Shop (1898)
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Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894)
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Snowballing the Coasters (1898)
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An Unwelcome Visitor (1898)
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The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” (1894)
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The Ball Game (1898)
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Sandow: The Strong Man (1894)
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Duncan Smoking (1891)
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Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun (1897)
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Dancing Darkey Boy (1897)
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Billy Edwards and the Unknown (1895)
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A Street Arab (1898)
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Dance of Rejoicing (1895)
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Paddle Dance (1895)
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Danse serpentine (Annabelle) (1895)
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Monkey and Another, Boxing (1891)
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Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 (1898)
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Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 (1898)
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