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