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.
| 2007 | Butterfly Dances - Director |
| 1908 | Ten Pickaninnies - Director |
| 1898 | What Demoralized the Barber Shop - Director |
| 1898 | A Bucking Broncho - Director |
| 1898 | Turkish Dance, Ella Lola - Director of Photography |
| 1898 | An Unwelcome Visitor - Director |
| 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 | A Street Arab - Director |
| 1898 | The Ball Game - Director |
| 1898 | Old Glory and the Cuban Flag - Director |
| 1898 | Sea Waves - Director |
| 1898 | Snowballing the Coasters - Director |
| 1898 | Hockey Match on the Ice - Director |
| 1897 | Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun - Director |
| 1897 | Crissie Sheridan - Director of Photography |
| 1897 | Crissie Sheridan - Producer |
| 1897 | Buffalo Fire Department in Action - Camera Operator |
| 1897 | Pie Eating Contest - Director |
| 1897 | Dancing Darkey Boy - Director |
| 1897 | Single Harness Horses - Camera Operator |
| 1897 | Single Harness Horses - Producer |
| 1897 | Ambulance at the Accident - Director |
| 1897 | Fisherman's Luck - Director |
| 1897 | Charity Ball - Director |
| 1897 | Bowery Waltz - Director |
| 1897 | Ambulance Call - Director |
| 1897 | Admiral Cigarette - Cinematography |
| 1897 | Admiral Cigarette - Director |
| 1897 | Buffalo Stockyards - Camera Operator |
| 1897 | Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago - Camera Operator |
| 1897 | Falls of Minnehaha - 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 | Pillow Fight - Director |
| 1897 | Black Diamond Express, No. 1 - Director |
| 1897 | The Dolorita Passion Dance - Director of Photography |
| 1897 | Fifth Avenue, New York - Director |
| 1897 | Serpentine Dance - Annabelle - Director of Photography |
| 1897 | The First Sleigh-Ride - Director of Photography |
| 1896 | Black Diamond Express - Director of Photography |
| 1896 | 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 | Amy Muller - Director |
| 1896 | Interrupted Lovers - Director of Photography |
| 1896 | Lone Fisherman - Director of Photography |
| 1895 | New Blacksmith Shop - Director |
| 1895 | The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots - Director of Photography |
| 1895 | Princess Ali - Director |
| 1895 | Annabelle Serpentine Dance - Director |
| 1895 | Billy Edwards and the Unknown - Director |
| 1895 | Billy Edwards and the Unknown - Producer |
| 1895 | Dance of Rejoicing - Director |
| 1895 | Death Scene - Director |
| 1895 | Hypnotic Scene - Director |
| 1895 | Paddle Dance - Director |
| 1895 | Silver Dance - Director |
| 1895 | Trilby Dance - Director |
| 1894 | 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 | Hadj Cheriff - Director |
| 1894 | The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight - Director |
| 1894 | Buffalo Dance - Director |
| 1894 | Sioux Ghost Dance - Director |
| 1894 | Buffalo Dance - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Boxing Match - Director |
| 1894 | Dickson Deneysel Ses Filmi - Director |
| 1894 | Dickson Deneysel Ses Filmi - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Caicedo (with Pole) - Director |
| 1894 | Caicedo (with Pole) - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Prof. Welton's Boxing Cats - Director |
| 1894 | Prof. Welton's Boxing Cats - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Buffalo Bill - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Leonard-Cushing Fight - Director |
| 1894 | Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope - Director |
| 1894 | Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show” - Director |
| 1894 | Chinese Laundry Scene - Director |
| 1894 | Carmencita - Director |
| 1894 | Carmencita - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Athlete with Wand - Director |
| 1894 | Athlete with Wand - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Cock Fight, No. 2 - Director |
| 1894 | Cock Fight, No. 2 - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze - Cinematography |
| 1894 | Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze - Director |
| 1894 | Japanese Dancers - Cinematography |
| 1894 | Annabelle Butterfly Dance - Director |
| 1894 | Glenroy Bros., No. 2 - Director |
| 1894 | Luis Martinetti, Contortionist - Director |
| 1894 | The Barber Shop - Director |
| 1894 | Annabelle Butterfly Dance - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | Glenroy Bros., No. 2 - Director of Photography |
| 1894 | The Barber Shop - Director of Photography |
| 1893 | Blacksmithing Scene - Director |
| 1893 | Blacksmithing Scene - Director of Photography |
| 1893 | Horse Shoeing - Director |
| 1892 | A Hand Shake - Director |
| 1892 | Fencing - Director |
| 1892 | A Hand Shake - Director of Photography |
| 1892 | Fencing - Director of Photography |
| 1891 | Dickson Greeting - Director |
| 1891 | Dickson Greeting - Director of Photography |
| 1891 | Newark Athlete - Director |
| 1891 | Newark Athlete - Director of Photography |
| 1891 | Men Boxing - Director |
| 1891 | Men Boxing - Director of Photography |
| 1891 | Duncan Smoking - Director |
| 1891 | Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop - Director |
| 1891 | Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud - Director |
| 1891 | Monkey and Another, Boxing - Director |
| 1890 | Monkeyshines, No. 1 - Director |
| 1890 | Monkeyshines, No. 2 - Director |
| 1890 | Monkeyshines, No. 3 - Director |
| 1890 | Monkeyshines, No. 1 - Director of Photography |
| 1890 | Monkeyshines, No. 2 - Director of Photography |
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