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William Heise

Director · 84 credits · 46 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Boxing Cats (1894)

Frequent collaborators: William K.L. Dickson, James H. White

Best William Heise movies by genre

Directed movies (83 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Boxing Cats

    1894 · ★ 5.9 (56 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy, Action

    1

  2. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    1895 · ★ 6.3 (130 votes)

    History

    2

  3. A Street Arab

    1898 · ★ 4.4 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Hadj Cheriff

    1894 · ★ 4.4 (18 votes)

    4

  5. Chinese Laundry Scene

    1894 · ★ 5.0 (20 votes)

    Crime, Comedy

    5

  6. Annabelle Butterfly Dance

    1894 · ★ 5.5 (54 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Leonard-Cushing Fight

    1894 · ★ 5.2 (23 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Ambulance Call

    1897

    8

  9. Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

    1894 · ★ 5.1 (23 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. The Pickaninny Dance from the “Passing Show”

    1894 · ★ 4.0 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    1894 · ★ 6.1 (116 votes)

    Music

    11

  12. Old Glory and the Cuban Flag

    1898

    Documentary

    12

  13. Hypnotic Scene

    1895

    Comedy

    13

  14. Amy Muller

    1896 · ★ 4.4 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. What Demoralized the Barber Shop

    1898 · ★ 3.7 (6 votes)

    Comedy

    15

  16. Black Diamond Express, No. 1

    1897 · ★ 4.2 (8 votes)

    16

  17. Death Scene

    1895 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    17

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

    1898 · ★ 2.0 (2 votes)

    Western, Documentary

    18

  19. Trilby Dance

    1895 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    19

  20. Athlete with Wand

    1894 · ★ 3.7 (22 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

    1895 · ★ 5.9 (108 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Ambulance at the Accident

    1897 · ★ 3.7 (3 votes)

    22

  23. Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

    1894 · ★ 4.9 (26 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    23

  24. Blacksmithing Scene

    1893 · ★ 5.6 (112 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. Mount and Dismount, Gatling Gun

    1897 · ★ 3.3 (3 votes)

    25

  26. Caicedo (with Pole)

    1894 · ★ 6.0 (42 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Annie Oakley

    1894 · ★ 5.9 (59 votes)

    Documentary, Western

    27

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

    1898 · ★ 2.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Western

    28

  29. The Kiss

    1896 · ★ 5.2 (145 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    29

  30. The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight

    1894 · ★ 4.5 (22 votes)

    Action, Comedy

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.