William Heise

About William Heise

William Heise was a German-born American cinematographer and early motion-picture director whose surviving credits place him at the center of Edison-era filmmaking in the 1890s. Born around 1847 and active before film roles had settled into the later division of director, cinematographer, producer, and editor, Heise worked in a period when making a movie often meant staging a brief action in front of a fixed camera,…