Billy Bitzer

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1872-04-21

Deathday 1944-04-29 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As Georg William Bitzer, G.W. Bitzer, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer, Georg William 'Billy' Bitzer

Billy Bitzer

Biography

Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was a pioneering American cinematographer notable for his close association with D. W. Griffith. In 2003, a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild named him one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history. Bitzer, it is said, "developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future motion pictures." Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bitzer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Camera

1933
Hotel Variety

as Director of Photography

1928
The Battle of the Sexes

as Director of Photography

1925
The Midnight Girl

as Director of Photography

1924
America

as Director of Photography

1923
The White Rose

as Director of Photography

1922
Sure-Fire Flint

as Director of Photography

1921
Orphans of the Storm

as Director of Photography

1920
The Love Flower

as Director of Photography

1920
The Idol Dancer

as Director of Photography

1920
Way Down East

as Director of Photography

1919
Broken Blossoms

as Director of Photography

1919
The Fall of Babylon

as Director of Photography

1919
The Mother and the Law

as Director of Photography

1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home

as Director of Photography

1919
True Heart Susie

as Director of Photography

1919
A Romance of Happy Valley

as Director of Photography

1919
The Greatest Question

as Director of Photography

1919
Scarlet Days

as Director of Photography

1918
The Greatest Thing in Life

as Director of Photography

1918
The Great Love

as Director of Photography

1918
Hearts of the World

as Director of Photography

1915
The Birth of a Nation

as Director of Photography

1914
The Avenging Conscience

as Director of Photography

1914
The Escape

as Director of Photography

1914
Home, Sweet Home

as Director of Photography

1914
Judith of Bethulia

as Director of Photography

1913
Near To Earth

as Camera Operator

1913
Near To Earth

as Director of Photography

1913
The Mothering Heart

as Director of Photography

1913
Olaf—An Atom

as Director of Photography

1913
The Lady and the Mouse

as Director of Photography

1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

as Director of Photography

1913
An Indian's Loyalty

as Director of Photography

1913
Two Men of the Desert

as Director of Photography

1913
The Little Tease

as Director of Photography

1913
Broken Ways

as Director of Photography

1913
The Wanderer

as Director of Photography

1913
The Unwelcome Guest

as Director of Photography

1912
Friends

as Director of Photography

1912
The New York Hat

as Director of Photography

1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma

as Director of Photography

1912
The Lesser Evil

as Director of Photography

1912
The Massacre

as Director of Photography

1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

as Director of Photography

1912
The School Teacher and the Waif

as Director of Photography

1912
A Temporary Truce

as Director of Photography

1912
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

as Director of Photography

1912
A Lodging for the Night

as Director of Photography

1912
The Girl and Her Trust

as Director of Photography

1912
The Painted Lady

as Director of Photography

1912
Iola's Promise

as Director of Photography

1912
An Unseen Enemy

as Director of Photography

1912
One Is Business, the Other Crime

as Director of Photography

1912
The Sunbeam

as Director of Photography

1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley

as Director of Photography

1912
The Mender of Nets

as Director of Photography

1912
So Near, Yet So Far

as Director of Photography

1912
Lena and the Geese

as Director of Photography

1912
A Beast at Bay

as Director of Photography

1912
My Baby

as Director of Photography

1911
When a Man Loves

as Director of Photography

1911
The Miser's Heart

as Director of Photography

1911
His Trust

as Director of Photography

1911
Swords and Hearts

as Director of Photography

1911
The Battle

as Director of Photography

1911
Italian Blood

as Director of Photography

1911
Fisher Folks

as Director of Photography

1911
The Long Road

as Director of Photography

1911
His Trust Fulfilled

as Director of Photography

1911
The Lonedale Operator

as Director of Photography

1911
The Making of a Man

as Director of Photography

1911
The Primal Call

as Director of Photography

1911
The Rose of Kentucky

as Director of Photography

1911
Teaching Dad to Like Her

as Director of Photography

1911
Enoch Arden: Part I

as Director of Photography

1911
Enoch Arden: Part II

as Director of Photography

1911
Enoch Arden

as Director of Photography

1911
The Last Drop of Water

as Director of Photography

1910
The Usurer

as Director of Photography

1910
In the Border States

as Director of Photography

1910
The Fugitive

as Director of Photography

1910
What the Daisy Said

as Director of Photography

1910
The Iconoclast

as Director of Photography

1910
Waiter No. 5

as Director of Photography

1910
Sunshine Sue

as Director of Photography

1910
The Unchanging Sea

as Director of Photography

1910
Rose o' Salem Town

as Director of Photography

1910
A Flash of Light

as Director of Photography

1910
The Lesson

as Director of Photography

1910
The Honor of His Family

as Director of Photography

1910
Ramona

as Director of Photography

1910
The House with Closed Shutters

as Director of Photography

1910
Wilful Peggy

as Director of Photography

1909
They Would Elope

as Director of Photography

1909
The Suicide Club

as Director of Photography

1909
What Drink Did

as Director of Photography

1909
A Drunkard's Reformation

as Director of Photography

1909
The Mountaineer's Honor

as Director of Photography

1909
The Day After

as Director of Photography

1909
To Save Her Soul

as Director of Photography

1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

as Director of Photography

1909
A Trap for Santa Claus

as Director of Photography

1909
The Broken Locket

as Director of Photography

1909
Getting Even

as Director of Photography

1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades

as Director of Photography

1909
The Little Darling

as Director of Photography

1909
The Way of Man

as Director of Photography

1909
The Son's Return

as Director of Photography

1909
Those Awful Hats

as Director of Photography

1909
At the Altar

as Director of Photography

1909
Edgar Allan Poe

as Director of Photography

1909
The Sealed Room

as Director of Photography

1909
The Maniac Cook

as Director of Photography

1909
The Honor of Thieves

as Director of Photography

1909
Love Finds a Way

as Director of Photography

1909
A Rural Elopement

as Director of Photography

1909
The Sacrifice

as Director of Photography

1909
The Criminal Hypnotist

as Director of Photography

1909
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

as Director of Photography

1909
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

as Director of Photography

1909
The Welcome Burglar

as Director of Photography

1909
The Cord of Life

as Director of Photography

1909
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

as Director of Photography

1909
The Necklace

as Director of Photography

1909
Through the Breakers

as Director of Photography

1909
Sweet and Twenty

as Director of Photography

1909
Two Memories

as Director of Photography

1909
The Lonely Villa

as Director of Photography

1909
A Corner in Wheat

as Director of Photography

1909
The Country Doctor

as Director of Photography

1909
The Redman's View

as Director of Photography

1909
The Curtain Pole

as Director of Photography

1909
Comata, the Sioux

as Director of Photography

1908
Over the Hills to the Poor House

as Director of Photography

1908
When Knights Were Bold

as Director of Photography

1908
The Zulu's Heart

as Director of Photography

1908
The Taming of the Shrew

as Director of Photography

1908
Father Gets in the Game

as Director of Photography

1908
The Valet's Wife

as Director of Photography

1908
The Christmas Burglars

as Director of Photography

1908
Mr. Jones at the Ball

as Director of Photography

1908
The Invisible Fluid

as Director of Photography

1908
Money Mad

as Director of Photography

1908
The Music Master

as Director of Photography

1908
Hulda's Lovers

as Director of Photography

1907
Trial Marriages

as Director of Photography

1907
Fights of Nations

as Director of Photography

1907
Mr. Hurry-up

as Director of Photography

1907
Jamestown Exposition

as Camera Operator

1906
San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

as Director of Photography

1906
Married for Millions

as Director of Photography

1905
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

as Director of Photography

1905
Midwinter Bathing, L Street Bath, Boston

as Director of Photography

1905
A Ballroom Tragedy

as Director of Photography

1905
2 A.M. in the Subway

as Director of Photography

1905
A Trip to Salt Lake City

as Director of Photography

1905
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room

as Director of Photography

1905
Latina, Contortionist

as Director of Photography

1905
A Kentucky Feud

as Director of Photography

1905
New York Subway

as Director of Photography

1904
Automobiling Among the Clouds

as Director of Photography

1904
The Chicken Thief

as Director of Photography

1904
Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle

as Director of Photography

1904
Testing a Rotary

as Director of Photography

1904
The Hero of Liao-Yang

as Director of Photography

1904
Westinghouse Works

as Director of Photography

1904
Girls Taking Time Checks

as Director of Photography

1904
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room

as Director of Photography

1904
Alone

as Director of Photography

1904
Personal

as Director of Photography

1903
Weighing the Baby

as Director of Photography

1903
Hooligan in Jail

as Director of Photography

1903
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians

as Director of Photography

1903
The Giddy Dancing Master

as Director of Photography

1903
The Dude and the Burglars

as Director of Photography

1903
The Fate of the Artist's Model

as Director of Photography

1903
Betsy Ross Dance

as Director of Photography

1903
The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)

as Director of Photography

1903
Happy Hooligan Interferes

as Director of Photography

1903
The Haymarket

as Director of Photography

1899
Stealing a Dinner

as Director of Photography

1899
1896
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

as Director of Photography

1896
Little Egypt

as Camera Operator

Director

1908
1906
Logging in Maine

as Director

1906
1905
New York Subway

as Director

1905
A Pipe Dream

as Director

1905
1904
Baby in a Rage

as Director

1904
Steam Whistle

as Director

1904
Steam Hammer

as Director

1904
Tapping a Furnace

as Director

1904
Westinghouse Works

as Director

1904
1904
Testing a Rotary

as Director

1904
1904
1904
1904
1904
1904
Taping Coils

as Director

1904
1903
1903
1903
The Haymarket

as Director

1903
1903
1903
Chicks to Order

as Director

1899

Crew

Bobby's Kodak

as Cinematography

1914
Brute Force

as Cinematography

1913
The Coming of Angelo

as Cinematography

1912
The Sands of Dee

as Cinematography

1911
1911
The Unveiling

as Cinematography

1909
Lady Helen's Escapade

as Cinematography

1908
Mixed Babies

as Cinematography

1896
Hard Wash

as Cinematography

1896
1896

Writer

1934
1909

Actor

2021
The Méliès Mystery

as Self (archive footage)