Billy Bitzer

Known For: Camera
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 21, 1872
Day of Death: April 29, 1944 (72 years old)
Place of Birth: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Director of Photography
Broken Blossoms

Director of Photography
The Fall of Babylon

Director of Photography
The Mother and the Law

Director of Photography
The Girl Who Stayed at Home

Director of Photography
True Heart Susie

Director of Photography
The Greatest Question

Director of Photography
A Romance of Happy Valley

Director of Photography
Scarlet Days
1918
1916
1915
1914
1913

Camera Operator
Near To Earth

Director of Photography
Near To Earth

Director of Photography
The Mothering Heart

Director of Photography
Olaf—An Atom

Director of Photography
The Lady and the Mouse

Director of Photography
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

Director of Photography
An Indian's Loyalty

Cinematography
The Coming of Angelo
Director of Photography
Two Men of the Desert

Director of Photography
Broken Ways

Director of Photography
The Little Tease

Director of Photography
The Wanderer

Director of Photography
The Unwelcome Guest
1912

Director of Photography
Friends

Director of Photography
The New York Hat

Cinematography
The Sands of Dee

Director of Photography
The Burglar’s Dilemma

Director of Photography
The Lesser Evil

Director of Photography
The Massacre

Director of Photography
A Temporary Truce

Director of Photography
The School Teacher and the Waif

Director of Photography
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

Director of Photography
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

Director of Photography
A Lodging for the Night

Director of Photography
The Girl and Her Trust

Director of Photography
The Painted Lady

Director of Photography
Iola's Promise

Director of Photography
An Unseen Enemy

Director of Photography
One Is Business, the Other Crime

Director of Photography
The Sunbeam

Director of Photography
The Mender of Nets

Director of Photography
The Musketeers of Pig Alley

Director of Photography
So Near, Yet So Far

Director of Photography
Lena and the Geese

Director of Photography
A Beast at Bay

Director of Photography
My Baby

Cinematography
A Pueblo Legend
1911

Director of Photography
When a Man Loves

Director of Photography
The Miser's Heart

Director of Photography
His Trust

Director of Photography
Swords and Hearts

Director of Photography
The Battle
Director of Photography
Italian Blood

Director of Photography
The Long Road

Director of Photography
Fisher Folks

Director of Photography
The Lonedale Operator

Director of Photography
His Trust Fulfilled

Director of Photography
The Making of a Man

Director of Photography
The Primal Call

Director of Photography
The Rose of Kentucky

Cinematography
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Director of Photography
Teaching Dad to Like Her
Cinematography
The Unveiling
Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part I

Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part II

Director of Photography
Enoch Arden

Director of Photography
The Last Drop of Water
1910

Director of Photography
The Usurer

Director of Photography
The Fugitive

Director of Photography
In the Border States

Director of Photography
What the Daisy Said

Director of Photography
Waiter No. 5
Director of Photography
The Iconoclast

Director of Photography
Sunshine Sue

Director of Photography
The Unchanging Sea

Director of Photography
Rose o' Salem Town

Director of Photography
A Flash of Light

Director of Photography
The Lesson
Director of Photography
The Honor of His Family

Director of Photography
Ramona

Director of Photography
The House with Closed Shutters

Director of Photography
Wilful Peggy
1909

Director of Photography
They Would Elope
Director of Photography
The Suicide Club

Director of Photography
What Drink Did

Director of Photography
A Drunkard's Reformation

Story
The Curtain Pole

Director of Photography
The Broken Locket

Director of Photography
The Little Darling

Director of Photography
1776, or The Hessian Renegades

Director of Photography
The Mountaineer's Honor

Director of Photography
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

Director of Photography
The Day After

Director of Photography
To Save Her Soul

Director of Photography
A Trap for Santa Claus

Director of Photography
The Way of Man

Director of Photography
Getting Even

Director of Photography
The Son's Return

Director of Photography
Those Awful Hats

Director of Photography
At the Altar

Director of Photography
The Sealed Room

Director of Photography
Edgar Allan Poe

Director of Photography
The Cord of Life
Director of Photography
The Maniac Cook

Director of Photography
Love Finds a Way
Director of Photography
The Criminal Hypnotist

Director of Photography
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Director of Photography
A Rural Elopement
Director of Photography
The Honor of Thieves
Director of Photography
The Welcome Burglar
Director of Photography
The Sacrifice
Director of Photography
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

Director of Photography
The Necklace

Director of Photography
Through the Breakers

Director of Photography
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

Director of Photography
Sweet and Twenty

Director of Photography
Two Memories

Director of Photography
The Lonely Villa

Director of Photography
The Country Doctor

Director of Photography
A Corner in Wheat

Director of Photography
The Redman's View

Director of Photography
The Curtain Pole

Director of Photography
Comata, the Sioux

Cinematography
Lady Helen's Escapade
1908

Director of Photography
Over the Hills to the Poor House

Director of Photography
When Knights Were Bold

Director of Photography
The Taming of the Shrew

Director of Photography
The Zulu's Heart

Director
The Adventures of Dollie
Director of Photography
The Valet's Wife

Director of Photography
Father Gets in the Game
Director of Photography
The Christmas Burglars

Director of Photography
Mr. Jones at the Ball

Director of Photography
The Invisible Fluid

Director of Photography
The Music Master

Director of Photography
Money Mad

Cinematography
Mixed Babies
Director of Photography
Hulda's Lovers
1907
1906
1905
Director of Photography
Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston

Director of Photography
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

Director
New York Subway
Director of Photography
Robbed of Her All
Director of Photography
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
Director of Photography
A Trip to Salt Lake City
Director of Photography
Latina, Contortionist
Director of Photography
A Ballroom Tragedy

Director
A Pipe Dream
Director
The Summer Boarders

Director
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Director
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
Director of Photography
A Kentucky Feud

Director of Photography
New York Subway

Director
2 A.M. in the Subway

Cinematography
2 A.M. in the Subway
Director
A Ballroom Tragedy
Director
A Trip to Salt Lake City
Director
Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club
Director
Duel Scene from Macbeth
Director
Teasing
1904

Director of Photography
Automobiling Among the Clouds

Director
Automobiling Among the Clouds

Director
Children in the Surf at Coney Island
Director
The Coney Island Beach Patrol

Director of Photography
The Chicken Thief

Director
A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island
Director of Photography
Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle

Director of Photography
The Hero of Liao-Yang

Director of Photography
Testing a Rotary
Director
Baby in a Rage
Director of Photography
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
Director of Photography
Girls Taking Time Checks
Director of Photography
Westinghouse Works
Director
Steam Whistle
Director of Photography
Alone

Director
Steam Hammer

Director
Tapping a Furnace
Director
Westinghouse Works
Director
Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works
Director
Coil Winding Section E

Director
Casting a Guide Box
Director
Assembling and Testing Turbines
Director
Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

Director
Testing a Rotary

Director
Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works
Director
Girls Winding Armatures

Director
Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works

Director
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)

Director
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)
Director
Assembling a Generator

Director
Welding the Big Ring
Director
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
Director
Girls Taking Time Checks

Director
Coil Winding Machines
Director
Taping Coils
Director
Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works

Director of Photography
Personal
Director
Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle

Cinematography
The Widow and the Only Man
Cinematography
Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup
Cinematography
The Lost Child
Cinematography
The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge
1903
Director of Photography
Weighing the Baby
Director of Photography
Hooligan in Jail
Director
Expert Bag Punching
Director
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
Director of Photography
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
Director of Photography
The Giddy Dancing Master

Director of Photography
The Dude and the Burglars

Director of Photography
The Fate of the Artist's Model

Director of Photography
Betsy Ross Dance
Director of Photography
A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out

Director of Photography
Happy Hooligan Interferes

Director
Orphans in the Surf

Director
The Haymarket

Director of Photography
The Haymarket

Director
A Search for Evidence
Director
The Boy In The Barrel

Director
Happy Hooligan Interferes

Director
Chicks to Order
Director
N.Y. Fire Department Returning

Director
Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration
Director of Photography
The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1
Director of Photography
The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2
Director of Photography
Willie's Camera
Director of Photography
Murder Scene from 'King of the Detectives'