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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1919
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
A Romance of Happy Valley
Director of Photography
The Greatest Question
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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
The Little Tease
Director of Photography
Broken Ways
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 Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Director of Photography
The School Teacher and the Waif
Director of Photography
A Temporary Truce
Director of Photography
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Director of Photography
A Lodging for the Night
Director of Photography
The Girl and Her Trust
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The Painted Lady
Director of Photography
Iola's Promise
Director of Photography
An Unseen Enemy
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One Is Business, the Other Crime
Director of Photography
The Sunbeam
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Director of Photography
The Mender of Nets
Director of Photography
So Near, Yet So Far
Director of Photography
Lena and the Geese
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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
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His Trust
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Swords and Hearts
Director of Photography
The Battle
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Italian Blood
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Fisher Folks
Director of Photography
The Long Road
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His Trust Fulfilled
Director of Photography
The Lonedale Operator
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
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Enoch Arden: Part II
Director of Photography
Enoch Arden
Director of Photography
The Last Drop of Water
1910
Director of Photography
The Usurer
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In the Border States
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The Fugitive
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What the Daisy Said
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The Iconoclast
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Waiter No. 5
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Sunshine Sue
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The Unchanging Sea
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Rose o' Salem Town
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A Flash of Light
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The Lesson
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The Honor of His Family
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Ramona
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The House with Closed Shutters
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Wilful Peggy
1909
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They Would Elope
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The Suicide Club
Director of Photography
What Drink Did
Director of Photography
A Drunkard's Reformation
Story
The Curtain Pole
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The Mountaineer's Honor
Director of Photography
The Day After
Director of Photography
To Save Her Soul
Director of Photography
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Director of Photography
A Trap for Santa Claus
Director of Photography
The Broken Locket
Director of Photography
Getting Even
Director of Photography
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
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The Little Darling
Director of Photography
The Way of Man
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The Son's Return
Director of Photography
Those Awful Hats
Director of Photography
At the Altar
Director of Photography
Edgar Allan Poe
Director of Photography
The Sealed Room
Director of Photography
The Maniac Cook
Director of Photography
The Honor of Thieves
Director of Photography
Love Finds a Way
Director of Photography
A Rural Elopement
Director of Photography
The Sacrifice
Director of Photography
The Criminal Hypnotist
Director of Photography
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Director of Photography
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
Director of Photography
The Welcome Burglar
Director of Photography
The Cord of Life
Director of Photography
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
Director of Photography
The Necklace
Director of Photography
Through the Breakers
Director of Photography
Sweet and Twenty
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Two Memories
Director of Photography
The Lonely Villa
Director of Photography
A Corner in Wheat
Director of Photography
The Country Doctor
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 Zulu's Heart
Director of Photography
The Taming of the Shrew
Director
The Adventures of Dollie
Director of Photography
Father Gets in the Game
Director of Photography
The Valet's Wife
Director of Photography
The Christmas Burglars
Director of Photography
Mr. Jones at the Ball
Director of Photography
The Invisible Fluid
Director of Photography
Money Mad
Director of Photography
The Music Master
Cinematography
Mixed Babies
Director of Photography
Hulda's Lovers
1907
1906
1905
Director of Photography
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Director of Photography
Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston
Director
New York Subway
Director of Photography
A Ballroom Tragedy
Director of Photography
A Trip to Salt Lake City
Director of Photography
Robbed of Her All
Director of Photography
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
Director of Photography
Latina, Contortionist
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
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
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Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle
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Testing a Rotary
Director of Photography
The Hero of Liao-Yang
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Baby in a Rage
Director of Photography
Westinghouse Works
Director of Photography
Girls Taking Time Checks
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Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
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Steam Whistle
Director of Photography
Alone
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Steam Hammer
Director
Tapping a Furnace
Director
Westinghouse Works
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Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works
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Coil Winding Section E
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Testing a Rotary
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Casting a Guide Box
Director
Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works
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Assembling and Testing Turbines
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Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
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Girls Winding Armatures
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Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works
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Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)
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Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)
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Welding the Big Ring
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Assembling a Generator
Director
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
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Coil Winding Machines
Director
Taping Coils
Director
Girls Taking Time Checks
Director
Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works
Director of Photography
Personal
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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
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The Giddy Dancing Master
Director of Photography
The Dude and the Burglars
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A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out
Director of Photography
The Fate of the Artist's Model
Director of Photography
Betsy Ross Dance
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Happy Hooligan Interferes
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Orphans in the Surf
Director of Photography
The Haymarket
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The Haymarket
Director
A Search for Evidence
Director
The Boy In The Barrel
Director
Happy Hooligan Interferes
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Chicks to Order
Director
N.Y. Fire Department Returning
Director
Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration
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The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1
Director of Photography
The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2
