Billy Bitzer

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04/21/1872
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Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA:
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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.

Le Mystère Méliès (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Lucky Jim (1909)
The Camera Speaks
Story
Hotel Variety
Director of Photography
The Battle of the Sexes
Director of Photography
The Midnight Girl
Director of Photography
America
Director of Photography
The White Rose
Director of Photography
Sure-Fire Flint
Director of Photography
Orphans of the Storm
Director of Photography
Way Down East
Director of Photography
The Love Flower
Director of Photography
The Idol Dancer
Director of Photography
The Greatest Question
Director of Photography
Scarlet Days
Director of Photography
The Mother and the Law
Director of Photography
The Fall of Babylon
Director of Photography
True Heart Susie
Director of Photography
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Director of Photography
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Director of Photography
A Romance of Happy Valley
Director of Photography
The Greatest Thing in Life
Director of Photography
The Great Love
Director of Photography
Hearts of the World
Director of Photography
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Director of Photography
The Birth of a Nation
Director of Photography
The Avenging Conscience
Director of Photography
The Escape
Director of Photography
Home, Sweet Home
Director of Photography
Brute Force
Cinematography
Judith of Bethulia
Director of Photography
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Director of Photography
Two Men of the Desert
Director of Photography
An Indian's Loyalty
Director of Photography
The Mothering Heart
Director of Photography
Olaf—An Atom
Director of Photography
The Wanderer
Director of Photography
The Lady and the Mouse
Director of Photography
The Little Tease
Director of Photography
Near To Earth
Camera Operator
Near To Earth
Director of Photography
The Unwelcome Guest
Director of Photography
Broken Ways
Director of Photography
The Coming of Angelo
Cinematography
The Massacre
Director of Photography
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Director of Photography
The New York Hat
Director of Photography
My Baby
Director of Photography
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Director of Photography
The Painted Lady
Director of Photography
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Director of Photography
So Near, Yet So Far
Director of Photography
Friends
Director of Photography
An Unseen Enemy
Director of Photography
A Pueblo Legend
Cinematography
The School Teacher and the Waif
Director of Photography
Lena and the Geese
Director of Photography
A Temporary Truce
Director of Photography
A Beast at Bay
Director of Photography
A Lodging for the Night
Director of Photography
The Lesser Evil
Director of Photography
One Is Business, the Other Crime
Director of Photography
The Girl and Her Trust
Director of Photography
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Director of Photography
The Root of Evil
Director of Photography
Iola's Promise
Director of Photography
A String of Pearls
Director of Photography
The Sunbeam
Director of Photography
The Sands of Dee
Cinematography
The Mender of Nets
Director of Photography
The Voice of the Child
Director of Photography
The Miser's Heart
Director of Photography
The Trail of Books
Director of Photography
The Battle
Director of Photography
The Long Road
Director of Photography
The Unveiling
Cinematography
Italian Blood
Director of Photography
The Making of a Man
Director of Photography
Swords and Hearts
Director of Photography
The Rose of Kentucky
Director of Photography
The Last Drop of Water
Director of Photography
The Primal Call
Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part II
Director of Photography
Enoch Arden
Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part I
Director of Photography
The Lonedale Operator
Director of Photography
Teaching Dad to Like Her
Director of Photography
Fisher Folks
Director of Photography
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Cinematography
His Trust Fulfilled
Director of Photography
His Trust
Director of Photography
When a Man Loves
Director of Photography
The Lesson
Director of Photography
Sunshine Sue
Director of Photography
The Fugitive
Director of Photography
Waiter No. 5
Director of Photography
The Iconoclast
Director of Photography
Rose o' Salem Town
Director of Photography
Wilful Peggy
Director of Photography
The Usurer
Director of Photography
The House with Closed Shutters
Director of Photography
An Arcadian Maid
Cinematography
A Flash of Light
Director of Photography
What the Daisy Said
Director of Photography
In the Border States
Director of Photography
A Child of the Ghetto
Cinematography
Ramona
Director of Photography
Over Silent Paths
Cinematography
The Unchanging Sea
Director of Photography
As It Is in Life
Cinematography
Faithful
Cinematography
In Old California
Cinematography
The Honor of His Family
Director of Photography
The Day After
Director of Photography
To Save Her Soul
Director of Photography
A Trap for Santa Claus
Director of Photography
A Corner in Wheat
Director of Photography
The Redman's View
Director of Photography
Through the Breakers
Director of Photography
The Mountaineer's Honor
Director of Photography
The Light That Came
Cinematography
The Restoration
Cinematography
Nursing a Viper
Cinematography
The Gibson Goddess
Cinematography
What's Your Hurry?
Cinematography
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Director of Photography
Fools of Fate
Cinematography
Pippa Passes
Cinematography
The Awakening
Cinematography
In Old Kentucky
Cinematography
The Broken Locket
Director of Photography
Getting Even
Director of Photography
Comata, the Sioux
Director of Photography
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Director of Photography
The Sealed Room
Director of Photography
The Little Darling
Director of Photography
Oh, Uncle!
Cinematography
The Indian Runner's Romance
Cinematography
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
Cinematography
They Would Elope
Director of Photography
The Mended Lute
Cinematography
A Strange Meeting
Cinematography
The Slave
Cinematography
Sweet and Twenty
Director of Photography
The Renunciation
Cinematography
Tender Hearts
Cinematography
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
Cinematography
The Country Doctor
Director of Photography
The Necklace
Director of Photography
The Way of Man
Director of Photography
The Peachbasket Hat
Cinematography
The Faded Lilies
Cinematography
Her First Biscuits
Cinematography
The Son's Return
Director of Photography
The Lonely Villa
Director of Photography
The Violin Maker of Cremona
Cinematography
What Drink Did
Director of Photography
His Duty
Cinematography
The Cricket on the Hearth
Cinematography
Two Memories
Director of Photography
Resurrection
Cinematography
The Suicide Club
Director of Photography
Lucky Jim
Cinematography
Lady Helen's Escapade
Cinematography
Confidence
Cinematography
A Drunkard's Reformation
Director of Photography
The Voice of the Violin
Cinematography
The Lure of the Gown
Cinematography
The Salvation Army Lass
Cinematography
At the Altar
Director of Photography
The Politician's Love Story
Cinematography
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
Director of Photography
The Curtain Pole
Story
The Curtain Pole
Director of Photography
Edgar Allan Poe
Director of Photography
The Girls and Daddy
Cinematography
The Cord of Life
Director of Photography
The Welcome Burglar
Director of Photography
Those Awful Hats
Director of Photography
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Director of Photography
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
Director of Photography
The Criminal Hypnotist
Director of Photography
A Rural Elopement
Director of Photography
The Sacrifice
Director of Photography
Love Finds a Way
Director of Photography
The Honor of Thieves
Director of Photography
The Maniac Cook
Director of Photography
Mr. Jones at the Ball
Director of Photography
The Christmas Burglars
Director of Photography
The Feud and the Turkey
Cinematography
Money Mad
Director of Photography
The Valet's Wife
Director of Photography
The Song of the Shirt
Cinematography
The Taming of the Shrew
Director of Photography
After Many Years
Cinematography
The Call of the Wild
Cinematography
Romance of a Jewess
Cinematography
The Planter's Wife
Cinematography
Father Gets in the Game
Director of Photography
The Zulu's Heart
Director of Photography
A Smoked Husband
Cinematography
Where the Breakers Roar
Cinematography
Betrayed by a Handprint
Cinematography
A Calamitous Elopement
Cinematography
Deceived Slumming Party
Cinematography
The Black Viper
Cinematography
The Adventures of Dollie
Director
Over the Hills to the Poor House
Director of Photography
The Outlaw
Cinematography
The Invisible Fluid
Director of Photography
Mixed Babies
Cinematography
'Ostler Joe
Cinematography
When Knights Were Bold
Director of Photography
The Music Master
Director of Photography
The Sculptor's Nightmare
Cinematography
Hulda's Lovers
Director of Photography
A Famous Escape
Cinematography
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
Cinematography
Caught by Wireless
Cinematography
Her First Adventure
Cinematography
The Princess in the Vase
Cinematography
Bobby's Kodak
Cinematography
Professional Jealousy
Cinematography
Jamestown Exposition
Camera Operator
Fights of Nations
Director of Photography
Mr. Hurry-up
Director of Photography
Trial Marriages
Director of Photography
Married for Millions
Director of Photography
Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium
Director of Photography
From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies
Director of Photography
Logging in Maine
Director
San Francisco Disaster
Director
San Francisco Disaster
Cinematography
San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake
Director of Photography
The Impossible Convicts
Director
Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club
Director
A Kentucky Feud
Director of Photography
Teasing
Director
Robbed of Her All
Director of Photography
The Summer Boarders
Director
Duel Scene from Macbeth
Director
A Pipe Dream
Director
A Ballroom Tragedy
Director of Photography
A Ballroom Tragedy
Director
2 A.M. in the Subway
Director
2 A.M. in the Subway
Cinematography
A Trip to Salt Lake City
Director of Photography
A Trip to Salt Lake City
Director
New York Subway
Director
New York Subway
Director of Photography
Latina, Contortionist
Director of Photography
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
Director of Photography
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
Director
Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston
Director of Photography
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Director
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Director of Photography
Children in the Surf at Coney Island
Director
The Chicken Thief
Director of Photography
Coil Winding Section E
Director
The Lost Child
Cinematography
The Hero of Liao-Yang
Director of Photography
A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island
Director
Automobiling Among the Clouds
Director of Photography
Automobiling Among the Clouds
Director
Baby in a Rage
Director
Alone
Director of Photography
Personal
Director of Photography
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
Director of Photography
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
Director
Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works
Director
Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup
Cinematography
Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works
Director
Assembling and Testing Turbines
Director
Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works
Director
Assembling a Generator
Director
Coil Winding Machines
Director
Casting a Guide Box
Director
Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
Director
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)
Director
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)
Director
Steam Hammer
Director
Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle
Director
Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle
Director of Photography
Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works
Director
Tapping a Furnace
Director
Taping Coils
Director
Testing a Rotary
Director of Photography
Testing a Rotary
Director
Westinghouse Works
Director of Photography
Westinghouse Works
Director
Girls Taking Time Checks
Director of Photography
Girls Taking Time Checks
Director
Girls Winding Armatures
Director
Welding the Big Ring
Director
The Coney Island Beach Patrol
Director
Steam Whistle
Director
The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge
Cinematography
The Widow and the Only Man
Cinematography
The Fate of the Artist's Model
Director of Photography
A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out
Director of Photography
Hooligan in Jail
Director of Photography
Weighing the Baby
Director of Photography
Orphans in the Surf
Director
Murder Scene from 'King of the Detectives'
Director of Photography
The Dude and the Burglars
Director of Photography
A Search for Evidence
Director
Expert Bag Punching
Director
The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2
Director of Photography
The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1
Director of Photography
The Boy In The Barrel
Director
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
Director
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
Director of Photography
Willie's Camera
Director of Photography
Chicks to Order
Director
Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration
Director
Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout
Cinematography
Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout
Director
The Haymarket
Director of Photography
The Haymarket
Director
Betsy Ross Dance
Director of Photography
Happy Hooligan Interferes
Director of Photography
Happy Hooligan Interferes
Director
The Giddy Dancing Master
Director of Photography
N.Y. Fire Department Returning
Director
The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)
Director of Photography
President McKinley Inauguration
Director
Across Brooklyn Bridge
Director
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
Director
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
Director of Photography
Stealing a Dinner
Director of Photography
At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge
Director
American Falls from Luna Island
Cinematography
American Falls from Goat Island
Cinematography
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
Director of Photography
Hard Wash
Cinematography
Little Egypt
Camera Operator