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Billy Bitzer

Apr 21, 1872 - 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.

Known For Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	2021	The Méliès Mystery	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1909	Lucky Jim

Crew

Media
Movie	1915	The Birth of a Nation	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	They Would Elope	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1919	Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	Near To Earth	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	1913	Near To Earth	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	Over the Hills to the Poor House	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	Weighing the Baby	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	When Knights Were Bold	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Suicide Club	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Automobiling Among the Clouds	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	Hooligan in Jail	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1914	The Avenging Conscience	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	Friends	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1914	The Escape	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	When a Man Loves	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	What Drink Did	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1899	Across Brooklyn Bridge	Director	Directing
Movie	1934	The Camera Speaks	Story	Writing
Movie	1896	Hard Wash	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1896	American Falls from Goat Island	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1896	American Falls from Luna Island	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1904	Automobiling Among the Clouds	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Children in the Surf at Coney Island	Director	Directing
Movie	1901	President McKinley Inauguration	Director	Directing
Movie	1903	Expert Bag Punching	Director	Directing
Movie	1903	Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians	Director	Directing
Movie	1909	A Drunkard's Reformation	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	The Coney Island Beach Patrol	Director	Directing
Movie	1906	Logging in Maine	Director	Directing
Movie	1910	The Usurer	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The New York Hat	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The Sands of Dee	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1913	The Mothering Heart	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Miser's Heart	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The Burglar’s Dilemma	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The Lesser Evil	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The Massacre	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	The Chicken Thief	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	In the Border States	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	His Trust	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	The Fugitive	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	Swords and Hearts	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Battle	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Curtain Pole	Story	Writing
Movie	1919	The Fall of Babylon	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1919	The Mother and the Law	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island	Director	Directing
Movie	1903	Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1919	The Girl Who Stayed at Home	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	What the Daisy Said	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	Waiter No. 5	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	The Iconoclast	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	Italian Blood	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Testing a Rotary	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	The Lady and the Mouse	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	A Temporary Truce	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	A Trap for Santa Claus	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Getting Even	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Broken Locket	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	Sunshine Sue	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Way of Man	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	The Giddy Dancing Master	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Little Darling	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Day After	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	The Dude and the Burglars	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	Fisher Folks	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	A Feud in the Kentucky Hills	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	To Save Her Soul	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	The Zulu's Heart	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Long Road	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Mountaineer's Honor	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	The Taming of the Shrew	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	1776, or The Hessian Renegades	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	Olaf—An Atom	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The School Teacher and the Waif	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	The Hero of Liao-Yang	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Lines of White on a Sullen Sea	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	A Lodging for the Night	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Baby in a Rage	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Brute Force	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1919	True Heart Susie	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Son's Return	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Those Awful Hats	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1921	Orphans of the Storm	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	A Trip to Salt Lake City	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	Rose o' Salem Town	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1919	A Romance of Happy Valley	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	At the Altar	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1920	The Love Flower	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1906	From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Westinghouse Works	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1907	Trial Marriages	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Girls Taking Time Checks	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	Latina, Contortionist	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Lonedale Operator	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1906	The Impossible Convicts	Director	Directing
Movie	1899	Stealing a Dinner	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	The Adventures of Dollie	Director	Directing
Movie	1925	The Midnight Girl	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1920	The Idol Dancer	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	Robbed of Her All	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1907	Fights of Nations	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Sealed Room	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	The Unchanging Sea	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	His Trust Fulfilled	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	The Fate of the Artist's Model	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	New York Subway	Director	Directing
Movie	1905	A Ballroom Tragedy	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1907	Mr. Hurry-up	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	Betsy Ross Dance	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1896	McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Edgar Allan Poe	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1919	The Greatest Question	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1901	The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Steam Whistle	Director	Directing
Movie	1911	The Making of a Man	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	A Flash of Light	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	The Lesson	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	Happy Hooligan Interferes	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Primal Call	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	Father Gets in the Game	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	The Valet's Wife	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	A Pipe Dream	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	The Greatest Thing in Life	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	The Battle at Elderbush Gulch	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Alone	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1920	Way Down East	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	An Indian's Loyalty	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1896	Little Egypt	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	1911	The Rose of Kentucky	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	Mr. Jones at the Ball	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	A Rural Elopement	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Criminal Hypnotist	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Welcome Burglar	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Maniac Cook	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	The Christmas Burglars	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Mr. Jones Has a Card Party	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Love Finds a Way	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Sacrifice	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Fascinating Mrs. Francis	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Honor of Thieves	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Cord of Life	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Necklace	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Through the Breakers	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	What Shall We Do with Our Old?	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1904	Steam Hammer	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Tapping a Furnace	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Westinghouse Works	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works	Director	Directing
Movie	1909	Sweet and Twenty	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Coil Winding Section E	Director	Directing
Movie	1911	Teaching Dad to Like Her	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	The Honor of His Family	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	The Summer Boarders	Director	Directing
Movie	1912	The Painted Lady	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	The Invisible Fluid	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	Orphans in the Surf	Director	Directing
Movie	1912	The Girl and Her Trust	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	The Music Master	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Two Memories	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1918	The Great Love	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	Money Mad	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1914	Home, Sweet Home	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1933	Hotel Variety	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1906	San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son	Director	Directing
Movie	1903	The Haymarket	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	The Haymarket	Director	Directing
Movie	1903	A Search for Evidence	Director	Directing
Movie	1912	Iola's Promise	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Assembling and Testing Turbines	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Casting a Guide Box	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Testing a Rotary	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Westinghouse Air Brake Co.	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Girls Winding Armatures	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works	Director	Directing
Movie	1905	Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Welding the Big Ring	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Assembling a Generator	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Coil Winding Machines	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Girls Taking Time Checks	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Taping Coils	Director	Directing
Movie	1913	The Coming of Angelo	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1905	A Kentucky Feud	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1899	Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge	Director	Directing
Movie	1908	Mixed Babies	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1914	Judith of Bethulia	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1907	Jamestown Exposition	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	1912	An Unseen Enemy	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Unveiling	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Lonely Villa	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1923	The White Rose	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Personal	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1928	The Battle of the Sexes	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	New York Subway	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	Ramona	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	One Is Business, the Other Crime	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The Sunbeam	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The Musketeers of Pig Alley	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Country Doctor	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	The Mender of Nets	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1919	Scarlet Days	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	A Corner in Wheat	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	The Little Tease	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	Two Men of the Desert	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1918	Hearts of the World	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	Broken Ways	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	So Near, Yet So Far	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	The Wanderer	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1906	Married for Millions	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1913	The Unwelcome Guest	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	Hulda's Lovers	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	Enoch Arden: Part II	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Redman's View	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	Enoch Arden: Part I	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	The Curtain Pole	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	Enoch Arden	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Last Drop of Water	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	Comata, the Sioux	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	The House with Closed Shutters	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1899	Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	The Boy In The Barrel	Director	Directing
Movie	1924	America	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	Lena and the Geese	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle	Director	Directing
Movie	1903	Happy Hooligan Interferes	Director	Directing
Movie	1912	A Beast at Bay	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	My Baby	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1910	Wilful Peggy	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	Bobby's Kodak	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1903	Chicks to Order	Director	Directing
Movie	1909	Lady Helen's Escapade	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1922	Sure-Fire Flint	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1904	The Widow and the Only Man	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1903	N.Y. Fire Department Returning	Director	Directing
Movie	1912	A Pueblo Legend	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1905	2 A.M. in the Subway	Director	Directing
Movie	1905	2 A.M. in the Subway	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1905	A Ballroom Tragedy	Director	Directing
Movie	1905	A Trip to Salt Lake City	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1904	The Lost Child	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1905	Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club	Director	Directing
Movie	1903	Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration	Director	Directing
Movie	1905	Duel Scene from Macbeth	Director	Directing
Movie	1904	The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1903	The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	Willie's Camera	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1903	Murder Scene from 'King of the Detectives'	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1905	Teasing	Director	Directing
Movie	1906	San Francisco Disaster	Director	Directing
Movie	1906	San Francisco Disaster	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1903	Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1903	Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout	Director	Directing
Movie	1908	Betrayed by a Handprint	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	The Sculptor's Nightmare	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	The Black Viper	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	A Calamitous Elopement	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	The Song of the Shirt	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	Romance of a Jewess	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1906	Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1908	After Many Years	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	The Call of the Wild	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	Where the Breakers Roar	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	Deceived Slumming Party	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	A Smoked Husband	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	Her First Adventure	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	The Planter's Wife	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Mended Lute	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Pippa Passes	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	The Princess in the Vase	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Her First Biscuits	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Cricket on the Hearth	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Voice of the Violin	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Gibson Goddess	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Resurrection	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Light That Came	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Violin Maker of Cremona	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Lucky Jim	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Politician's Love Story	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Renunciation	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Nursing a Viper	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1912	The Root of Evil	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1912	A String of Pearls	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Voice of the Child	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1911	The Trail of Books	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1909	What's Your Hurry?	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Fools of Fate	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	A Strange Meeting	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Salvation Army Lass	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Lure of the Gown	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Cardinal's Conspiracy	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	The Feud and the Turkey	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Confidence	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Peachbasket Hat	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	His Duty	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Restoration	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Oh, Uncle!	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Awakening	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Faded Lilies	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Slave	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Girls and Daddy	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	The Indian Runner's Romance	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	In Old Kentucky	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Tender Hearts	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	Faithful	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	Professional Jealousy	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	A Famous Escape	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	The Outlaw	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	Caught by Wireless	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1909	Mr. Jones’ Burglar	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1908	'Ostler Joe	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1897	At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge	Director	Directing
Movie	1910	As It Is in Life	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	In Old California	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	An Arcadian Maid	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	Over Silent Paths	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	A Child of the Ghetto	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1904	The Baby and the Puppies	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Two Brothers	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Rocky Road	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	Her Terrible Ordeal	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	Love Among the Roses	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Oath and the Man	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Cloister’s Touch	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Call	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Newlyweds	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	A Child's Impulse	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Modern Prodigal	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	Muggsy's First Sweetheart	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Golden Supper	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	Winning Back His Love	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	The Sorrows of the Unfaithful	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1910	That Chink at Golden Gulch	Cinematography	Crew