Billy Bitzer
- Camera
- April 21, 1872 · Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
- April 29, 1944
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
Filmography
- The Méliès Mystery · Self
- The Camera Speaks · Story
- Hotel Variety · Cinematography
- The Battle of the Sexes · Cinematography
- The Midnight Girl · Cinematography
- America · Cinematography
- The White Rose · Cinematography
- Sure-Fire Flint · Cinematography
- Orphans of the Storm · Cinematography
- Way Down East · Cinematography
- The Love Flower · Cinematography
- The Idol Dancer · Cinematography
- The Greatest Question · Cinematography
- Scarlet Days · Cinematography
- The Mother and the Law · Cinematography
- The Fall of Babylon · Cinematography
- True Heart Susie · Cinematography
- Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl · Cinematography
- The Girl Who Stayed at Home · Cinematography
- A Romance of Happy Valley · Cinematography
- The Greatest Thing in Life · Cinematography
- The Great Love · Cinematography
- Hearts of the World · Cinematography
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages · Cinematography
- The Birth of a Nation · Cinematography
- The Avenging Conscience · Cinematography
- The Escape · Cinematography
- Home, Sweet Home · Cinematography
- Brute Force · Cinematography
- Judith of Bethulia · Cinematography
- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch · Cinematography
- Two Men of the Desert · Cinematography
- An Indian's Loyalty · Cinematography
- The Mothering Heart · Cinematography
- Death's Marathon · Cinematography
- Olaf—An Atom · Cinematography
- The Wanderer · Cinematography
- The Lady and the Mouse · Cinematography
- The Little Tease · Cinematography
- Near To Earth · Camera Operator, Cinematography
- The Unwelcome Guest · Cinematography
- Broken Ways · Cinematography
- The Coming of Angelo · Cinematography
- The Massacre · Cinematography
- The Burglar’s Dilemma · Cinematography
- The New York Hat · Cinematography
- My Baby · Cinematography
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley · Cinematography
- The Painted Lady · Cinematography
- A Feud in the Kentucky Hills · Cinematography
- So Near, Yet So Far · Cinematography
- Friends · Cinematography
- An Unseen Enemy · Cinematography
- A Pueblo Legend · Cinematography
- The School Teacher and the Waif · Cinematography
- Lena and the Geese · Cinematography
- A Temporary Truce · Cinematography
- A Beast at Bay · Cinematography
- A Lodging for the Night · Cinematography
- The Lesser Evil · Cinematography
- One Is Business, the Other Crime · Cinematography
- The Female of the Species · Cinematography
- The Girl and Her Trust · Cinematography
- The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch · Cinematography
- The Root of Evil · Cinematography
- Iola's Promise · Cinematography
- A String of Pearls · Cinematography
- The Sunbeam · Cinematography
- The Sands of Dee · Cinematography
- The Mender of Nets · Cinematography
- For His Son · Cinematography
- The Voice of the Child · Cinematography
- Saved from Himself · Cinematography
- The Miser's Heart · Cinematography
- The Trail of Books · Cinematography
- The Battle · Cinematography
- The Long Road · Cinematography
- The Adventures of Billy · Cinematography
- The Unveiling · Cinematography
- Italian Blood · Cinematography