Billy Bitzer

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.

Most Famous Work

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The Birth of a Nation

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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

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Broken Blossoms

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A Corner in Wheat

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Way Down East

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Orphans of the Storm

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The Musketeers of Pig Alley

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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2021	Self (archive footage)	The Méliès Mystery 2021-01-02 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1934	Story	The Camera Speaks 1934-08-11 Movie
1909	Story	The Curtain Pole 1909-02-15 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1933	Director of Photography	Hotel Variety 1933-01-07 Movie
1928	Director of Photography	The Battle of the Sexes 1928-10-12 Movie
1925	Director of Photography	The Midnight Girl 1925-02-14 Movie
1924	Director of Photography	America 1924-02-21 Movie
1923	Director of Photography	The White Rose 1923-05-21 Movie
1921	Director of Photography	Orphans of the Storm 1921-12-28 Movie
1920	Director of Photography	Way Down East 1920-09-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Love Flower 1920-08-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Idol Dancer 1920-03-21 Movie
1919	Director of Photography	The Greatest Question 1919-12-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	Scarlet Days 1919-11-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Mother and the Law 1919-08-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Fall of Babylon 1919-07-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	True Heart Susie 1919-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Broken Blossoms 1919-05-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Girl Who Stayed at Home 1919-03-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Romance of Happy Valley 1919-01-26 Movie
1918	Director of Photography	The Greatest Thing in Life 1918-12-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Great Love 1918-08-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hearts of the World 1918-03-11 Movie
1916	Director of Photography	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916-09-04 Movie
1915	Director of Photography	The Birth of a Nation 1915-02-08 Movie
1914	Director of Photography	The Avenging Conscience 1914-08-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Escape 1914-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Home, Sweet Home 1914-05-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Judith of Bethulia 1914-03-08 Movie
1913	Director of Photography	The Battle at Elderbush Gulch 1913-12-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Two Men of the Desert 1913-08-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	An Indian's Loyalty 1913-08-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Mothering Heart 1913-06-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Olaf—An Atom 1913-05-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Wanderer 1913-05-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lady and the Mouse 1913-04-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Little Tease 1913-04-12 Movie
	Camera Operator	Near To Earth 1913-03-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Near To Earth 1913-03-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Unwelcome Guest 1913-03-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Broken Ways 1913-03-08 Movie
1912	Director of Photography	The Massacre 1912-12-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Burglar’s Dilemma 1912-12-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	The New York Hat 1912-12-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	My Baby 1912-11-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912-10-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Painted Lady 1912-10-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Feud in the Kentucky Hills 1912-10-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	So Near, Yet So Far 1912-09-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Friends 1912-09-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	An Unseen Enemy 1912-09-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	The School Teacher and the Waif 1912-06-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Lena and the Geese 1912-06-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Temporary Truce 1912-06-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Beast at Bay 1912-05-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Lodging for the Night 1912-05-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lesser Evil 1912-04-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	One Is Business, the Other Crime 1912-04-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Girl and Her Trust 1912-03-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch 1912-03-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Iola's Promise 1912-03-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Sunbeam 1912-02-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Mender of Nets 1912-02-15 Movie
1911	Director of Photography	The Miser's Heart 1911-11-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Battle 1911-11-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Long Road 1911-10-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Italian Blood 1911-10-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Making of a Man 1911-10-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Swords and Hearts 1911-08-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Rose of Kentucky 1911-08-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Last Drop of Water 1911-07-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Primal Call 1911-06-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Enoch Arden: Part II 1911-06-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Enoch Arden 1911-06-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Enoch Arden: Part I 1911-06-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lonedale Operator 1911-03-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Teaching Dad to Like Her 1911-03-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Fisher Folks 1911-02-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	His Trust Fulfilled 1911-01-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	His Trust 1911-01-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	When a Man Loves 1911-01-05 Movie
1910	Director of Photography	The Lesson 1910-12-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sunshine Sue 1910-11-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Fugitive 1910-11-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Waiter No. 5 1910-11-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Iconoclast 1910-10-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Rose o' Salem Town 1910-09-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Wilful Peggy 1910-08-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Usurer 1910-08-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	The House with Closed Shutters 1910-08-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Flash of Light 1910-07-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	What the Daisy Said 1910-07-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	In the Border States 1910-06-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Ramona 1910-05-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Unchanging Sea 1910-05-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Honor of His Family 1910-01-24 Movie
1909	Director of Photography	The Day After 1909-12-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	To Save Her Soul 1909-12-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Trap for Santa Claus 1909-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Corner in Wheat 1909-12-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Redman's View 1909-12-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Through the Breakers 1909-12-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Mountaineer's Honor 1909-11-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Lines of White on a Sullen Sea 1909-10-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Broken Locket 1909-09-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Getting Even 1909-09-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Comata, the Sioux 1909-09-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	1776, or The Hessian Renegades 1909-09-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Sealed Room 1909-09-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Little Darling 1909-09-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	They Would Elope 1909-08-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sweet and Twenty 1909-07-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Country Doctor 1909-07-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Necklace 1909-07-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Way of Man 1909-06-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Son's Return 1909-06-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lonely Villa 1909-06-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	What Drink Did 1909-06-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Two Memories 1909-05-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Suicide Club 1909-05-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Drunkard's Reformation 1909-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	At the Altar 1909-02-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals 1909-02-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Curtain Pole 1909-02-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Edgar Allan Poe 1909-02-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Cord of Life 1909-01-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Those Awful Hats 1909-01-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Welcome Burglar 1909-01-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mr. Jones Has a Card Party 1909-01-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Fascinating Mrs. Francis 1909-01-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Criminal Hypnotist 1909-01-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Rural Elopement 1909-01-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Sacrifice 1909-01-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Love Finds a Way 1909-01-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Honor of Thieves 1909-01-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Maniac Cook 1909-01-04 Movie
1908	Director of Photography	Mr. Jones at the Ball 1908-12-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Christmas Burglars 1908-12-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Money Mad 1908-12-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Valet's Wife 1908-12-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Taming of the Shrew 1908-11-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Father Gets in the Game 1908-10-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Zulu's Heart 1908-10-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Over the Hills to the Poor House 1908-06-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Invisible Fluid 1908-06-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	When Knights Were Bold 1908-05-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Music Master 1908-05-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hulda's Lovers 1908-04-22 Movie
1907	Camera Operator	Jamestown Exposition 1907-05-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mr. Hurry-up 1907-02-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Trial Marriages 1907-01-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Fights of Nations 1907-01-01 Movie
1906	Director of Photography	Married for Millions 1906-12-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies 1906-06-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake 1906-01-01 Movie
1905	Director of Photography	A Kentucky Feud 1905-11-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Ballroom Tragedy 1905-06-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	New York Subway 1905-06-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Latina, Contortionist 1905-05-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room 1905-05-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Midwinter Bathing, L Street Bath, Boston 1905-03-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son 1905-03-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	She Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	2 A.M. in the Subway 1905-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Trip to Salt Lake City 1905-01-01 Movie
1904	Director of Photography	The Chicken Thief 1904-12-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Personal 1904-11-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Hero of Liao-Yang 1904-09-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Automobiling Among the Clouds 1904-08-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Alone 1904-07-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room 1904-05-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Testing a Rotary 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Girls Taking Time Checks 1904-04-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Westinghouse Works 1904-01-01 Movie
1903	Director of Photography	The Fate of the Artist's Model 1903-10-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out 1903-10-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Weighing the Baby 1903-10-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Dude and the Burglars 1903-07-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians 1903-07-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Betsy Ross Dance 1903-06-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Haymarket 1903-06-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Giddy Dancing Master 1903-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Happy Hooligan Interferes 1903-05-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) 1903-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hooligan in Jail 1903-01-01 Movie
1901	Director of Photography	The Georgetown Loop 1901-07-01 Movie
1899	Director of Photography	Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge 1899-05-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Stealing a Dinner 1899-04-30 Movie
1896	Director of Photography	McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio 1896-09-01 Movie
	Camera Operator	Little Egypt 1896-03-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1914	Cinematography	Brute Force 1914-04-24 Movie
1913	Cinematography	The Coming of Angelo 1913-01-01 Movie
1912	Cinematography	The Sands of Dee 1912-02-21 Movie
1908	Cinematography	Mixed Babies 1908-06-12 Movie
1896	Cinematography	American Falls from Luna Island 1896-10-02 Movie
	Cinematography	American Falls from Goat Island 1896-10-02 Movie
	Cinematography	Hard Wash 1896-06-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1908	Director	The Adventures of Dollie 1908-07-14 Movie
1906	Director	Logging in Maine 1906-06-18 Movie
	Director	The Impossible Convicts 1906-01-27 Movie
1905	Director	The Summer Boarders 1905-10-15 Movie
	Director	New York Subway 1905-06-05 Movie
	Director	A Pipe Dream 1905-05-01 Movie
	Director	Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son 1905-03-08 Movie
1904	Director	Children in the Surf at Coney Island 1904-12-18 Movie
	Director	Coil Winding Section E 1904-11-01 Movie
	Director	A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island 1904-08-14 Movie
	Director	Automobiling Among the Clouds 1904-08-01 Movie
	Director	Baby in a Rage 1904-07-07 Movie
	Director	Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director	Steam Hammer 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director	Tapping a Furnace 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director	Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works 1904-05-01 Movie
	Director	The Coney Island Beach Patrol 1904-04-25 Movie
	Director	Steam Whistle 1904-04-15 Movie
	Director	Westinghouse Works 1904-01-01 Movie
1903	Director	Orphans in the Surf 1903-09-22 Movie
	Director	A Search for Evidence 1903-08-02 Movie
	Director	Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians 1903-07-22 Movie
	Director	Expert Bag Punching 1903-07-22 Movie
	Director	The Boy In The Barrel 1903-07-21 Movie
	Director	The Haymarket 1903-06-22 Movie
	Director	Happy Hooligan Interferes 1903-05-31 Movie
1901	Director	The Georgetown Loop 1901-07-01 Movie
	Director	President McKinley Inauguration 1901-03-05 Movie
1899	Director	Across Brooklyn Bridge 1899-05-22 Movie
	Director	Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge 1899-05-20 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv