
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, ful…
Known For
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Director of Photography
The Birth of a Nation
Director of Photography
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Director of Photography
Way Down East
Director of Photography
Orphans of the Storm
Director of Photography
A Corner in Wheat
Director of Photography
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Director of Photography
True Heart Susie
Director of Photography
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Crew (381)
Movies (381)
The Camera Speaks
1934Story
Hotel Variety
1933Director of Photography
The Battle of the Sexes
1928Director of Photography
The Midnight Girl
1925Director of Photography
America
1924Director of Photography
The White Rose
1923Director of Photography
Sure-Fire Flint
1922Director of Photography
Orphans of the Storm
1921Director of Photography
The Love Flower
1920Director of Photography
Way Down East
1920Director of Photography
The Idol Dancer
1920Director of Photography
The Greatest Question
1919Director of Photography
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919Director of Photography
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919Director of Photography
Scarlet Days
1919Director of Photography
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919Director of Photography
True Heart Susie
1919Director of Photography
The Fall of Babylon
1919Director of Photography
The Mother and the Law
1919Director of Photography
Hearts of the World
1918Director of Photography
The Great Love
1918Director of Photography
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918Director of Photography
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916Director of Photography
The Birth of a Nation
1915Director of Photography
Brute Force
1914Cinematography
Home, Sweet Home
1914Director of Photography
The Escape
1914Director of Photography
Judith of Bethulia
1914Director of Photography
The Avenging Conscience
1914Director of Photography
The Coming of Angelo
1913Cinematography
Two Men of the Desert
1913Director of Photography
Near To Earth
1913Camera Operator
Near To Earth
1913Director of Photography
The Little Tease
1913Director of Photography
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913Director of Photography
The Mothering Heart
1913Director of Photography
The Wanderer
1913Director of Photography
An Indian's Loyalty
1913Director of Photography
Broken Ways
1913Director of Photography
The Lady and the Mouse
1913Director of Photography
The Unwelcome Guest
1913Director of Photography
Olaf—An Atom
1913Director of Photography
The Sands of Dee
1912Cinematography
The Root of Evil
1912Director of Photography
The Mender of Nets
1912Director of Photography
A Beast at Bay
1912Director of Photography
The Massacre
1912Director of Photography
The New York Hat
1912Director of Photography
A Pueblo Legend
1912Cinematography
Friends
1912Director of Photography
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912Director of Photography
So Near, Yet So Far
1912Director of Photography
An Unseen Enemy
1912Director of Photography
A Temporary Truce
1912Director of Photography
The Sunbeam
1912Director of Photography
The Painted Lady
1912Director of Photography
The Lesser Evil
1912Director of Photography
My Baby
1912Director of Photography
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912Director of Photography
Lena and the Geese
1912Director of Photography
One Is Business, the Other Crime
1912Director of Photography
A Lodging for the Night
1912Director of Photography
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912Director of Photography
A String of Pearls
1912Director of Photography
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
1912Director of Photography
Iola's Promise
1912Director of Photography
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912Director of Photography
The Girl and Her Trust
1912Director of Photography
The Squaw's Love
1911Cinematography
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911Cinematography
The Making of a Man
1911Director of Photography
The Miser's Heart
1911Director of Photography
The Trail of Books
1911Director of Photography
The Long Road
1911Director of Photography
Teaching Dad to Like Her
1911Director of Photography
Madame Rex
1911Cinematography
Italian Blood
1911Director of Photography
The Rose of Kentucky
1911Director of Photography
His Trust
1911Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part I
1911Director of Photography
The Lonedale Operator
1911Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part I
1911Director of Photography
Fate's Turning
1911Cinematography
The Indian Brothers
1911Cinematography
His Trust Fulfilled
1911Director of Photography
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911Cinematography
The Two Paths
1911Cinematography
The Primal Call
1911Director of Photography
Fighting Blood
1911Cinematography
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911Cinematography
Swords and Hearts
1911Director of Photography
The Diamond Star
1911Cinematography
The Unveiling
1911Cinematography
The Adventures of Billy
1911Cinematography
Bobby the Coward
1911Cinematography
Saved from Himself
1911Cinematography
Fisher Folks
1911Director of Photography
When a Man Loves
1911Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part II
1911Director of Photography
The Italian Barber
1911Cinematography
The Battle
1911Director of Photography
The Sorrowful Example
1911Cinematography
Paradise Lost
1911Cinematography
The Thief and the Girl
1911Cinematography
The Last Drop of Water
1911Director of Photography
The Broken Cross
1911Cinematography
The Spanish Gypsy
1911Cinematography
The New Dress
1911Cinematography
A Knight of the Road
1911Cinematography
The Blind Princess and the Poet
1911Cinematography
How She Triumphed
1911Cinematography
Her Sacrifice
1911Cinematography
The Voice of the Child
1911Director of Photography
Winning Back His Love
1910Cinematography
The Honor of His Family
1910Director of Photography
What the Daisy Said
1910Director of Photography
The Rocky Road
1910Cinematography
The Lesson
1910Director of Photography
Sunshine Sue
1910Director of Photography
Faithful
1910Cinematography
Waiter No. 5
1910Director of Photography
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910Cinematography
The Unchanging Sea
1910Director of Photography
Wilful Peggy
1910Director of Photography
In Old California
1910Cinematography
The Usurer
1910Director of Photography
The Modern Prodigal
1910Cinematography
Rose o' Salem Town
1910Director of Photography
Ramona
1910Director of Photography
The Call
1910Cinematography
A Flash of Light
1910Director of Photography
Her Terrible Ordeal
1910Cinematography
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
1910Cinematography
In the Border States
1910Director of Photography
An Arcadian Maid
1910Cinematography
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910Cinematography
The Cloister’s Touch
1910Cinematography
Over Silent Paths
1910Cinematography
The House with Closed Shutters
1910Director of Photography
A Child's Impulse
1910Cinematography
The Face at the Window
1910Cinematography
Love Among the Roses
1910Cinematography
The Golden Supper
1910Cinematography
The Two Brothers
1910Cinematography
As It Is in Life
1910Cinematography
A Child of the Ghetto
1910Cinematography
The Newlyweds
1910Cinematography
The Fugitive
1910Director of Photography
The Oath and the Man
1910Cinematography
The Iconoclast
1910Director of Photography
A Strange Meeting
1909Cinematography
The Voice of the Violin
1909Cinematography
The Salvation Army Lass
1909Cinematography
A Drunkard's Reformation
1909Director of Photography
Through the Breakers
1909Director of Photography
The Son's Return
1909Director of Photography
The Mended Lute
1909Cinematography
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909Cinematography
The Lonely Villa
1909Director of Photography
The Curtain Pole
1909Director of Photography
The Curtain Pole
1909Story
What's Your Hurry?
1909Cinematography
Nursing a Viper
1909Cinematography
A Change of Heart
1909Cinematography
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909Director of Photography
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909Cinematography
The Broken Locket
1909Director of Photography
The Awakening
1909Cinematography
Leather Stocking
1909Cinematography
Lucky Jim
1909Cinematography
The Little Darling
1909Director of Photography
The Criminal Hypnotist
1909Director of Photography
The Renunciation
1909Cinematography
Tender Hearts
1909Cinematography
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909Director of Photography
Edgar Allan Poe
1909Director of Photography
The Redman's View
1909Director of Photography
Sweet and Twenty
1909Director of Photography
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909Cinematography
In Old Kentucky
1909Cinematography
The Girls and Daddy
1909Cinematography
The Necklace
1909Director of Photography
The Sealed Room
1909Director of Photography
They Would Elope
1909Director of Photography
The Peachbasket Hat
1909Cinematography
The Gibson Goddess
1909Cinematography
Lady Helen's Escapade
1909Cinematography
Pippa Passes
1909Cinematography
A Corner in Wheat
1909Director of Photography
A Rural Elopement
1909Director of Photography
The Slave
1909Cinematography
The Maniac Cook
1909Director of Photography
What Drink Did
1909Director of Photography
Two Memories
1909Director of Photography
Her First Biscuits
1909Cinematography
The Light That Came
1909Cinematography
To Save Her Soul
1909Director of Photography
The Cricket on the Hearth
1909Cinematography
The Country Doctor
1909Director of Photography
His Duty
1909Cinematography
Getting Even
1909Director of Photography
The Honor of Thieves
1909Director of Photography
At the Altar
1909Director of Photography
Resurrection
1909Cinematography
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909Cinematography
Confidence
1909Cinematography
Those Awful Hats
1909Director of Photography
The Sacrifice
1909Director of Photography
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
1909Director of Photography
The Welcome Burglar
1909Director of Photography
Oh, Uncle!
1909Cinematography
The Lure of the Gown
1909Cinematography
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
1909Director of Photography
Love Finds a Way
1909Director of Photography
A Trap for Santa Claus
1909Director of Photography
The Restoration
1909Cinematography
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909Director of Photography
The Cord of Life
1909Director of Photography
The Suicide Club
1909Director of Photography
The Way of Man
1909Director of Photography
The Day After
1909Director of Photography
Comata, the Sioux
1909Director of Photography
The Faded Lilies
1909Cinematography
Fools of Fate
1909Cinematography
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
1909Director of Photography
The Politician's Love Story
1909Cinematography
When Knights Were Bold
1908Director of Photography
The Song of the Shirt
1908Cinematography
The Call of the Wild
1908Cinematography
Caught by Wireless
1908Cinematography
The Black Viper
1908Cinematography
A Smoked Husband
1908Cinematography
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
1908Cinematography
Her First Adventure
1908Cinematography
'Ostler Joe
1908Cinematography
The Valet's Wife
1908Director of Photography
Romance of a Jewess
1908Cinematography
The Zulu's Heart
1908Director of Photography
A Famous Escape
1908Cinematography
Bobby's Kodak
1908Cinematography
The Christmas Burglars
1908Director of Photography
The Music Master
1908Director of Photography
The Adventures of Dollie
1908Director
Hulda's Lovers
1908Director of Photography
A Calamitous Elopement
1908Cinematography
Mixed Babies
1908Cinematography
Money Mad
1908Director of Photography
Where the Breakers Roar
1908Cinematography
After Many Years
1908Cinematography
Over the Hills to the Poor House
1908Director of Photography
Professional Jealousy
1908Cinematography
The Taming of the Shrew
1908Director of Photography
The Feud and the Turkey
1908Cinematography
The Invisible Fluid
1908Director of Photography
The Planter's Wife
1908Cinematography
The Outlaw
1908Cinematography
Betrayed by a Handprint
1908Cinematography
Deceived Slumming Party
1908Cinematography
Mr. Jones at the Ball
1908Director of Photography
Father Gets in the Game
1908Director of Photography
The Princess in the Vase
1908Cinematography
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908Cinematography
Fights of Nations
1907Director of Photography
Jamestown Exposition
1907Camera Operator
Trial Marriages
1907Director of Photography
Mr. Hurry-up
1907Director of Photography
Married for Millions
1906Director of Photography
From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies
1906Director of Photography
San Francisco Disaster
1906Cinematography
San Francisco Disaster
1906Director
San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake
1906Director of Photography
The Impossible Convicts
1906Cinematography
Logging in Maine
1906Director
Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium
1906Director of Photography
New York Subway
1905Director
New York Subway
1905Director of Photography
Latina, Contortionist
1905Director of Photography
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
1905Director
Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
1905Director of Photography
She Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All
1905Director of Photography
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
1905Director
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
1905Director of Photography
2 A.M. in the Subway
1905Cinematography
A Trip to Salt Lake City
1905Director
A Trip to Salt Lake City
1905Director of Photography
A Pipe Dream
1905Director
Duel Scene from Macbeth
1905Cinematography
Duel Scene from Macbeth
1905Director
Teasing
1905Cinematography
Teasing
1905Director
Spirit of '76
1905Cinematography
A Kentucky Feud
1905Director of Photography
A Ballroom Tragedy
1905Director
A Ballroom Tragedy
1905Director of Photography
The Broker's Athletic Typewriter
1905Cinematography
The Summer Boarders
1905Director
Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston
1905Director of Photography
In the Swimming Pool, Palm Beach, Florida
1905Camera Operator
Lifting the Lid
1905Cinematography
Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club
1905Director
The Baby and the Puppies
1904Cinematography
Coil Winding Section E
1904Director
Casting a Guide Box
1904Director
Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works
1904Director
Taping Coils
1904Director
Steam Whistle
1904Director
Personal
1904Director of Photography
Alone
1904Director of Photography
Girls Winding Armatures
1904Director
Steam Hammer
1904Director
Girls Taking Time Checks
1904Director
Girls Taking Time Checks
1904Director of Photography
Westinghouse Works
1904Director
Westinghouse Works
1904Director of Photography
The Lost Child
1904Cinematography
The Widow and the Only Man
1904Cinematography
Children in the Surf at Coney Island
1904Director
Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
1904Director
Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works
1904Director
Automobiling Among the Clouds
1904Director
Automobiling Among the Clouds
1904Director of Photography
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)
1904Director
The Coney Island Beach Patrol
1904Director
Testing a Rotary
1904Director
Testing a Rotary
1904Director of Photography
Assembling a Generator
1904Director
The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge
1904Cinematography
Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle
1904Director
Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle
1904Director of Photography
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
1904Director
Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room
1904Director of Photography
Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works
1904Director
The Chicken Thief
1904Director of Photography
Coil Winding Machines
1904Director
Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works
1904Director
Assembling and Testing Turbines
1904Director
Welding the Big Ring
1904Director
A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island
1904Director
Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup
1904Cinematography
The Hero of Liao-Yang
1904Director of Photography
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)
1904Director
Tapping a Furnace
1904Director
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
1903Director
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
1903Director of Photography
Orphans in the Surf
1903Director
The Haymarket
1903Director
The Haymarket
1903Director of Photography
Betsy Ross Dance
1903Director of Photography
A Search for Evidence
1903Director
Hooligan in Jail
1903Director of Photography
Expert Bag Punching
1903Director
Happy Hooligan Interferes
1903Director
Happy Hooligan Interferes
1903Director of Photography
The Dude and the Burglars
1903Director of Photography
The Boy In The Barrel
1903Director
Strictly Fresh Eggs
1903Camera Operator
Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout
1903Cinematography
Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout
1903Director
Willie's Camera
1903Director of Photography
The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1
1903Director of Photography
Weighing the Baby
1903Director of Photography
The Giddy Dancing Master
1903Director of Photography
The Fate of the Artist's Model
1903Director of Photography
Murder Scene from 'King of the Detectives'
1903Director of Photography
A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out
1903Director of Photography
The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2
1903Director of Photography
Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration
1903Director
N.Y. Fire Department Returning
1903Director
Baby in a Rage
1902Camera Operator
The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)
1901Director of Photography
President McKinley Inauguration
1901Director
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
1899Director
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
1899Director of Photography
Stealing a Dinner
1899Director of Photography
Across Brooklyn Bridge
1899Director
At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge
1897Director
American Falls from Goat Island
1896Cinematography
Hard Wash
1896Cinematography
Little Egypt
1896Camera Operator
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
1896Director of Photography
American Falls from Luna Island
1896Cinematography
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