Billy Bitzer

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1872-04-21 (72 years old)

Deathday

1944-04-29

Place of Birth

Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Acting

2021

The Méliès Mystery

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1915

The Birth of a Nation

as Director of Photography

1909

They Would Elope

as Director of Photography

1913

Near To Earth

as Camera Operator

1913

Near To Earth

as Director of Photography

1908

Over the Hills to the Poor House

as Director of Photography

1903

Weighing the Baby

as Director of Photography

1908

When Knights Were Bold

as Director of Photography

1904

Automobiling Among the Clouds

as Director of Photography

1903

Hooligan in Jail

as Director of Photography

1909

The Suicide Club

as Director of Photography

1914

The Avenging Conscience

as Director of Photography

1912

Friends

as Director of Photography

1914

The Escape

as Director of Photography

1911

When a Man Loves

as Director of Photography

1909

What Drink Did

as Director of Photography

1899

1934

1896

1896

1896

Hard Wash

as Cinematography

1903

1909

A Drunkard's Reformation

as Director of Photography

1906

Logging in Maine

as Director

1910

The Usurer

as Director of Photography

1912

The New York Hat

as Director of Photography

1912

The Sands of Dee

as Cinematography

1913

The Mothering Heart

as Director of Photography

1911

The Miser's Heart

as Director of Photography

1912

The Burglar’s Dilemma

as Director of Photography

1912

The Lesser Evil

as Director of Photography

1912

The Massacre

as Director of Photography

1904

The Chicken Thief

as Director of Photography

1911

His Trust

as Director of Photography

1910

The Fugitive

as Director of Photography

1910

In the Border States

as Director of Photography

1911

Swords and Hearts

as Director of Photography

1911

The Battle

as Director of Photography

1909

1919

The Fall of Babylon

as Director of Photography

1919

The Mother and the Law

as Director of Photography

1903

Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians

as Director of Photography

1919

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

as Director of Photography

1910

What the Daisy Said

as Director of Photography

1910

Waiter No. 5

as Director of Photography

1910

The Iconoclast

as Director of Photography

1911

Italian Blood

as Director of Photography

1904

Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle

as Director of Photography

1909

The Broken Locket

as Director of Photography

1903

The Giddy Dancing Master

as Director of Photography

1912

A Temporary Truce

as Director of Photography

1909

The Little Darling

as Director of Photography

1903

The Dude and the Burglars

as Director of Photography

1908

The Taming of the Shrew

as Director of Photography

1909

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

as Director of Photography

1905

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

as Director of Photography

1912

The School Teacher and the Waif

as Director of Photography

1909

The Mountaineer's Honor

as Director of Photography

1904

The Hero of Liao-Yang

as Director of Photography

1909

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

as Director of Photography

1913

Olaf—An Atom

as Director of Photography

1911

The Long Road

as Director of Photography

1912

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

as Director of Photography

1909

The Day After

as Director of Photography

1909

To Save Her Soul

as Director of Photography

1912

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

as Director of Photography

1904

Testing a Rotary

as Director of Photography

1908

The Zulu's Heart

as Director of Photography

1911

Fisher Folks

as Director of Photography

1910

Sunshine Sue

as Director of Photography

1913

The Lady and the Mouse

as Director of Photography

1909

A Trap for Santa Claus

as Director of Photography

1909

The Way of Man

as Director of Photography

1909

Getting Even

as Director of Photography

1912

A Lodging for the Night

as Director of Photography

1904

Baby in a Rage

as Director

1914

Brute Force

as Cinematography

1919

True Heart Susie

as Director of Photography

1909

The Son's Return

as Director of Photography

1909

Those Awful Hats

as Director of Photography

1921

Orphans of the Storm

as Director of Photography

1903

The Fate of the Artist's Model

as Director of Photography

1905

New York Subway

as Director

1910

The Unchanging Sea

as Director of Photography

1896

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

as Director of Photography

1904

Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room

as Director of Photography

1920

The Love Flower

as Director of Photography

1905

Robbed of Her All

as Director of Photography

1920

The Idol Dancer

as Director of Photography

1919

The Greatest Question

as Director of Photography

1904

Girls Taking Time Checks

as Director of Photography

1905

Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room

as Director of Photography

1909

At the Altar

as Director of Photography

1903

Betsy Ross Dance

as Director of Photography

1904

Westinghouse Works

as Director of Photography

1911

The Lonedale Operator

as Director of Photography

1899

Stealing a Dinner

as Director of Photography

1905

A Trip to Salt Lake City

as Director of Photography

1909

The Sealed Room

as Director of Photography

1910

Rose o' Salem Town

as Director of Photography

1911

His Trust Fulfilled

as Director of Photography

1909

Edgar Allan Poe

as Director of Photography

1905

Latina, Contortionist

as Director of Photography

1901

The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)

as Director of Photography

1919

A Romance of Happy Valley

as Director of Photography

1907

Trial Marriages

as Director of Photography

1905

A Ballroom Tragedy

as Director of Photography

1907

Fights of Nations

as Director of Photography

1907

Mr. Hurry-up

as Director of Photography

1925

The Midnight Girl

as Director of Photography

1904

Steam Whistle

as Director

1911

The Making of a Man

as Director of Photography

1910

A Flash of Light

as Director of Photography

1911

The Primal Call

as Director of Photography

1910

The Lesson

as Director of Photography

1903

Happy Hooligan Interferes

as Director of Photography

1908

The Valet's Wife

as Director of Photography

1908

Father Gets in the Game

as Director of Photography

1905

A Pipe Dream

as Director

1918

The Greatest Thing in Life

as Director of Photography

1913

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

as Director of Photography

1904

Alone

as Director of Photography

1920

Way Down East

as Director of Photography

1913

An Indian's Loyalty

as Director of Photography

1896

Little Egypt

as Camera Operator

1911

The Rose of Kentucky

as Director of Photography

1908

The Christmas Burglars

as Director of Photography

1908

Mr. Jones at the Ball

as Director of Photography

1909

The Cord of Life

as Director of Photography

1909

The Maniac Cook

as Director of Photography

1909

Love Finds a Way

as Director of Photography

1909

The Criminal Hypnotist

as Director of Photography

1909

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

as Director of Photography

1909

A Rural Elopement

as Director of Photography

1909

The Honor of Thieves

as Director of Photography

1909

The Welcome Burglar

as Director of Photography

1909

The Sacrifice

as Director of Photography

1909

The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

as Director of Photography

1909

The Necklace

as Director of Photography

1909

Through the Breakers

as Director of Photography

1909

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

as Director of Photography

1911

1904

Steam Hammer

as Director

1904

1904

1909

Sweet and Twenty

as Director of Photography

1904

1911

Teaching Dad to Like Her

as Director of Photography

1910

The Honor of His Family

as Director of Photography

1908

The Invisible Fluid

as Director of Photography

1909

Two Memories

as Director of Photography

1906

San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake

as Director of Photography

1933

Hotel Variety

as Director of Photography

1908

The Music Master

as Director of Photography

1903

1905

1918

The Great Love

as Director of Photography

1914

Home, Sweet Home

as Director of Photography

1912

The Girl and Her Trust

as Director of Photography

1908

Money Mad

as Director of Photography

1912

The Painted Lady

as Director of Photography

1903

The Haymarket

as Director

1903

The Haymarket

as Director of Photography

1903

1912

Iola's Promise

as Director of Photography

1904

1904

Testing a Rotary

as Director

1904

1904

1904

1904

Taping Coils

as Director

1913

The Coming of Angelo

as Cinematography

1905

A Kentucky Feud

as Director of Photography

1908

Mixed Babies

as Cinematography

1914

Judith of Bethulia

as Director of Photography

1907

Jamestown Exposition

as Camera Operator

1912

An Unseen Enemy

as Director of Photography

1911

The Unveiling

as Cinematography

1909

The Lonely Villa

as Director of Photography

1923

The White Rose

as Director of Photography

1904

Personal

as Director of Photography

1928

The Battle of the Sexes

as Director of Photography

1910

Ramona

as Director of Photography

1905

New York Subway

as Director of Photography

1912

One Is Business, the Other Crime

as Director of Photography

1912

The Sunbeam

as Director of Photography

1919

Scarlet Days

as Director of Photography

1913

Two Men of the Desert

as Director of Photography

1913

Broken Ways

as Director of Photography

1912

The Mender of Nets

as Director of Photography

1913

The Little Tease

as Director of Photography

1912

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

as Director of Photography

1918

Hearts of the World

as Director of Photography

1909

The Country Doctor

as Director of Photography

1909

A Corner in Wheat

as Director of Photography

1912

So Near, Yet So Far

as Director of Photography

1913

The Wanderer

as Director of Photography

1906

Married for Millions

as Director of Photography

1913

The Unwelcome Guest

as Director of Photography

1908

Hulda's Lovers

as Director of Photography

1911

Enoch Arden: Part I

as Director of Photography

1909

The Redman's View

as Director of Photography

1911

Enoch Arden: Part II

as Director of Photography

1909

The Curtain Pole

as Director of Photography

1911

Enoch Arden

as Director of Photography

1911

The Last Drop of Water

as Director of Photography

1909

Comata, the Sioux

as Director of Photography

1910

The House with Closed Shutters

as Director of Photography

1903

1924

America

as Director of Photography

1912

Lena and the Geese

as Director of Photography

1912

A Beast at Bay

as Director of Photography

1912

My Baby

as Director of Photography

1910

Wilful Peggy

as Director of Photography

1908

Bobby's Kodak

as Cinematography

1903

Chicks to Order

as Director

1909

Lady Helen's Escapade

as Cinematography

1922

Sure-Fire Flint

as Director of Photography

1904

1912

A Pueblo Legend

as Cinematography

1905

1905

2 A.M. in the Subway

as Cinematography

1905

1904

The Lost Child

as Cinematography

1903

The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1

as Director of Photography

1903

The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2

as Director of Photography

1903

Willie's Camera

as Director of Photography

1903

1905

Teasing

as Director

1906

1906

San Francisco Disaster

as Cinematography

1908

Betrayed by a Handprint

as Cinematography

1908

The Sculptor's Nightmare

as Cinematography

1908

The Black Viper

as Cinematography

1908

A Calamitous Elopement

as Cinematography

1908

The Song of the Shirt

as Cinematography

1908

Romance of a Jewess

as Cinematography

1906

Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium

as Director of Photography

1908

After Many Years

as Cinematography

1908

The Call of the Wild

as Cinematography

1908

Where the Breakers Roar

as Cinematography

1908

Deceived Slumming Party

as Cinematography

1908

A Smoked Husband

as Cinematography

1908

Her First Adventure

as Cinematography

1908

The Planter's Wife

as Cinematography

1909

The Mended Lute

as Cinematography

1909

Pippa Passes

as Cinematography

1908

The Princess in the Vase

as Cinematography

1909

Her First Biscuits

as Cinematography

1909

The Cricket on the Hearth

as Cinematography

1909

The Voice of the Violin

as Cinematography

1909

The Gibson Goddess

as Cinematography

1909

Resurrection

as Cinematography

1909

The Light That Came

as Cinematography

1909

1909

Lucky Jim

as Cinematography

1909

1909

The Renunciation

as Cinematography

1909

Nursing a Viper

as Cinematography

1912

The Root of Evil

as Director of Photography

1912

A String of Pearls

as Director of Photography

1911

The Voice of the Child

as Director of Photography

1911

The Trail of Books

as Director of Photography

1909

What's Your Hurry?

as Cinematography

1909

Fools of Fate

as Cinematography

1909

A Strange Meeting

as Cinematography

1909

The Salvation Army Lass

as Cinematography

1909

The Lure of the Gown

as Cinematography

1909

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

as Cinematography

1908

The Feud and the Turkey

as Cinematography

1909

Confidence

as Cinematography

1909

The Peachbasket Hat

as Cinematography

1909

His Duty

as Cinematography

1909

The Restoration

as Cinematography

1909

Oh, Uncle!

as Cinematography

1909

The Awakening

as Cinematography

1909

The Faded Lilies

as Cinematography

1909

The Slave

as Cinematography

1909

The Girls and Daddy

as Cinematography

1909

1909

In Old Kentucky

as Cinematography

1909

Tender Hearts

as Cinematography

1910

Faithful

as Cinematography

1908

Professional Jealousy

as Cinematography

1908

A Famous Escape

as Cinematography

1908

The Outlaw

as Cinematography

1908

Caught by Wireless

as Cinematography

1908

1909

Mr. Jones’ Burglar

as Cinematography

1908

'Ostler Joe

as Cinematography

1910

As It Is in Life

as Cinematography

1910

In Old California

as Cinematography

1910

An Arcadian Maid

as Cinematography

1910

Over Silent Paths

as Cinematography

1910

A Child of the Ghetto

as Cinematography

1904

The Baby and the Puppies

as Cinematography

1910

The Two Brothers

as Cinematography

1910

The Rocky Road

as Cinematography

1910

Her Terrible Ordeal

as Cinematography

1910

Love Among the Roses

as Cinematography

1910

The Oath and the Man

as Cinematography

1910

The Cloister’s Touch

as Cinematography

1910

The Call

as Cinematography

1910

The Newlyweds

as Cinematography

1910

A Child's Impulse

as Cinematography

1910

The Modern Prodigal

as Cinematography

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