Camera · b. 1872 · 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.

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The Adventures of Dollie 1908 Logging in Maine 1906 New York Subway 1905 Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club 1905 Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son 1905 Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room 1905 Automobiling Among the Clouds 1904 Children in the Surf at Coney Island 1904 The Coney Island Beach Patrol 1904 A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island 1904 Steam Whistle 1904 Steam Hammer 1904 Tapping a Furnace 1904 Westinghouse Works 1904 Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works 1904 Coil Winding Section E 1904 Casting a Guide Box 1904 Assembling and Testing Turbines 1904 Westinghouse Air Brake Co. 1904 Testing a Rotary 1904 Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works 1904 Girls Winding Armatures 1904 Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works 1904 Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene) 1904 Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene) 1904 Assembling a Generator 1904 Welding the Big Ring 1904 Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room 1904 Girls Taking Time Checks 1904 Coil Winding Machines 1904 Taping Coils 1904 Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works 1904 Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle 1904 Expert Bag Punching 1903 Orphans in the Surf 1903 N.Y. Fire Department Returning 1903 Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration 1903 Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout 1903 President McKinley Inauguration 1901 Across Brooklyn Bridge 1899 Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge 1899 At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge 1897
Cinematography
Hotel Variety 1933 The Battle of the Sexes 1928 The Midnight Girl 1925 America 1924 The White Rose 1923 Sure-Fire Flint 1922 Orphans of the Storm 1921 The Love Flower 1920 The Idol Dancer 1920 Way Down East 1920 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919 The Fall of Babylon 1919 The Mother and the Law 1919 The Girl Who Stayed at Home 1919 True Heart Susie 1919 The Greatest Question 1919 A Romance of Happy Valley 1919 Scarlet Days 1919 The Greatest Thing in Life 1918 The Great Love 1918 Hearts of the World 1918 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 The Birth of a Nation 1915 The Avenging Conscience 1914 The Escape 1914 Home, Sweet Home 1914 Judith of Bethulia 1914 Near To Earth 1913 The Mothering Heart 1913 Olaf—An Atom 1913 The Lady and the Mouse 1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch 1913 An Indian's Loyalty 1913 Two Men of the Desert 1913 Broken Ways 1913 The Little Tease 1913 The Wanderer 1913 The Unwelcome Guest 1913 Friends 1912 The New York Hat 1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma 1912 The Lesser Evil 1912 The Massacre 1912 A Temporary Truce 1912 The School Teacher and the Waif 1912 A Feud in the Kentucky Hills 1912 The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch 1912 A Lodging for the Night 1912 The Girl and Her Trust 1912 The Painted Lady 1912 Iola's Promise 1912 An Unseen Enemy 1912 One Is Business, the Other Crime 1912 The Sunbeam 1912 The Mender of Nets 1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912 So Near, Yet So Far 1912 Lena and the Geese 1912 A Beast at Bay 1912 My Baby 1912 The Root of Evil 1912 A String of Pearls 1912 When a Man Loves 1911 The Miser's Heart 1911 His Trust 1911 Swords and Hearts 1911 The Battle 1911 Italian Blood 1911 The Long Road 1911 Fisher Folks 1911 The Lonedale Operator 1911 His Trust Fulfilled 1911 The Making of a Man 1911 The Primal Call 1911 The Rose of Kentucky 1911 Teaching Dad to Like Her 1911 Enoch Arden: Part I 1911 Enoch Arden: Part II 1911 Enoch Arden 1911 The Last Drop of Water 1911 The Voice of the Child 1911 The Trail of Books 1911 The Usurer 1910 The Fugitive 1910 In the Border States 1910 What the Daisy Said 1910 Waiter No. 5 1910 The Iconoclast 1910 Sunshine Sue 1910 The Unchanging Sea 1910 Rose o' Salem Town 1910 A Flash of Light 1910 The Lesson 1910 The Honor of His Family 1910 Ramona 1910 The House with Closed Shutters 1910 Wilful Peggy 1910 They Would Elope 1909 The Suicide Club 1909 What Drink Did 1909 A Drunkard's Reformation 1909 The Broken Locket 1909 The Little Darling 1909 1776, or The Hessian Renegades 1909 The Mountaineer's Honor 1909 Lines of White on a Sullen Sea 1909 The Day After 1909 To Save Her Soul 1909 A Trap for Santa Claus 1909 The Way of Man 1909 Getting Even 1909 The Son's Return 1909 Those Awful Hats 1909 At the Altar 1909 The Sealed Room 1909 Edgar Allan Poe 1909 The Cord of Life 1909 The Maniac Cook 1909 Love Finds a Way 1909 The Criminal Hypnotist 1909 Mr. Jones Has a Card Party 1909 A Rural Elopement 1909 The Honor of Thieves 1909 The Welcome Burglar 1909 The Sacrifice 1909 The Fascinating Mrs. Francis 1909 The Necklace 1909 Through the Breakers 1909 The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals 1909 Sweet and Twenty 1909 Two Memories 1909 The Lonely Villa 1909 The Country Doctor 1909 A Corner in Wheat 1909 The Redman's View 1909 The Curtain Pole 1909 Comata, the Sioux 1909 Over the Hills to the Poor House 1908 When Knights Were Bold 1908 The Taming of the Shrew 1908 The Zulu's Heart 1908 The Valet's Wife 1908 Father Gets in the Game 1908 The Christmas Burglars 1908 Mr. Jones at the Ball 1908 The Invisible Fluid 1908 The Music Master 1908 Money Mad 1908 Hulda's Lovers 1908 Trial Marriages 1907 Fights of Nations 1907 Mr. Hurry-up 1907 From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies 1906 San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake 1906 Married for Millions 1906 Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium 1906 Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston 1905 Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son 1905 She Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All 1905 Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room 1905 A Trip to Salt Lake City 1905 Latina, Contortionist 1905 A Ballroom Tragedy 1905 A Kentucky Feud 1905 New York Subway 1905 Automobiling Among the Clouds 1904 The Chicken Thief 1904 Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle 1904 The Hero of Liao-Yang 1904 Testing a Rotary 1904 Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room 1904 Girls Taking Time Checks 1904 Westinghouse Works 1904 Alone 1904 Personal 1904 Weighing the Baby 1903 Hooligan in Jail 1903 Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians 1903 The Giddy Dancing Master 1903 The Dude and the Burglars 1903 The Fate of the Artist's Model 1903 Betsy Ross Dance 1903 A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out 1903 Happy Hooligan Interferes 1903 The Haymarket 1903 The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1 1903 The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2 1903 Willie's Camera 1903 Murder Scene from "King of the Detectives" 1903 The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) 1901 Stealing a Dinner 1899 Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge 1899 McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio 1896
Acting
The Méliès Mystery Self (archive footage) 2021
Other Credits
The Camera Speaks Story 1934 Brute Force Cinematography 1914 The Coming of Angelo Cinematography 1913 A Pueblo Legend Cinematography 1912 The Sands of Dee Cinematography 1912 Saved from Himself Cinematography 1911 The Adventures of Billy Cinematography 1911 The Unveiling Cinematography 1911 The Revenue Man and His Girl Cinematography 1911 The Squaw's Love Cinematography 1911 The Blind Princess and the Poet Cinematography 1911 The Sorrowful Example Cinematography 1911 A Country Cupid Cinematography 1911 The Indian Brothers Cinematography 1911 Bobby the Coward Cinematography 1911 The Thief and the Girl Cinematography 1911 Fighting Blood Cinematography 1911 Her Sacrifice Cinematography 1911 The New Dress Cinematography 1911 How She Triumphed Cinematography 1911
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