Billy Bitzer

from Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

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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."

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Timeline

2021Aged 149

  • Poster for The Méliès Mystery

    Self (archive footage)

1934Aged 62

  • Poster for The Camera Speaks

    Story

1933Aged 61

  • Poster for Hotel Variety

    Director of Photography

1928Aged 56

  • Poster for The Battle of the Sexes

    Director of Photography

1925Aged 53

  • Poster for The Midnight Girl

    Director of Photography

1924Aged 52

  • Poster for America

    Director of Photography

1923Aged 51

  • Poster for The White Rose

    Director of Photography

1922Aged 50

  • Poster for Sure-Fire Flint

    Director of Photography

1921Aged 49

  • Poster for Orphans of the Storm

    Director of Photography

1920Aged 48

  • Poster for The Idol Dancer

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Love Flower

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Way Down East

    Director of Photography

1919Aged 47

  • Poster for A Romance of Happy Valley

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Girl Who Stayed at Home

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for True Heart Susie

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Fall of Babylon

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Mother and the Law

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Scarlet Days

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Greatest Question

    Director of Photography

1918Aged 46

  • Poster for Hearts of the World

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Great Love

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Greatest Thing in Life

    Director of Photography

1916Aged 44

  • Poster for Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Director of Photography

1915Aged 43

  • Poster for The Birth of a Nation

    Director of Photography

1914Aged 42

  • Poster for Judith of Bethulia

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Brute Force

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Home, Sweet Home

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Escape

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Avenging Conscience

    Director of Photography

1913Aged 41

  • Poster for The Coming of Angelo

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Broken Ways

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Unwelcome Guest

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Near To Earth

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Little Tease

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Lady and the Mouse

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Wanderer

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Olaf—An Atom

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Death's Marathon

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Mothering Heart

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for An Indian's Loyalty

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Two Men of the Desert

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

    Director of Photography

1912Aged 40

  • Poster for The Mender of Nets

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Sands of Dee

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Sunbeam

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A String of Pearls

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Iola's Promise

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Root of Evil

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Girl and Her Trust

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for One Is Business, the Other Crime

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Lesser Evil

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Lodging for the Night

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Beast at Bay

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Temporary Truce

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Lena and the Geese

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The School Teacher and the Waif

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Pueblo Legend

    Cinematography

  • Poster for An Unseen Enemy

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Friends

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for So Near, Yet So Far

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Painted Lady

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for My Baby

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The New York Hat

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Burglar’s Dilemma

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Massacre

    Director of Photography

1911Aged 39

1910Aged 38

  • Poster for The Rocky Road

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Her Terrible Ordeal

    Cinematography

  • The Call

    Cinematography

  • The Honor of His Family

    Director of Photography

  • The Cloister’s Touch

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Newlyweds

    Cinematography

  • Poster for In Old California

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Faithful

    Cinematography

  • Poster for As It Is in Life

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Unchanging Sea

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Love Among the Roses

    Cinematography

  • The Face at the Window

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Two Brothers

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Over Silent Paths

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Ramona

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Child of the Ghetto

    Cinematography

  • Poster for In the Border States

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Child's Impulse

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Muggsy's First Sweetheart

    Cinematography

  • Poster for What the Daisy Said

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Flash of Light

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for An Arcadian Maid

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The House with Closed Shutters

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Usurer

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Wilful Peggy

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Modern Prodigal

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Oath and the Man

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Rose o' Salem Town

    Director of Photography

  • The Iconoclast

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for That Chink at Golden Gulch

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Waiter No. 5

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Fugitive

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Sunshine Sue

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Golden Supper

    Cinematography

  • The Lesson

    Director of Photography

  • The Refuge

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Winning Back His Love

    Cinematography

1909Aged 37

  • Poster for Lucky Jim

    Cinematography

  • The Maniac Cook

    Director of Photography

  • Love Finds a Way

    Director of Photography

  • The Honor of Thieves

    Director of Photography

  • A Rural Elopement

    Director of Photography

  • The Sacrifice

    Director of Photography

  • The Criminal Hypnotist

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

    Director of Photography

  • The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

    Director of Photography

  • The Welcome Burglar

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Those Awful Hats

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Cord of Life

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Girls and Daddy

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Edgar Allan Poe

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Curtain Pole

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Politician's Love Story

    Cinematography

  • Poster for At the Altar

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Salvation Army Lass

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Lure of the Gown

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Voice of the Violin

    Cinematography

  • Poster for A Drunkard's Reformation

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Confidence

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Lady Helen's Escapade

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Suicide Club

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Resurrection

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Two Memories

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Cricket on the Hearth

    Cinematography

  • Poster for His Duty

    Cinematography

  • Poster for What Drink Did

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Violin Maker of Cremona

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Lonely Villa

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Son's Return

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Faded Lilies

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Her First Biscuits

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Peachbasket Hat

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Way of Man

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Necklace

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Country Doctor

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Cardinal's Conspiracy

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Tender Hearts

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Renunciation

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Sweet and Twenty

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Slave

    Cinematography

  • Poster for A Strange Meeting

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Mended Lute

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Mr. Jones’ Burglar

    Cinematography

  • Poster for They Would Elope

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Indian Runner's Romance

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Oh, Uncle!

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Little Darling

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Sealed Room

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for 1776, or The Hessian Renegades

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Comata, the Sioux

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Getting Even

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Broken Locket

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for In Old Kentucky

    Cinematography

  • Leather Stocking

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Awakening

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Pippa Passes

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Fools of Fate

    Cinematography

  • Poster for A Change of Heart

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Gibson Goddess

    Cinematography

  • Poster for What's Your Hurry?

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Nursing a Viper

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Restoration

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Light That Came

    Cinematography

  • Poster for The Mountaineer's Honor

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Through the Breakers

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Redman's View

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Corner in Wheat

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for A Trap for Santa Claus

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for To Save Her Soul

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for The Day After

    Director of Photography

1908Aged 36

1907Aged 35

1906Aged 34

1905Aged 33

1904Aged 32

1903Aged 31

1902Aged 30

1901Aged 29

  • Poster for President McKinley Inauguration

    Director

  • Poster for The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)

    Director

1899Aged 27

  • Poster for Stealing a Dinner

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Across Brooklyn Bridge

    Director

1897Aged 25

  • Poster for At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge

    Director

1896Aged 24

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