Personal info
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- 4/21/1872
- Birthplace
- Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- 4/29/1944 (aged 72)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Georg William Bitzer, G.W. Bitzer, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer, Georg William '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.
12 titles

The Birth of a Nation
1915
Director of Photography

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Director of Photography

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
Director of Photography

Way Down East
1920
Director of Photography

A Corner in Wheat
1909
Director of Photography

Orphans of the Storm
1921
Director of Photography

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
Director of Photography

The Lonely Villa
1909
Director of Photography

Those Awful Hats
1909
Director of Photography

True Heart Susie
1919
Director of Photography

The Lonedale Operator
1911
Director of Photography

The Girl and Her Trust
1912
Director of Photography


