G.W. Bitzer
b. 1872 — d. 1944 (aged 72)
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Cinematographer
Director
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.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 5.0
Footlight Varieties
1951 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
The Camera Speaks
1934 Writer
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★ 6.3
Hotel Variety
1933 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Lady of the Pavements
1929 Cinematographer
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★ 6.5
The Battle of the Sexes
1928 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
Drums of Love
1928 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
The Midnight Girl
1925 Cinematographer
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★ 6.3
America
1924 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
The White Rose
1923 Cinematographer
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Sure-Fire Flint
1922 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Orphans of the Storm
1921 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
The Love Flower
1920 Cinematographer
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★ 5.1
The Idol Dancer
1920 Cinematographer
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Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 6
1920 Self
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★ 7.2
Broken Blossoms
1919 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
True Heart Susie
1919 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
The Greatest Question
1919 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919 Cinematographer
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★ 5.3
Scarlet Days
1919 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
The Mother and the Law
1919 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
The Fall of Babylon
1919 Cinematographer
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★ 6.3
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
The Great Love
1918 Cinematographer
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★ 7.6
Intolerance
1916 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
The Birth of a Nation
1915 Cinematographer
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His Lesson
1915 Actor
Participant in Mob Scene
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★ 6.2
Judith of Bethulia
1914 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
Home, Sweet Home
1914 Cinematographer
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★ 5.3
The Primitive Man
1914 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
The Battle of the Sexes
1914 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
The Escape
1914 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
The Great Leap: Until Death Do Us Part
1914 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
The Battle of Elderbush Gulch
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
The Mothering Heart
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
Death's Marathon
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
The House of Darkness
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
A Timely Interception
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 5.1
The Wanderer
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
The Sheriff's Baby
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 5.1
Broken Ways
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 4.9
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
The Lady and the Mouse
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 5.9
The Little Tease
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 3.6
Brothers
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 4.6
Fate
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
The Coming of Angelo
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
The Unwelcome Guest
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
The Reformers; or, the Lost Art of Minding One's Business
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 4.0
A Chance Deception
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 4.8
A Girl's Stratagem
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 4.4
Drink's Lure
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
A Misunderstood Boy
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
Olaf-an Atom
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
The Mistake
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
The Yaqui Cur
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
Just Gold
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
Three Friends
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 5.1
Near to Earth
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 5.2
Oil and Water
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
The Stolen Loaf
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
His Mother's Son
1913 Cinematographer
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A Welcome Intruder
1913 Cinematographer
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Two Men of the Desert
1913 Cinematographer
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The Tender Hearted Boy
1913 Cinematographer
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During the Round-Up
1913 Cinematographer
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Pirate Gold
1913 Cinematographer
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The Sorrowful Shore
1913 Cinematographer
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An Indian's Loyalty
1913 Cinematographer
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Her Mother's Oath
1913 Cinematographer
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A Misappropriated Turkey
1913 Cinematographer
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The Ranchero's Revenge
1913 Cinematographer
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The Perfidy of Mary
1913 Cinematographer
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The Hero of Little Italy
1913 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
The Girl and Her Trust
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.3
The New York Hat
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.9
The Painted Lady
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
For His Son
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
The Burglar's Dilemma
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
The Sunbeam
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
The Massacre
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
The Female of the Species
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
One Is Business, the Other Crime
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.6
Friends
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
The Mender of Nets
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
The Old Actor
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.9
A Beast at Bay
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.6
The Lesser Evil
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
The Narrow Road
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
So Near, Yet So Far
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
Man's Genesis
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
The Sands of Dee
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
My Baby
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.6
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 4.6
The Eternal Mother
1912 Cinematographer
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★ 5.1
Billy's Stratagem
1912 Cinematographer