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Billy Bitzer

Personal Information

Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Born / DiedApr 21, 1872 (Died at 72)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthRoxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Career Span1920 – 1944
Known Credits261 Titles
Official Links
CameraPopularity Score 0.5

Billy Bitzer

Also known as:Georg William BitzerG.W. BitzerJohann Gottlob Wilhelm BitzerGeorg William 'Billy' Bitzer
Total Works

261

261 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

5.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.1
Role: Director of Photography
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
6.9
Role: Director of Photography
Way Down East
6.9
Way Down East
1920•movie
Role: Director of Photography
A Corner in Wheat
6.2
A Corner in Wheat
1909•movie
Role: Director of Photography

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 261 titles featuring Billy Bitzer

The Birth of a Nation
5.9

Role: Director of Photography

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.1

Role: Director of Photography

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
6.9

Role: Director of Photography

Way Down East
6.9
Way Down East
1920•movie

Role: Director of Photography

A Corner in Wheat
6.2
A Corner in Wheat
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Orphans of the Storm
6.8

Role: Director of Photography

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
6.1

Role: Director of Photography

The Lonely Villa
6.0
The Lonely Villa
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Those Awful Hats
6.1
Those Awful Hats
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

True Heart Susie
7.0
True Heart Susie
1919•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Lonedale Operator
6.0

Role: Director of Photography

The Girl and Her Trust
6.3

Role: Director of Photography

New York Subway
5.8
New York Subway
1905•movie

Role: Director

The Unchanging Sea
6.4
The Unchanging Sea
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Country Doctor
6.1
The Country Doctor
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Sealed Room
5.1
The Sealed Room
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Mothering Heart
5.6

Role: Director of Photography

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
5.9

Role: Director of Photography

Death's Marathon
5.7
Death's Marathon
1913•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Avenging Conscience
5.9

Role: Director of Photography

Judith of Bethulia
6.1
Judith of Bethulia
1914•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The New York Hat
5.6
The New York Hat
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Adventures of Dollie
5.3

Role: Director

Edgar Allen Poe
5.4
Edgar Allen Poe
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

An Unseen Enemy
5.6
An Unseen Enemy
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The House with Closed Shutters
5.2

Role: Director of Photography

His Trust
4.1
His Trust
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Hearts of the World
6.1

Role: Director of Photography

A Trap for Santa Claus
5.5

Role: Director of Photography

The Painted Lady
5.7
The Painted Lady
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.7
Westinghouse Works
1904•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Mended Lute
4.6
The Mended Lute
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Massacre
5.9
The Massacre
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Ramona
4.9
Ramona
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

A Romance of Happy Valley
6.9

Role: Director of Photography

The Méliès Mystery
6.9

as Self (archive footage)

In the Border States
5.6

Role: Director of Photography

Home, Sweet Home
5.0
Home, Sweet Home
1914•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Sunbeam
6.3
The Sunbeam
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Redman's View
5.2
The Redman's View
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Female of the Species
4.2

Role: Cinematography

His Trust Fulfilled
3.7

Role: Director of Photography

The Greatest Question
6.1

Role: Director of Photography

For His Son
5.5
For His Son
1912•movie

Role: Cinematography

Swords and Hearts
4.6
Swords and Hearts
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Curtain Pole
4.7
The Curtain Pole
1909•movie

Role: Story

The Battle of the Sexes
5.3

Role: Director of Photography

What Drink Did
4.5
What Drink Did
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Miser's Heart
6.0
The Miser's Heart
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Battle
4.6
The Battle
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Love Flower
4.7
The Love Flower
1920•movie

Role: Director of Photography

From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies
5.6

Role: Director of Photography

Personal
4.9
Personal
1904•movie

Role: Director of Photography

America
5.9
America
1924•movie

Role: Director of Photography

A Drunkard's Reformation
5.4

Role: Director of Photography

The Usurer
5.0
The Usurer
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Little Darling
4.4
The Little Darling
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Scarlet Days
6.0
Scarlet Days
1919•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Last Drop of Water
5.1

Role: Director of Photography

A Calamitous Elopement
4.2

Role: Cinematography

The Cricket on the Hearth
3.7

Role: Cinematography

Friends
5.5
Friends
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Burglar’s Dilemma
5.3

Role: Director of Photography

The Mother and the Law
6.5

Role: Director of Photography

The Son's Return
5.8
The Son's Return
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

One Is Business, the Other Crime
5.8

Role: Director of Photography

2 A.M. in the Subway
4.5

Role: Cinematography

The Black Viper
4.3
The Black Viper
1908•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Lesser Evil
5.3
The Lesser Evil
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Rose of Kentucky
5.6

Role: Director of Photography

A Beast at Bay
5.6
A Beast at Bay
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Pippa Passes
5.4
Pippa Passes
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Gibson Goddess
4.2
The Gibson Goddess
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Fugitive
4.5
The Fugitive
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Fall of Babylon
6.2

Role: Director of Photography

The Girl Who Stayed at Home
4.8

Role: Director of Photography

The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)
5.8

Role: Director of Photography

What Shall We Do with Our Old?
5.5

Role: Cinematography

The White Rose
7.4
The White Rose
1923•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Mender of Nets
5.8
The Mender of Nets
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Lady Helen's Escapade
4.3

Role: Cinematography

The Violin Maker of Cremona
4.6

Role: Cinematography

President McKinley Inauguration
4.8

Role: Director

The Zulu's Heart
4.6
The Zulu's Heart
1908•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room
4.7

Role: Director of Photography

The Idol Dancer
5.7
The Idol Dancer
1920•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Happy Hooligan Interferes
5.4

Role: Director of Photography

Coil Winding Machines
5.3

Role: Director

Enoch Arden: Part II
5.6

Role: Director of Photography

Enoch Arden: Part I
5.6

Role: Director of Photography

Enoch Arden
6.0
Enoch Arden
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Lena and the Geese
4.9
Lena and the Geese
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Her First Adventure
4.8

Role: Cinematography

The Voice of the Violin
4.7

Role: Cinematography

When a Man Loves
4.0
When a Man Loves
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

What the Daisy Said
4.7

Role: Director of Photography

Testing a Rotary
4.7
Testing a Rotary
1904•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Mountaineer's Honor
4.7

Role: Director of Photography

The Taming of the Shrew
4.9

Role: Director of Photography

1776, or The Hessian Renegades
5.2

Role: Director of Photography

The Midnight Girl
5.8
The Midnight Girl
1925•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Money Mad
4.8
Money Mad
1908•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)
4.5
My Baby
5.5
My Baby
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Wilful Peggy
5.0
Wilful Peggy
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Song of the Shirt
3.6

Role: Cinematography

An Arcadian Maid
4.8
An Arcadian Maid
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
4.6

Role: Director of Photography

At the Altar
4.0
At the Altar
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Father Gets in the Game
3.3

Role: Director of Photography

The Cord of Life
3.7
The Cord of Life
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
3.8

Role: Director of Photography

Two Memories
4.2
Two Memories
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

So Near, Yet So Far
5.9

Role: Director of Photography

The Wanderer
5.4
The Wanderer
1913•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Sculptor's Nightmare
4.3

Role: Cinematography

Romance of a Jewess
4.1

Role: Cinematography

Nursing a Viper
4.2
Nursing a Viper
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Salvation Army Lass
4.4

Role: Cinematography

A Country Cupid
5.6
A Country Cupid
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography

Betrayed by a Handprint
2.9

Role: Director of Photography

They Would Elope
5.1
They Would Elope
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Across Brooklyn Bridge
5.8

Role: Director

The Sands of Dee
5.6
The Sands of Dee
1912•movie

Role: Cinematography

Getting Even
3.8
Getting Even
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

To Save Her Soul
5.2
To Save Her Soul
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The School Teacher and the Waif
4.8

Role: Director of Photography

The Hero of Liao-Yang
6.0

Role: Director of Photography

Rose o' Salem Town
5.2
Rose o' Salem Town
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Stealing a Dinner
3.6
Stealing a Dinner
1899•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Fate of the Artist's Model
5.8

Role: Director of Photography

Mr. Hurry-up
5.8
Mr. Hurry-up
1907•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Making of a Man
6.5

Role: Director of Photography

Little Egypt
3.5
Little Egypt
1896•movie

Role: Camera Operator

Mr. Jones at the Ball
4.1

Role: Director of Photography

Comata, the Sioux
4.2
Comata, the Sioux
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Call of the Wild
3.1

Role: Cinematography

Resurrection
4.9
Resurrection
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Light That Came
4.1

Role: Cinematography

The Renunciation
4.4
The Renunciation
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

What's Your Hurry?
5.2
What's Your Hurry?
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

Fools of Fate
4.4
Fools of Fate
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

Confidence
4.1
Confidence
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

His Duty
3.9
His Duty
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Awakening
4.2
The Awakening
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

Faithful
4.5
Faithful
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

A Child's Impulse
6.2
A Child's Impulse
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Modern Prodigal
5.2

Role: Cinematography

The Squaw's Love
5.0
The Squaw's Love
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography

Duel Scene from Macbeth
4.8

Role: Cinematography

Lucky Jim
3.0
Lucky Jim
1909•movie
The Broken Locket
3.5
The Broken Locket
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Dude and the Burglars
5.0

Role: Director of Photography

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
4.5

Role: Director of Photography

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
4.2

Role: Director of Photography

A Lodging for the Night
5.7

Role: Director of Photography

Brute Force
5.3
Brute Force
1914•movie

Role: Cinematography

Trial Marriages
6.0
Trial Marriages
1907•movie

Role: Director of Photography

A Flash of Light
5.0
A Flash of Light
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
3.0

Role: Director of Photography

The Necklace
4.0
The Necklace
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Invisible Fluid
5.0

Role: Director of Photography

The Haymarket
6.0
The Haymarket
1903•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Mixed Babies
3.7
Mixed Babies
1908•movie

Role: Cinematography

Deceived Slumming Party
6.0

Role: Cinematography

Her First Biscuits
3.0
Her First Biscuits
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Politician's Love Story
4.3

Role: Cinematography

A Strange Meeting
4.3
A Strange Meeting
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Lure of the Gown
3.7

Role: Cinematography

The Cardinal's Conspiracy
3.7

Role: Cinematography

Oh, Uncle!
3.5
Oh, Uncle!
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Indian Runner's Romance
3.0

Role: Cinematography

At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge
4.7

Role: Director

Over Silent Paths
4.7
Over Silent Paths
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

A Child of the Ghetto
4.5

Role: Cinematography

Love Among the Roses
4.7

Role: Cinematography

Fighting Blood
6.3
Fighting Blood
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Adventures of Billy
5.7

Role: Cinematography

Saved from Himself
3.7
Saved from Himself
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography

Fate's Turning
5.0
Fate's Turning
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography

A Pipe Dream
3.3
A Pipe Dream
1905•movie

Role: Cinematography

Over the Hills to the Poor House
4.8

Role: Director of Photography

When Knights Were Bold
3.2

Role: Director of Photography

The Camera Speaks
5.0
The Camera Speaks
1934•movie

Role: Story

Expert Bag Punching
8.0

Role: Director

The Way of Man
4.0
The Way of Man
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Day After
2.8
The Day After
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Primal Call
4.0
The Primal Call
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Through the Breakers
4.2

Role: Director of Photography

Sweet and Twenty
3.8
Sweet and Twenty
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Iola's Promise
5.5
Iola's Promise
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Married for Millions
6.5

Role: Director of Photography

Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration
7.0
Where the Breakers Roar
3.2

Role: Cinematography

A Smoked Husband
4.0
A Smoked Husband
1908•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Peachbasket Hat
4.2

Role: Cinematography

The Restoration
4.5
The Restoration
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Faded Lilies
2.2
The Faded Lilies
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Slave
4.2
The Slave
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Girls and Daddy
3.0

Role: Cinematography

Her Terrible Ordeal
5.0

Role: Cinematography

The Oath and the Man
4.5

Role: Cinematography

The Golden Supper
4.5
The Golden Supper
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

Winning Back His Love
4.0

Role: Cinematography

That Chink at Golden Gulch
5.0

Role: Cinematography

The Indian Brothers
4.0

Role: Cinematography

The Revenue Man and His Girl
4.5

Role: Cinematography

Hard Wash
1.0
Hard Wash
1896•movie

Role: Cinematography

Children in the Surf at Coney Island
5.0

Role: Director

A Temporary Truce
4.0
A Temporary Truce
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Olaf—An Atom
6.0
Olaf—An Atom
1913•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Music Master
3.0
The Music Master
1908•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Hotel Variety
7.0
Hotel Variety
1933•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Little Tease
5.0
The Little Tease
1913•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Unwelcome Guest
5.0

Role: Director of Photography

Sure-Fire Flint
10.0
Sure-Fire Flint
1922•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Planter's Wife
5.0
The Planter's Wife
1908•movie

Role: Cinematography

In Old Kentucky
1.5
In Old Kentucky
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

Tender Hearts
3.0
Tender Hearts
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

Mr. Jones' Burglar
1.0
Mr. Jones' Burglar
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Rocky Road
4.0
The Rocky Road
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Newlyweds
5.0
The Newlyweds
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

Muggsy's First Sweetheart
5.0

Role: Cinematography

Strictly Fresh Eggs
9.0

Role: Camera Operator

The Battle of the Yalu
10.0

Role: Cinematography

The Italian Barber
4.0
The Italian Barber
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography

Near To Earth
Near To Earth
1913•movie

Role: Camera Operator

The Suicide Club
The Suicide Club
1909•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Automobiling Among the Clouds

Role: Director of Photography

The Escape
The Escape
1914•movie

Role: Director of Photography

American Falls from Goat Island

Role: Cinematography

American Falls from Luna Island

Role: Cinematography

The Chicken Thief
The Chicken Thief
1904•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Waiter No. 5
Waiter No. 5
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Lady and the Mouse

Role: Director of Photography

Sunshine Sue
Sunshine Sue
1910•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Fisher Folks
Fisher Folks
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Long Road
The Long Road
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

Role: Director of Photography

The Greatest Thing in Life

Role: Director of Photography

An Indian's Loyalty

Role: Director of Photography

The Great Love
The Great Love
1918•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Coming of Angelo

Role: Cinematography

Jamestown Exposition

Role: Camera Operator

Two Men of the Desert

Role: Director of Photography

Broken Ways
Broken Ways
1913•movie

Role: Director of Photography

A Pueblo Legend
A Pueblo Legend
1912•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Root of Evil
The Root of Evil
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

A String of Pearls
A String of Pearls
1912•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Voice of the Child

Role: Director of Photography

The Trail of Books
The Trail of Books
1911•movie

Role: Director of Photography

In Old California
In Old California
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Two Brothers
The Two Brothers
1910•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

Role: Cinematography

A Change of Heart
A Change of Heart
1909•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Two Paths
The Two Paths
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography

Madame Rex
Madame Rex
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography

Bobby the Coward
Bobby the Coward
1911•movie

Role: Cinematography