Billy Bitzer
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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.
Born: April 21, 1872 · Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Filmography (102)
The Méliès Mystery
2021
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The Battle of the Sexes
1928
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America
1924
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The White Rose
1923
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Orphans of the Storm
1921
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Way Down East
1920
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The Love Flower
1920
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The Idol Dancer
1920
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The Greatest Question
1919
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Scarlet Days
1919
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The Mother and the Law
1919
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True Heart Susie
1919
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
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The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
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A Romance of Happy Valley
1919
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Hearts of the World
1918
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
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The Birth of a Nation
1915
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The Avenging Conscience
1914
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Home, Sweet Home
1914
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Judith of Bethulia
1914
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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
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The Mothering Heart
1913
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The Massacre
1912
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The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
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The New York Hat
1912
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My Baby
1912
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
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The Painted Lady
1912
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Friends
1912
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An Unseen Enemy
1912
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Lena and the Geese
1912
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A Beast at Bay
1912
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The Lesser Evil
1912
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One Is Business, the Other Crime
1912
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The Girl and Her Trust
1912
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The Sunbeam
1912
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The Mender of Nets
1912
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The Miser's Heart
1911
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The Battle
1911
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Swords and Hearts
1911
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The Rose of Kentucky
1911
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The Last Drop of Water
1911
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Enoch Arden: Part II
1911
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Enoch Arden
1911
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Enoch Arden: Part I
1911
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The Lonedale Operator
1911
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What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
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His Trust Fulfilled
1911
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His Trust
1911
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When a Man Loves
1911
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The Fugitive
1910
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Wilful Peggy
1910
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The Usurer
1910
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The House with Closed Shutters
1910
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What the Daisy Said
1910
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In the Border States
1910
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Ramona
1910
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The Unchanging Sea
1910
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As It Is in Life
1910
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A Trap for Santa Claus
1909
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A Corner in Wheat
1909
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The Redman's View
1909
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The Mountaineer's Honor
1909
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The Gibson Goddess
1909
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Pippa Passes
1909
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1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
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The Sealed Room
1909
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The Little Darling
1909
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The Mended Lute
1909
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The Country Doctor
1909
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The Son's Return
1909
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The Lonely Villa
1909
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The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
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What Drink Did
1909
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The Cricket on the Hearth
1909
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Lady Helen's Escapade
1909
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A Drunkard's Reformation
1909
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The Voice of the Violin
1909
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The Curtain Pole
1909
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Edgar Allan Poe
1909
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Those Awful Hats
1909
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Money Mad
1908
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The Song of the Shirt
1908
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The Taming of the Shrew
1908
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The Zulu's Heart
1908
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A Calamitous Elopement
1908
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The Black Viper
1908
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The Adventures of Dollie
1908
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Her First Adventure
1908
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From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies
1906
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2 A.M. in the Subway
1905
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New York Subway
1905
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Personal
1904
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Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works
1904
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Coil Winding Machines
1904
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Casting a Guide Box
1904
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Welding the Big Ring
1904
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Happy Hooligan Interferes
1903
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The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)
1901
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President McKinley Inauguration
1901
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Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
1899
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