Billy Bitzer

Camera·Apr 21, 1872·Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Hotel Variety1933 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Battle of the Sexes1928 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Midnight Girl1925 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
America1924 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The White Rose1923 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Sure-Fire Flint1922 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Orphans of the Storm1921 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Way Down East1920 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Love Flower1920 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Idol Dancer1920 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Greatest Question1919 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Scarlet Days1919 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Mother and the Law1919 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Fall of Babylon1919 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
True Heart Susie1919 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl1919 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Girl Who Stayed at Home1919 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Romance of Happy Valley1919 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Greatest Thing in Life1918 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Great Love1918 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Hearts of the World1918 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Birth of a Nation1915 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Avenging Conscience1914 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Escape1914 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Home, Sweet Home1914 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Judith of Bethulia1914 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Two Men of the Desert1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
An Indian's Loyalty1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Mothering Heart1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Olaf—An Atom1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Wanderer1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Lady and the Mouse1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Little Tease1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Near To Earth1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Unwelcome Guest1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Broken Ways1913 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Massacre1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Burglar’s Dilemma1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The New York Hat1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
My Baby1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Musketeers of Pig Alley1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Painted Lady1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
So Near, Yet So Far1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Friends1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
An Unseen Enemy1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The School Teacher and the Waif1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Lena and the Geese1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Temporary Truce1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Beast at Bay1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Lodging for the Night1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Lesser Evil1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
One Is Business, the Other Crime1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Girl and Her Trust1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Root of Evil1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Iola's Promise1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A String of Pearls1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Sunbeam1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Mender of Nets1912 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Voice of the Child1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Miser's Heart1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Trail of Books1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Battle1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Long Road1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
IItalian Blood1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Making of a Man1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Swords and Hearts1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Rose of Kentucky1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Last Drop of Water1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Primal Call1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part II1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Enoch Arden1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Enoch Arden: Part I1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Lonedale Operator1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TTeaching Dad to Like Her1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Fisher Folks1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
His Trust Fulfilled1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
His Trust1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
When a Man Loves1911 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Lesson1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Sunshine Sue1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Fugitive1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Waiter No. 51910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Iconoclast1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Rose o' Salem Town1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Wilful Peggy1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Usurer1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The House with Closed Shutters1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Flash of Light1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
What the Daisy Said1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
In the Border States1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Ramona1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Unchanging Sea1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Honor of His Family1910 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Day After1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
To Save Her Soul1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Trap for Santa Claus1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Corner in Wheat1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Redman's View1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Through the Breakers1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Mountaineer's Honor1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Broken Locket1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Getting Even1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Comata, the Sioux1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
1776, or The Hessian Renegades1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Little Darling1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Sealed Room1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
They Would Elope1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Sweet and Twenty1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Country Doctor1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Necklace1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Way of Man1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Son's Return1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Lonely Villa1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
What Drink Did1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Two Memories1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Suicide Club1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Drunkard's Reformation1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
At the Altar1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Curtain Pole1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Edgar Allen Poe1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Cord of Life1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Those Awful Hats1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Welcome Burglar1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Fascinating Mrs. Francis1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Criminal Hypnotist1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
AA Rural Elopement1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Sacrifice1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
LLove Finds a Way1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Honor of Thieves1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Maniac Cook1909 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Mr. Jones at the Ball1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Christmas Burglars1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Money Mad1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Valet's Wife1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Taming of the Shrew1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Father Gets in the Game1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Zulu's Heart1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Over the Hills to the Poor House1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Invisible Fluid1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
When Knights Were Bold1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Music Master1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe King's Messenger1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
HHulda's Lovers1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
KKing of the Cannibal Islands1908 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
FFights of Nations1907 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
MMr. Hurry-up1907 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Trial Marriages1907 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Married for Millions1906 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
DDr. Dippy's Sanitarium1906 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies1906 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
SSan Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake1906 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
AA Kentucky Feud1905 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
SShe Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All1905 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
AA Ballroom Tragedy1905 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
AA Trip to Salt Lake City1905 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
New York Subway1905 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
LLatina, Contortionist1905 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
PPeeping Tom in the Dressing Room1905 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
BBathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston1905 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son1905 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Chicken Thief1904 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Hero of Liao-Yang1904 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Automobiling Among the Clouds1904 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
AAlone1904 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Personal1904 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
PPanorama View, Street Car Motor Room1904 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
PPanorama of Machine Co. Aisle1904 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Testing a Rotary1904 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
WWestinghouse Works1904 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
GGirls Taking Time Checks1904 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
The Fate of the Artist's Model1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
HHooligan in Jail1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
WWeighing the Baby1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
AA Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Dude and the Burglars1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
MMurder Scene from "King of the Detectives"1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Physical Culture Girl, No. 11903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Physical Culture Girl, No. 21903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
LLevi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
WWillie's Camera1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Haymarket1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
BBetsy Ross Dance1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Happy Hooligan Interferes1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Giddy Dancing Master1903 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)1901 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge1899 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Stealing a Dinner1899 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
MMcKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio1896 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography