
Personal Info
Known For
Camera
Gender
Male
April 21, 1872
Died
April 29, 1944 (72 years old)
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Georg William Bitzer
- G.W. Bitzer
- Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer
- Georg William 'Billy' Bitzer
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."
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Known For
Acting
Crew

The Battle of the Sexes
Director of Photography
1928

America
Director of Photography
1924

Orphans of the Storm
Director of Photography
1921

Way Down East
Director of Photography
1920

The Love Flower
Director of Photography
1920

The Greatest Question
Director of Photography
1919

True Heart Susie
Director of Photography
1919

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

A Romance of Happy Valley
Director of Photography
1919

Hearts of the World
Director of Photography
1918

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

The Birth of a Nation
Director of Photography
1915



