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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Personal Info
Known For
Camera
Known Credits
380
Gender
Male
Birthday
1872-04-21
Place of Birth
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Georg William Bitzer, G.W. Bitzer, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer, Georg William 'Billy' Bitzer
Known For
The Méliès Mystery 
Lucky Jim 
Across Brooklyn Bridge 
Automobiling Among the Clouds 
Children in the Surf at Coney Island 
President McKinley Inauguration 
Expert Bag Punching 
The Coney Island Beach Patrol Logging in Maine 
A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island 
The Adventures of Dollie 
New York Subway Steam Whistle Steam Hammer Tapping a Furnace Westinghouse Works Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works Coil Winding Section E Orphans in the Surf Assembling and Testing Turbines Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works Casting a Guide Box 
Testing a Rotary Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Girls Winding Armatures 
Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works Welding the Big Ring Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene) 
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene) Assembling a Generator Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room 
Coil Winding Machines Girls Taking Time Checks Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works Taping Coils 
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle N.Y. Fire Department Returning Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club 
Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout 
At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge 
The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.