Cinematographer
Billy Bitzer
154 years · Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA · 166 films
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.
Best known for
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · Cinematography
On Kanopy
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Cinematography
On Plex
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 · Cinematography
On Plex
Way Down East
1920 · Cinematography
On Plex
A Corner in Wheat
1909 · Cinematography
On Public Domain Movies
Orphans of the Storm
1921 · Cinematography
On Philo
Filmography 166
The Méliès Mystery
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Hotel Variety
1933 · Cinematography
The Battle of the Sexes
1928 · Cinematography
The Midnight Girl
1925 · Cinematography
On Mometu
America
1924 · Cinematography
The White Rose
1923 · Cinematography
On Fawesome
Sure-Fire Flint
1922 · Cinematography
Orphans of the Storm
1921 · Cinematography
On Philo
Way Down East
1920 · Cinematography
On Plex
The Love Flower
1920 · Cinematography
The Idol Dancer
1920 · Cinematography
The Greatest Question
1919 · Cinematography
Scarlet Days
1919 · Cinematography
The Mother and the Law
1919 · Cinematography
The Fall of Babylon
1919 · Cinematography
True Heart Susie
1919 · Cinematography
On Kanopy
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 · Cinematography
On Plex
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919 · Cinematography
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919 · Cinematography
On Philo
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918 · Cinematography
The Great Love
1918 · Cinematography
Hearts of the World
1918 · Cinematography
On Philo
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Cinematography
On Plex
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · Cinematography
On Kanopy