Billy Bitzer

1872 - 1944 (age 72) • Camera

Born: 4/21/1872 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 4/29/1944 (age 72)

Known for: Camera

Billy Bitzer

Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was a pioneering American cinematographer notable for his close association with D. W. Griffith.

Known For

The Birth of a Nation

59%

Director of Photography

1915

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

71%

Director of Photography

1916

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

69%

Director of Photography

1919

Way Down East

70%

Director of Photography

1920

A Corner in Wheat

62%

Director of Photography

1909

Orphans of the Storm

68%

Director of Photography

1921

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

61%

Director of Photography

1912

The Lonely Villa

60%

Director of Photography

1909

The Méliès Mystery

69%

Self (archive footage)

2021

The Camera Speaks

50%

Story

1934

Hotel Variety

70%

Director of Photography

1933

The Battle of the Sexes

53%

Director of Photography

1928

The Midnight Girl

58%

Director of Photography

1925

America

59%

Director of Photography

1924

The White Rose

74%

Director of Photography

1923

Sure-Fire Flint

100%

Director of Photography

1922

Orphans of the Storm

68%

Director of Photography

1921

Way Down East

70%

Director of Photography

1920

The Love Flower

47%

Director of Photography

1920

The Idol Dancer

57%

Director of Photography

1920

The Greatest Question

61%

Director of Photography

1919

Scarlet Days

60%

Director of Photography

1919

The Mother and the Law

65%

Director of Photography

1919

The Fall of Babylon

62%

Director of Photography

1919

True Heart Susie

70%

Director of Photography

1919

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

69%

Director of Photography

1919

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

48%

Director of Photography

1919

A Romance of Happy Valley

69%

Director of Photography

1919

The Greatest Thing in Life

Director of Photography

1918

The Great Love

Director of Photography

1918

Hearts of the World

60%

Director of Photography

1918

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

71%

Director of Photography

1916

The Birth of a Nation

59%

Director of Photography

1915

The Avenging Conscience

59%

Director of Photography

1914

The Escape

Director of Photography

1914

Home, Sweet Home

50%

Director of Photography

1914