Billy Bitzer

Director & actor · born 21 April 1872 · Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

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."

Where to start: The Adventures of Dollie (1908).

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The Adventures of Dollie

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The Adventures of Dollie

Logging in Maine

Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club

New York Subway

Children in the Surf at Coney Island

Coil Winding Section E

A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island

Automobiling Among the Clouds

Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room

Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works

Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works

Assembling and Testing Turbines

Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works

Assembling a Generator

Coil Winding Machines

Steam Hammer

Tapping a Furnace

Westinghouse Works

Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works

Casting a Guide Box

Testing a Rotary

Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)

Taping Coils

Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle

Girls Taking Time Checks

Girls Winding Armatures

Welding the Big Ring

The Coney Island Beach Patrol

Steam Whistle

Orphans in the Surf

Expert Bag Punching

Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration

Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout

N.Y. Fire Department Returning

The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)

President McKinley Inauguration

Across Brooklyn Bridge

Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge

At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge

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The Méliès Mystery

Lucky Jim

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