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
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
The Two Brothers
1910
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
The Mender of Nets
1912
Orphans of the Storm
1921
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
Leather Stocking
1909
Comata, the Sioux
1909
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
FILMOGRAPHY
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Movies
TV
Acting
2
Directing
41
Writing
2
Camera
203
Crew
140