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Billy Bitzer
Born April 21, 1872 Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bitzer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed Films
5.3
The Adventures of Dollie
1908·Drama
5.8
New York Subway
1905·Documentary
5.0
Children in the Surf at Coney Island
1904·Documentary
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A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island
1904·Documentary
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Automobiling Among the Clouds
1904·Documentary
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Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works
1904·Documentary
5.3
Coil Winding Machines
1904·Documentary
4.7
Testing a Rotary
1904·Documentary
4.5
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)
1904·Documentary
8.0
Expert Bag Punching
1903·Documentary
7.0
Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration
1903·Documentary
5.8
The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)
1901·Documentary
4.8
President McKinley Inauguration
1901·Documentary
5.8
Across Brooklyn Bridge
1899·Documentary
4.5
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
1899·Documentary
4.7
At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge
1897·Documentary
