Billy bitzer biography

Billy Bitzer (born April 21, 1874, Boston—died April 29, 1944, Hollywood) was a.
Gottfried Wilhelm Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was an American cinematographer, notable for his close association and pioneering work with D. W.
Gottfried Wilhelm Bitzer was an American cinematographer, notable for his close association and pioneering work with D. W. Griffith.

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Bitzer, Billy

Often associated with the success of film director D.W. Griffith, pioneer silent film cameraman Billy Bitzer (1872-1944) is credited with having discovered or improved upon many cinematic techniques.

Billy Bitzer was born John William Bitzer in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on April 21, 1872. He was baptized Johann Gottlieb Wilhelm Bitzer, adopted George William as his formal name, and was known as Billy or G.W. during his career in film. His parents, Johann Martin and Anne Marie (Schmidt) Bitzer, were German immigrants who had settled in the Roxbury section of Boston, where his father worked as a blacksmith and harness maker. Bitzer's younger brother was photographer John C. Bitzer.

Began Filming Newsreels

Bitzer was trained as a silversmith, but in his early twenties he worked as an electrician in New York City. He took night classes at Cooper Union, studying electrical engineering. In the mid-1890s Bitzer went to work for Magic Introduction Company, which soon became American Mutoscope and then Biograph Company. This early motion picture enterprise produced mov

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Billy Bitzer: His Story- The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith's Master Cameraman - Softcover

Billy Bitzer: His Story

Bitzer, G. W.; Introduction by Beaumont Newhall

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973

ISBN 10: 0374112940 / ISBN 13: 9780374112943

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A scene from "The Lesson" (1910), director D. W. Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer.

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Arthur V. Johnson and Mary Pickford in "A Romance of the Western Hills (1910).

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Mack Sennett and Mary Pickford in "An Arcadian Maid" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.

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Kate Bruce and Mary Pickford in "The Old Actor" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.

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