Billy Bitzer

Camera

Born April 21, 1872 · Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

41 films as director · Active 1897–1908

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…

Known for

The Méliès Mystery

2021

Lucky Jim

1909

Directed(41)

1908The Adventures of Dollie★ 5.3

1906Logging in Maine★ 6.7

1905New York Subway★ 5.8

1905Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club★ 8.0

1904Automobiling Among the Clouds

1904Children in the Surf at Coney Island★ 5.0

1904The Coney Island Beach Patrol

1904A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island

1904Steam Whistle★ 3.9

1904Steam Hammer★ 5.2

1904Tapping a Furnace★ 5.0

1904Westinghouse Works★ 5.7

1904Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works★ 4.7

1904Coil Winding Section E★ 4.7

1904Casting a Guide Box★ 4.8

1904Assembling and Testing Turbines★ 5.2

1904Westinghouse Air Brake Co.★ 4.5

1904Testing a Rotary★ 4.7

1904Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works★ 5.4

1904Girls Winding Armatures★ 4.1

1904Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works

1904Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene)★ 4.5

1904Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene)★ 4.5

1904Assembling a Generator★ 5.7

1904Welding the Big Ring★ 5.1

1904Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room★ 6.0

1904Girls Taking Time Checks★ 5.8

1904Coil Winding Machines★ 5.3

1904Taping Coils★ 4.2

1904Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works★ 5.1

1904Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle★ 5.3

1903Expert Bag Punching★ 8.0

1903Orphans in the Surf★ 6.0

1903N.Y. Fire Department Returning★ 3.8

1903Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration★ 7.0

1903Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout★ 5.8

1901President McKinley Inauguration★ 4.8

1901The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)★ 5.8

1899Across Brooklyn Bridge★ 5.8

1899Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge★ 4.5

1897At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge★ 4.7

Acting(2)

2021The Méliès MysterySelf (archive footage)

Film

1909Lucky Jim

Film