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Biography. Prior to his career as a cameraman, working as a motion picture projectionist, [2] Bitzer developed early cinematic technologies for the American Mutoscope Company, eventually to become the Biograph Company. [3]
Billy Bitzer was a U.S. motion-picture cameraman who, in partnership with the pioneer director D.W. Griffith, developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future motion pictures and stimulated important experimentation in the field.
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Feb 19, 2024 · Bitzer went on, thanks to his association with D.W. Griffith, to serve as cameraman on some of the most famous films ever made, including The Birth of a Nation (1915), but his pre-Griffith works bears its own fascinations simply by their survival and what they show us about the world of yesterday.
The most celebrated cameraman of the earliest years of American cinema, chiefly through his association with D.W. Griffith. Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Billy Bitzer worked as a silversmith before an interest in magic led to him joining Elias Koopman's Magic Introduction Company
May 17, 2018 · Billy Bitzer. 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.
Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer (April 21, 1874 - April 29, 1944) was a pioneering cinematographer notable for his close association with D. W. Griffith. Bitzer provided assistance during Griffith's directorial debut, 1908's The Adventures of Dollie, which was shot by Arthur Marvin.
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.
