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Billy Bitzer
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21 Apr 1872
† 29 Apr 1944
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, ful...
Also Known As
Georg William Bitzer, G.W. Bitzer, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer, Georg William 'Billy' Bitzer
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