Billy Bitzer

Born: 1872-04-21

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.


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The Méliès Mystery

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-01-02

A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering...

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