#billy bitzer

[rrrauschen]

Billy Bitzer, {1905} New York Subway

[citizenscreen]

Cameraman G.W. "Billy" Bitzer with director D.W. Griffith filming THE GREATEST QUESTION, also known as "Idol Dancer", in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 1919

[littleplasticthings]

Interior NY Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street, 1905

[toddjurgess]

Before hooking up with Griffith, Billy Bitzer made this incredible cool film exploring the year-old NY subway system. Lots of strobing columns and an actuality at the end, in addition to a parallel track with a light train.

[rrrauschen]

Billy Bitzer, {1906} The Impossible Convicts

via @yhancik :)

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Broken Blossoms (1919) was photographed by GW (Billy) Bitzer. GW was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and had an amazing 1,255 cinematography credits from 1896 to 1933, with one more in 1951. He worked with DW Griffith from 1908 to 1929.

[adrian-paul-botta]

Behind the scenes of Way Down East - Billy Bitzer (right) is cranking the camera while Griffith is giving directions.

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ADVENTURES WITH D. W. GRIFFITH – By Karl Brown (1973) PDF Download - Lillian Gish

FOREWORD by KEVIN BROWNLOW Karl Brown was an eyewitness to the most momentous occasions in the history of the cinema—the making of The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. As assistant cameraman to the great G. W. Bitzer, Karl Brown was on the firing line of all the D. W. Griffith pictures from 1913 until […]

Karl Brown was an eyewitness to the most momentous occasions in the history of the cinema—the making of The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. As assistant cameraman to the great G. W. Bitzer, Karl Brown was on the firing line of all the D. W. Griffith pictures from 1913 until Broken Blossoms and Griffith’s departure for New York. Following his years with Griffith, Karl Brown joined Famous Players-Lasky and gained a firm place in the history books for his remarkable photography of The Covered Wagon (a second volume is in production dealing with Famous Players, James Cruze, Roscoe Arbuckle . . .). Fie turned director in 1926, and it was his first directorial assignment, Stark Love, that led indirectly to the writing of this book.