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	BIOGRAPH The oldest movie company in America Billy Bitzer
		Bitzer always believed that unusual photography could only be achieved when there was the proper kind of collaboration between cameraman and director.
		Bitzer felt that if the director had clear ideas of the visual effects he wanted to achieve, if he was certain of the composition, the emphasis and the dramatic quality he wanted, the cameraman could become a pliant, creative agent.
		Bitzer’s trick gave far better results than he expected because the edge of the white gravel road, which Moore and Pickford were sitting on, reflected sufficient light to give effective illumination to the faces.
	www.biographcompany.com /celebrity/bitzer.html (1878 words)

	Billy Bitzer Summary
		Billy Bitzer was born John William Bitzer in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on April 21, 1872.
		Bitzer's soft-focus photography involved the use of a light-diffusion screen in front of the camera lens, thereby softening the subject.
		Bitzer's image was one of a short man who wore a rumpled hat, baggy pants, and a thin tie, who stood on his camera box to film his shots.
	www.bookrags.com /Billy_Bitzer (1614 words)

	Today in History: April 28
		Cameraman G.W. "Billy" Bitzer filmed Professor Leonidas and his troupe of dogs and cats in the film short Stealing a Dinner on April 28, 1899.
		Just two years earlier, Billy Bitzer assisted as the newly formed American Mutoscope and Biograph Company developed a camera to rival the Edison Company's Kinetograph (and its kinetoscope viewer).
		Bitzer also filmed the actor Joseph Jefferson, another investor, doing scenes from Rip Van Winkle in 1897, aspects of the Spanish-American war in 1898, and the Jeffries-Sharkey championship fight in 1899.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/apr28.html (1716 words)

	Best Shot Films of 1894-1949 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bitzer, a Bostonian, was truly a pioneer of motion pictures, helping to design the first Mutoscope in 1894 and becoming a cameraman at Biograph in New York two years later.
		Bitzer soon followed, and the pair soon set up shot at the Reliance-Majestic Studio at the intersection of Hollywood and Sunset boulevards, where they began production.
		Bitzer, His Story (published in 1973), Bitzer recalled, "I was cameraman for the entire picture and shot every foot of it, though I had help from my assistant, Karl Brown, who was in his teens.
	www.theasc.com /magazine/mar99/best/m10.htm (559 words)

	George William Bitzer Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		By 1904 Bitzer had become a master of the filmed chase, and was regularly shooting sequences in which establishing shots of actors were immediately followed by close-ups.
		Griffith made the fullest use of Bitzer's innovations, encouraging him to perfect existing techniques (such as the fade and the dissolve) and to invent new ones for Griffith's increasingly complex narratives.
		Bitzer now found himself ridiculed when he appeared on set with the Pathe camera he had used since "Birth of a Nation".
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/199675 (890 words)

	Operating Cameraman Online: Biograph Camera
		Billy Bitzer and David Ward Griffith had one of the most remarkable relationships in film history.
		Lasting sixteen years and working so closely together it is often difficult to attribute to one or the other their technical contributions that vastly impacted the motion picture art form.
		Bitzer's ingenuity was able to put DW's creative ideas into workable film techniques.
	www.soc.org /opcam/06_sp95/mg06_biocam.html (3162 words)

	ICG Announces Top 10 Influential Cinematographers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Billy Bitzer, Jordan Cronenweth, ASC, Conrad L. Hall, ASC, James Wong Howe, ASC, Sven Nykvist, ASC, Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC, Gregg Toland, ASC, Haskell Wexler, ASC, Gordon Willis, ASC, Freddie Young, BSC, and Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC topped the list according to a survey of International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) members.
		Bitzer, Howe, Toland and Young were in the first and second generation of cinematographers who were literally inventing a new visual language.
		Bitzer also pioneered selective focus techniques for unobtrusively drawing attention to an actor or action in a scene.
	www.uemedia.net /CPC/cinematographer/printer_4835.shtml (2404 words)

	G. W. "Billy" Bitzer
		The allocation of honors for creative contributions to the motion picture is a difficult task.
		The association of these two artists from the time Griffith stepped into the old Biograph studio in 1908 to the duo’s mastering of techniques with such films as The Birth of a Nation is an historic example of the interdependence of the arts in the creation of motion pictures.
		In the 1920s, more modern cameras came on the market, such as the Bell & Howell, which caused Bitzer to be ridiculed when he appeared on the set with the Pathe camera he had used since The Birth of a Nation.
	www.cameraguild.com /interviews/inter_bitzer.htm (2031 words)

	Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
		Koopman was one of the four founders of the Mutoscope and Biograph Syndicate, and in 1897 the young Bitzer found himself working as W.K-L. Dickson's assistant on some of the earliest Biograph films.
		Bitzer's association with Griffith saw the establishment of many of the classic technical devices of cinema, from the close-up to the iris out, and it was Bitzer's technical ingenuity that made Griffith's ideas and dreams workable.
		Bitzer, like his long-time associate, now isolated by the growth and advance of the film industry, went into virtual retirement.
	www.victorian-cinema.net /bitzer.htm (281 words)

	In the Beginning Was the Word
		The scenario was not purchased but Griffith was hired for an acting part in Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1907) and, shortly thereafter, began his career at Biograph as an actor and scenario writer.
		Billy Bitzer recalled that it was 'Lee Dougherty, the Biograph scenario writer...
		Filmed in Brick Church, NJ, and the studio on 3, 4 and 5 May 1905, by Billy Bitzer.
	www.geocities.com /emruf1/itb.html (4148 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Billy Bitzer
		Prior to his career as a cameraman, Bitzer developed early cinematic technologies for the American Mutoscope Company, eventually to become the Biograph Company.
		During this time he pioneered the field of matte photography and made use of innovative lighting techniques, closeups, and iris shots.
		His autobiography, Billy Bitzer: His Story was published posthumously in 1973.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Billy_Bitzer (282 words)

	Florence Lawrence and Friends by Kelly Brown
		Billy Bitzer pointed her out as "the first to endanger" Griffith's marriage to Linda Arvidson.
		Bitzer says Dorothy West left Biograph in fear of her life at Linda Arvidson's hands, but she made over 120 films for Griffith between 1908 and 1911, so that claim is probably exaggerated.
		In 1920, Alabama-born Dorothy was still in New York working as a "actress in plays," and in 1930, she was still in New York, this time as a "radio actress." There are several Broadway credits for Dorothy West around this time, and these certainly could be her.
	florencelawrence.blogstream.com /v1/pid/43414.html (532 words)

	Siffblog: Griffith and the Yiddish Silents - Individual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A common thread connecting all three Biograph shorts is the cinematography of legendary cameraman G. ‘Billy’ Bitzer.
		Billy Bitzer’s career in motion pictures began at the beginning.
		In his long career, Bitzer filmed wars, Presidents, prizefights, disasters, celebrations and along with Griffith, composed the inaugural opus of theatrical film.
	www.siffblog.com /reviews/griffith_and_the_yiddish_silents_003471.html (797 words)

	The Pathe' serial #961 Camera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the years just prior to World War I, Pathe' cameras were used on more movies throughout the world than any other camera.
		Billy Bitzer's autobiography, "His Story", is a really interesting and easy read.
		Bitzer and his camera this one is identical but I'm fairly sure this wasn't his.
	www.samdodge.com /html/pathe961/pages/pathe961b.htm (182 words)

	He Starts Downhill
		In all the years he'd known Billy, Billy had never come to the hotel and he himself had never been to Billy's home.
		Billy sat down; his hand went into his pocket and out came German pipe.
		So choked was Billy it was a moment before he could answer.
	www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/bookshelf/12_cro_9.htm (3853 words)

	ICG Guild News - Eastern Region 2005/2006 Billy Bitzer Awards
		Each nomination should include a brief biography of the nominee, citing important projects, awards and award nominations, honors bestowed, services performed for the Guild and any other information that should be considered.
		The awards are named for Billy Bitzer, the first elected President of the former Local 644 (now the Guild’s Eastern Region), who was cameraman for the legendary D.W. Griffith.
		Please send your nominations to Sol Negrin, ASC, c/o Eastern Region office in New York or directly to Sol at 3 Balsam Lane, Commack, NY 11725.
	www.cameraguild.com /news/guild/06_07_27_billy_bitzer_awards.html (158 words)

	Billy Bitzer: His Story. - BITZER, G.W. INTRODUCTION BY BEAUMONT NEWHALL. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer - Billy Bitzer to the world of film - was one of the first and greatest men to stand behind a movie camera.
		Bitzer, who was at Biograph before D.W. Griffith, taught the novice director and learned from him; together they made an unbeatable team.
		Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light edge creases - mainly at top/bottom of flap-folds, 3/4" closed tear at bottom of rear hinge, minor rubbing.
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/cap/9803.shtml (149 words)

	Film of the Year: 1904: America Works for Billy Bitzer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The man behind the camera was G.W. “Billy” Bitzer, a cinematographer who would later achieve greater cinematic heights working with D.W. Griffith.
		Among the technical innovations Bitzer embraces in the Westinghouse Works series is the use of a Cooper Hewiit Mercury Vapor Lamp (manufactured by - you guessed it - Westinghouse) to light the factory interiors.
		The lamps allow Bitzer to set up his camera anywhere, even in the darkest parts of the Westhouse facilities, and shoot images that would otherwise be impossible to capture.
	filmyear.typepad.com /blog/2006/08/1904_america_wo.html (830 words)

	Film History Before 1920
		The remarkable and ambitious historical pageant, with incredible cinematography by Billy Bitzer and the early use of a camera crane, interwove four stories in different historical eras (modern, medieval, Judean, and Babylonian) to chronicle intolerance, bigotry, and inhumanity throughout the ages.
		The story of Christ, the fall of Belshazzar's Babylon, the massacre of Huguenots by Catholics in 16th century France, and a modern story of reform and labor, were partially linked by titles and by a symbolic image.
		Cameraman Billy Bitzer incorporated a new cinematic technique - with a thin silk cloth over the camera, he was able to create a diffused, soft-focus effect for photographing actress Lillian Gish.
	www.filmsite.org /pre20sintro4.html (2573 words)

	Today in History: December 19
		On hand to film the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge were cameramen James Blair Smith and G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
		Their films, Opening of New East River Bridge, produced by the Thomas Edison Company, and Opening the Williamsburg Bridge, produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, contain footage of the bridge and close-ups of the dignitaries and press in attendance.
		Learn more about the work of early motion picture cameramen James Blair Smith and Billy Bitzer by searching on their names across American Memory's original format motion pictures.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/dec19.html (816 words)

	SparkNotes: Birth of a Nation: Directing: The “Language” of the Cinema
		While The Birth of a Nation deserves its place in film history for the way it changed the language of cinema, it is important to note that D. Griffith didn’t invent every technique used in The Birth of a Nation.
		Billy Bitzer was the first cinematographer to employ nighttime photography, a feat he achieved by firing magnesium flares into the night for the split-screen sequence of the sacking of Atlanta.
		It was the first film to use hundreds of extras to re-create battle scenes.
	www.sparknotes.com /film/birthofanation/section1.html (686 words)

	"Billy" Bitzer films Stealing a Dinner
		This short comedy was one of the first motion pictures filmed by Bitzer for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
		The mutoscope was a peephole motion picture device run by hand.
		That was the basis of these early movies, until the projector came along and changed everything.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/progress/bitzer_3 (90 words)

	Making Movies, 1920
		The trees on Orienta Point lashed the sky and groaned, as the chains that held them together were stretched taut.
		Griffith, Billy [Billy Bitzer - Griffith's cameraman], the staff, and the assistant directors stood with their backs to the gale, bundled up in coats, mufflers, hats, and gloves.
		At one time my face was caked with a crust of ice and snow, and icicles like little spikes formed on my eyelashes, making it difficult to keep my eyes open.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /gish.htm (1054 words)

	Educom Review
		In 1944, at the end of his life, the legendary and innovative silent film director D.W. Griffith (no longer wanted in Hollywood because he wasn't "box office" anymore) learned that his old friend Billy Bitzer had begun working with a new technology: motion pictures with color.
		There will also be PCs for your shirt pockets and your wallets and your shoes (inner soles that will determine whether they are running shoes or walking shoes or slippers).
		Billy, I frankly don't know the answers to these questions.
	www.educause.edu /pub/er/review/reviewArticles/32404.html (913 words)

	Amazon.com: Billy Bitzer; his story: Books: G. W Bitzer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Amazon.com: Billy Bitzer; his story: Books: G. W Bitzer
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		Bitzer, G. i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND...
	www.amazon.com /Billy-Bitzer-his-story-G/dp/0374112940 (424 words)

	16mm Films
		Billy shoots up a town and is banished to the next county.
		Lupino Lane and Wallace Lupino are adrift on the remains of a house in the middle of the ocean and washed up on a cannibal island.
		Billy Bletcher comedy about prohibition from the year the United States went dry.
	www.fesfilms.com /16mmFilms.html (1057 words)

	David Wark Griffith's Intolerance
		This image shows the way Griffith used lighting, composition, and masking to direct our eyes to the important subjects in the frame.
		At their Web site, the Society of Operating Cameramen have reprinted a 1939 essay by the director of photography, Billy Bitzer (Griffith and Bitzer formed one of the great director-cinematographer teams of film history): "The Biograph Camera"
		inematographer Billy Bitzer, and the heavy camera up and down; the tower rolled on a track so that this high-angle shot literally moves down and into the action (choreographed dancing) on the magnificent steps of the palace.
	www.miracosta.cc.ca.us /home/gfloren/grifintol.htm (416 words)

	Pittser/Pitzer/Bitzer
		Matthias Bitzer/Pitzer and Margaret ____?____; Conrad Bitzer and Maria Barbara Hauser;
		Jakob Bitzer and Katherina Conzelman; Hans Bitzer and Anna ____?____
		; IS Andrew Jackson Pittser, who descended down from the youngest of the Brothers, Matthias Bitzer (who through varying spelling hardships with Z's and misspellings on documents and citizenship papers became PITZER).
	www.angelfire.com /folk/pittser (616 words)

	ICG Guild News - Local 600 Presents Billy Bitzer Awards Nov. 11 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Local 600 will present the 2005/2006 Billy Bitzer awards to Tibor Sands (Award for Current Member) and Warren Rotherberger (Posthumous Award).
		The awards will be presented Nov. 11, 2006, at the Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich Street.
		There will be a 9 am reception and 10 am screening and discussion.
	cameraguild.com.cob-web.org:8888 /news/guild/06_11_02_billy-bitzer-awards.html (107 words)

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