About

Known credits:
257
Birthday:
1872-04-21
Place of birth:
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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Billy Bitzer

Overview

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."

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Known for

Acting
2021 The Méliès Mystery Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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Directing
1908 The Adventures of Dollie Directing Director 58
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1906 Logging in Maine Directing Director 59
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1906 The Impossible Convicts Directing Director 58
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1905 Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club Directing Director 58
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1905 The Summer Boarders Directing Director 59
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1905 Duel Scene from Macbeth Directing Director 58
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1905 A Ballroom Tragedy Directing Director 58
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1905 2 A.M. in the Subway Directing Director 58
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1905 New York Subway Directing Director 58
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1905 A Trip to Salt Lake City Directing Director 58
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1905 Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room Directing Director 58
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1905 A Pipe Dream Directing Director 58
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1905 Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Directing Director 58
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1904 Children in the Surf at Coney Island Directing Director 58
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1904 Coil Winding Section E Directing Director 59
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1904 A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island Directing Director N/A
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1904 Automobiling Among the Clouds Directing Director N/A
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1904 Baby in a Rage Directing Director N/A
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1904 Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works Directing Director N/A
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1904 Assembling and Testing Turbines Directing Director 58
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1904 Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works Directing Director 59
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1904 Assembling a Generator Directing Director 59
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1904 Steam Hammer Directing Director 59
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1904 Testing a Rotary Directing Director 58
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1904 Westinghouse Works Directing Director 58
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1904 Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene) Directing Director 58
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1904 Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works Directing Director 59
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1904 Casting a Guide Box Directing Director 58
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1904 Tapping a Furnace Directing Director 58
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1904 Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Directing Director 58
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1904 Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle Directing Director 59
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1904 Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene) Directing Director 58
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1904 Girls Taking Time Checks Directing Director 59
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1904 The Coney Island Beach Patrol Directing Director N/A
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1904 Steam Whistle Directing Director 58
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1904 Girls Winding Armatures Directing Director 58
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1904 Welding the Big Ring Directing Director 58
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1903 Orphans in the Surf Directing Director 59
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1903 A Search for Evidence Directing Director 58
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1903 Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians Directing Director 58
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1903 Expert Bag Punching Directing Director 58
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1903 The Boy In The Barrel Directing Director 59
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1903 Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration Directing Director 58
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1903 The Haymarket Directing Director 59
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1903 Happy Hooligan Interferes Directing Director 59
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1903 N.Y. Fire Department Returning Directing Director 58
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1901 President McKinley Inauguration Directing Director 59
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1899 Across Brooklyn Bridge Directing Director 58
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1899 Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge Directing Director 58
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Writing
1934 The Camera Speaks Writing Story 59
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1909 The Curtain Pole Writing Story 58
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Camera
1933 Hotel Variety Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1928 The Battle of the Sexes Camera Director of Photography 58
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1925 The Midnight Girl Camera Director of Photography 59
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1924 America Camera Director of Photography 58
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1923 The White Rose Camera Director of Photography 59
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1922 Sure-Fire Flint Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1921 Orphans of the Storm Camera Director of Photography 60
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1920 Way Down East Camera Director of Photography 60
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1920 The Love Flower Camera Director of Photography 58
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1920 The Idol Dancer Camera Director of Photography 58
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1919 The Greatest Question Camera Director of Photography 59
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1919 Scarlet Days Camera Director of Photography 58
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1919 The Mother and the Law Camera Director of Photography 59
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1919 The Fall of Babylon Camera Director of Photography 59
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1919 True Heart Susie Camera Director of Photography 59
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1919 Broken Blossoms Camera Director of Photography 61
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1919 The Girl Who Stayed at Home Camera Director of Photography 58
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1919 A Romance of Happy Valley Camera Director of Photography 59
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1918 The Greatest Thing in Life Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1918 The Great Love Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1918 Hearts of the World Camera Director of Photography 59
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1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages Camera Director of Photography 63
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1915 The Birth of a Nation Camera Director of Photography 59
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1914 The Avenging Conscience Camera Director of Photography 59
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1914 The Escape Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1914 Home, Sweet Home Camera Director of Photography 59
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1914 Judith of Bethulia Camera Director of Photography 59
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1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch Camera Director of Photography 58
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1913 Two Men of the Desert Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1913 An Indian's Loyalty Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1913 The Mothering Heart Camera Director of Photography 58
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1913 Olaf—An Atom Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1913 The Wanderer Camera Director of Photography 58
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1913 The Lady and the Mouse Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1913 The Little Tease Camera Director of Photography 58
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1913 Near To Earth Camera Camera Operator N/A
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1913 Near To Earth Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1913 The Unwelcome Guest Camera Director of Photography 58
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1913 Broken Ways Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1912 The Massacre Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 The New York Hat Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 My Baby Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley Camera Director of Photography 59
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1912 The Painted Lady Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 A Feud in the Kentucky Hills Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 So Near, Yet So Far Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 Friends Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 An Unseen Enemy Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 The School Teacher and the Waif Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 Lena and the Geese Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 A Temporary Truce Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 A Beast at Bay Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 A Lodging for the Night Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 The Lesser Evil Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 One Is Business, the Other Crime Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 The Girl and Her Trust Camera Director of Photography 59
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1912 The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1912 Iola's Promise Camera Director of Photography 58
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1912 The Sunbeam Camera Director of Photography 59
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1912 The Mender of Nets Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 The Miser's Heart Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 The Battle Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 The Long Road Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1911 Italian Blood Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1911 The Making of a Man Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 Swords and Hearts Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 The Rose of Kentucky Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 The Last Drop of Water Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 The Primal Call Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 Enoch Arden: Part II Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 Enoch Arden Camera Director of Photography 59
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1911 Enoch Arden: Part I Camera Director of Photography 59
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1911 The Lonedale Operator Camera Director of Photography 59
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1911 Teaching Dad to Like Her Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1911 Fisher Folks Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1911 His Trust Fulfilled Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 His Trust Camera Director of Photography 58
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1911 When a Man Loves Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 The Lesson Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 Sunshine Sue Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1910 The Fugitive Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 Waiter No. 5 Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1910 The Iconoclast Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1910 Rose o' Salem Town Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 Wilful Peggy Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 The Usurer Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 The House with Closed Shutters Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 A Flash of Light Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 What the Daisy Said Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 In the Border States Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 Ramona Camera Director of Photography 58
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1910 The Unchanging Sea Camera Director of Photography 59
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1910 The Honor of His Family Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 The Day After Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 To Save Her Soul Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 A Trap for Santa Claus Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 A Corner in Wheat Camera Director of Photography 59
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1909 The Redman's View Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 Through the Breakers Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Mountaineer's Honor Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 Lines of White on a Sullen Sea Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Broken Locket Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 Getting Even Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 Comata, the Sioux Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 1776, or The Hessian Renegades Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Sealed Room Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Little Darling Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 They Would Elope Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 Sweet and Twenty Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Country Doctor Camera Director of Photography 59
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1909 The Necklace Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Way of Man Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Son's Return Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Lonely Villa Camera Director of Photography 59
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1909 What Drink Did Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 Two Memories Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Suicide Club Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 A Drunkard's Reformation Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 At the Altar Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Curtain Pole Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 Edgar Allan Poe Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Cord of Life Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 Those Awful Hats Camera Director of Photography 59
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1909 The Welcome Burglar Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 The Fascinating Mrs. Francis Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 Mr. Jones Has a Card Party Camera Director of Photography 58
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1909 The Criminal Hypnotist Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 The Sacrifice Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 A Rural Elopement Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 Love Finds a Way Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 The Honor of Thieves Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1909 The Maniac Cook Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1908 Mr. Jones at the Ball Camera Director of Photography 58
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1908 The Christmas Burglars Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1908 Money Mad Camera Director of Photography 58
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1908 The Valet's Wife Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1908 The Taming of the Shrew Camera Director of Photography 58
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1908 Father Gets in the Game Camera Director of Photography 58
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1908 The Zulu's Heart Camera Director of Photography 58
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1908 Over the Hills to the Poor House Camera Director of Photography 58
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1908 The Invisible Fluid Camera Director of Photography 59
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1908 When Knights Were Bold Camera Director of Photography 58
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1908 The Music Master Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1908 Hulda's Lovers Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1907 Jamestown Exposition Camera Camera Operator N/A
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1907 Mr. Hurry-up Camera Director of Photography 58
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1907 Trial Marriages Camera Director of Photography 58
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1907 Fights of Nations Camera Director of Photography 58
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1906 Married for Millions Camera Director of Photography 59
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1906 From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies Camera Director of Photography 58
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1906 Holdup of the Rocky Mountain Express Camera Director of Photography 59
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1906 San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake Camera Director of Photography 58
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1905 A Kentucky Feud Camera Director of Photography 59
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1905 A Ballroom Tragedy Camera Director of Photography 58
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1905 A Trip to Salt Lake City Camera Director of Photography 58
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1905 New York Subway Camera Director of Photography 58
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1905 Latina, Contortionist Camera Director of Photography 59
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1905 Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room Camera Director of Photography 58
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1905 Midwinter Bathing, L Street Bath, Boston Camera Director of Photography 59
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1905 Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Camera Director of Photography 58
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1905 She Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1904 The Chicken Thief Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1904 Personal Camera Director of Photography 59
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1904 The Hero of Liao-Yang Camera Director of Photography 59
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1904 Automobiling Among the Clouds Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1904 Alone Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1904 Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room Camera Director of Photography 59
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1904 Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle Camera Director of Photography 59
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1904 Testing a Rotary Camera Director of Photography 58
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1904 Westinghouse Works Camera Director of Photography 58
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1904 Girls Taking Time Checks Camera Director of Photography 59
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1903 A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out Camera Director of Photography 58
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1903 The Fate of the Artist's Model Camera Director of Photography 58
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1903 Hooligan in Jail Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1903 Weighing the Baby Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1903 The Dude and the Burglars Camera Director of Photography 59
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1903 Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians Camera Director of Photography 58
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1903 The Haymarket Camera Director of Photography 59
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1903 Betsy Ross Dance Camera Director of Photography 58
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1903 The Giddy Dancing Master Camera Director of Photography 59
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1903 Happy Hooligan Interferes Camera Director of Photography 59
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1903 The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) Camera Director of Photography 59
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1899 Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge Camera Director of Photography 58
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1899 Stealing a Dinner Camera Director of Photography 58
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1896 McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio Camera Director of Photography 58
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1896 Little Egypt Camera Camera Operator 59
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Crew
1914 Brute Force Crew Cinematography 58
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1913 The Coming of Angelo Crew Cinematography N/A
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1912 A Pueblo Legend Crew Cinematography N/A
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1912 The Sands of Dee Crew Cinematography 58
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1911 The Unveiling Crew Cinematography N/A
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1911 What Shall We Do with Our Old? Crew Cinematography 58
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1909 Lady Helen's Escapade Crew Cinematography 58
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1908 Mixed Babies Crew Cinematography 58
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1905 2 A.M. in the Subway Crew Cinematography 58
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1904 The Lost Child Crew Cinematography 58
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1904 Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup Crew Cinematography 58
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1904 Opening the Williamsburg Bridge Crew Cinematography 58
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1904 The Widow and the Only Man Crew Cinematography 58
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1896 American Falls from Luna Island Crew Cinematography N/A
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1896 American Falls from Goat Island Crew Cinematography N/A
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1896 Hard Wash Crew Cinematography 59
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Bobby's Kodak Crew Cinematography N/A
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