Billy Bitzer

Career timeline

1. 1872 · Born

   Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

2. 1896 · Screen debut

   McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio (Movie)

3. 1908 · Directing debut

   The Adventures of Dollie (Movie)

4. 1915 · Breakthrough

   The Birth of a Nation (Movie)

5. 1928 · Latest release

   The Battle of the Sexes (Movie)

6. 1944 · Died

   April 29, 1944

Career in numbers

1 1890s

25 1900s

50 1910s

4 1920s

• Drama68
• Romance16
• History10
• Comedy10
• War9
• Crime8

Highest-rated title Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 7.1 Most popular title The Birth of a Nation 1915 5.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Billy Bitzer in our catalogue.

Robert Harron

38 titles together

Mae Marsh

8 titles together

Edwin August

7 titles together

D.W. Griffith

3 titles together

Spottiswoode Aitken

2 titles together

1. 1928 The Battle of the Sexes Movie
2. 1923 The White Rose Movie
3. 1921 Orphans of the Storm 6.8 Movie
4. 1920 Way Down East 6.9 Movie
5. 1919 The Mother and the Law Movie
6. 1919 The Fall of Babylon Movie
7. 1919 True Heart Susie 7.0 Movie
8. 1919 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 6.9 Movie
9. 1919 A Romance of Happy Valley Movie
10. 1918 Hearts of the World 6.1 Movie
11. 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 7.1 Movie
12. 1915 The Birth of a Nation 5.9 Movie
13. 1914 The Avenging Conscience 5.9 Movie
14. 1914 Home, Sweet Home Movie
15. 1914 Judith of Bethulia 6.1 Movie
16. 1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch 5.9 Movie
17. 1913 Two Men of the Desert Movie
18. 1913 An Indian's Loyalty Movie
19. 1913 The Mothering Heart 5.6 Movie
20. 1913 The Lady and the Mouse Movie
21. 1913 Near To Earth Movie
22. 1913 The Unwelcome Guest Movie
23. 1912 The Massacre 5.9 Movie
24. 1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma Movie
25. 1912 The New York Hat 5.6 Movie
26. 1912 My Baby Movie
27. 1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley 6.1 Movie
28. 1912 The Painted Lady 5.7 Movie
29. 1912 A Feud in the Kentucky Hills Movie
30. 1912 So Near, Yet So Far Movie
31. 1912 An Unseen Enemy 5.6 Movie
32. 1912 The School Teacher and the Waif Movie
33. 1912 Lena and the Geese Movie
34. 1912 A Beast at Bay Movie
35. 1912 One Is Business, the Other Crime Movie
36. 1912 The Girl and Her Trust 6.3 Movie
37. 1912 The Mender of Nets Movie
38. 1911 The Miser's Heart Movie
39. 1911 The Trail of Books Movie
40. 1911 The Battle Movie
41. 1911 Swords and Hearts Movie
42. 1911 Enoch Arden Movie
43. 1911 Enoch Arden: Part II Movie
44. 1911 Enoch Arden: Part I Movie
45. 1911 The Lonedale Operator 6.0 Movie
46. 1911 When a Man Loves Movie
47. 1910 Wilful Peggy Movie
48. 1910 The Usurer Movie
49. 1910 The House with Closed Shutters 5.2 Movie
50. 1910 A Flash of Light Movie
51. 1910 What the Daisy Said Movie
52. 1910 In the Border States Movie
53. 1910 Ramona Movie
54. 1910 The Unchanging Sea 6.4 Movie
55. 1909 To Save Her Soul Movie
56. 1909 A Trap for Santa Claus 5.5 Movie
57. 1909 A Corner in Wheat 6.2 Movie
58. 1909 The Redman's View Movie
59. 1909 The Mountaineer's Honor Movie
60. 1909 Lines of White on a Sullen Sea Movie
61. 1909 The Broken Locket Movie
62. 1909 1776, or The Hessian Renegades Movie
63. 1909 The Sealed Room 5.1 Movie
64. 1909 The Little Darling Movie
65. 1909 They Would Elope Movie
66. 1909 The Country Doctor 6.1 Movie
67. 1909 The Way of Man Movie
68. 1909 The Son's Return Movie
69. 1909 The Lonely Villa 6.0 Movie
70. 1909 A Drunkard's Reformation Movie
71. 1909 Edgar Allen Poe 5.4 Movie
72. 1909 The Cord of Life Movie
73. 1909 Those Awful Hats 6.1 Movie
74. 1908 The Taming of the Shrew Movie
75. 1908 Betrayed by a Handprint Movie
76. 1908 When Knights Were Bold Movie
77. 1908 King of the Cannibal Islands Movie
78. 1905 Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Movie
79. 1896 McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio Movie

1. 1908 The Adventures of Dollie 5.3 Movie

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