# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-bitzer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:54:03.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-bitzer"
name: "Billy Bitzer"
slug: "billy-bitzer"
description: "Gottfried Wilhelm Bitzer was an American cinematographer, notable for his close association and work with D. W. Griffith."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1872–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Bitzer_NYWTS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1872-04-21"
deathDate: "1944-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.553133333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005658/"
    handle:    "nm0005658"
sources:
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    title: "Billy Bitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلى بيتزير"
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    title: "Billy Bitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bitzer"
    title: "Billy Bitzer"
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    title: "بیلی بیتزر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._W._Bitzer"
    title: "G. W. Bitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bitzer"
    title: "Billy Bitzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C%EB%A6%AC_%EB%B9%84%EC%B2%98"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bitzer"
    title: "Billy Bitzer"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Billy Bitzer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump