G.W. Bitzer was born on April 21, 1872 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA as Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Logging in Maine (1906), Intolerance (1916) and Broken Blossoms (1919). He was married to Ethel Boddy. He died on April 29, 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.