D.W. Griffith
Directing
Born: 1875-01-22 · LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
Died: 1948-07-23
Biography
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916). Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera and narrative techniques, and its immense popularity set the stage for the dominance of the feature-length film. It also proved extremely controversial at the time and ever since for its negative
🎬 Movies (30)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
archive footage
Flashback: The First World War
2014
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
Writer
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993
Self (Archive footage)
General Massacre
1973
Novel
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Self (archive footage)
Footlight Varieties
1951
Director
San Francisco
1936
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
The Struggle
1931
Director
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930
Director
Abraham Lincoln
1930
Director
Lady of the Pavements
1929
Director
The Battle of the Sexes
1928
Director
Drums of Love
1928
Director
The King of Kings
1927
Assistant Director
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
Director
Sally of the Sawdust
1925
Director
That Royle Girl
1925
Director
America
1924
Director
Isn't Life Wonderful
1924
Director
The White Rose
1923
Director
One Exciting Night
1922
Director
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
Himself
Orphans of the Storm
1921
Director
Dream Street
1921
Director
