D.W. Griffith
DirectingBorn
January 22, 1875
Died
July 23, 1948
Place of Birth
LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
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 feat…
Known For
American Experience
1988
Hollywood Black
2024
San Francisco
1936
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908
Filmography
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Flashback: The First World War
2014
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
San Francisco
1936
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
Enoch Arden
1915
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
The Adventures of Billy
1911
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
At the Altar
1909
The Politician's Love Story
1909
The Girls and Daddy
1909
The Heart of O Yama
1908
The Red Girl
1908
Balked at the Altar
1908
The Fatal Hour
1908
A Calamitous Elopement
1908
Deceived Slumming Party
1908
The Black Viper
1908
The Stage Rustler
1908
The Kentuckian
1908
At the Crossroads of Life
1908
At the French Ball
1908
The Man in the Box
1908
The Invisible Fluid
1908
'Ostler Joe
1908
When Knights Were Bold
1908
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908
The Music Master
1908
The King's Messenger
1908
Hulda's Lovers
1908
The King of the Cannibal Islands
1908
A Famous Escape
1908
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
1908
Caught by Wireless
1908
Her First Adventure
1908
Yellow Peril
1908
Cupid’s Pranks
1908
The Princess in the Vase
1908
Classmates
1908
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
Falsely Accused!
1908
Professional Jealousy
1908