D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
Person

D.W. Griffith

Director 1875-01-22 LaGrange, Kentucky, USA

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 depiction of Black A...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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San Francisco

San Francisco

1936 · Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

American Experience

American Experience

1988 · Self

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

1908 · Father

The Tramp and the Dictator

The Tramp and the Dictator

2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood

Hollywood

1980 · Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020 · archive footage

A Calamitous Elopement

A Calamitous Elopement

1908 · Policeman

The Black Viper

The Black Viper

1908 · Rescuer

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 · Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

2008 · Self (archive footage)

Her First Adventure

Her First Adventure

1908 · Father

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

1909 · Movie

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007 · Self (archive footage)

The Sculptor's Nightmare

The Sculptor's Nightmare

1908 · Movie

At the Altar

At the Altar

1909 · Movie

Balked at the Altar

Balked at the Altar

1908 · Movie

Cupid’s Pranks

Cupid’s Pranks

1908 · Extra at ball

Enoch Arden

Enoch Arden

1915 · Mr. Ray

Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black

2024 · Self (archive footage)