D.W. Griffith

Known for DirectingBorn 1875-01-22Died 1948-07-23LaGrange, 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 Americans and their supporters, and its positive portrayal of slavery and the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith responded to his critics with his next film, Intolerance, intended to show the dangers of prejudiced thought and behavior. The film was not the financial success that its predecessor had been, but was received warmly by critics. Several of his later films were also successful, but high production, promotional, and roadshow costs often made his ventures commercial failures. Even so, he is generally considered one of the most important figures of early cinema.Read more

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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Hollywood Black

Flashback: The First World War

The Troublesome Baby

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

His Mother's Son

The Refuge

The Fight for Freedom

The Tramp and the Dictator

Drums of Love

The White Rose

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

American Experience

The Sorrows of Satan

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal

True Heart Susie

Way Down East

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

A Romance of Happy Valley

The Mother and the Law

Orphans of the Storm

The Struggle

San Francisco

The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'

The Half-Breed

The King of Kings

Isn't Life Wonderful

The Unchanging Sea

Dream Street

Enoch Arden

Sally of the Sawdust

The Girl and Her Trust

The Sunbeam

Fighting Blood

The Making of a Man

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

A Child's Impulse

One Exciting Night

The Country Doctor

The Fall of Babylon

The Greatest Question

A Corner in Wheat

Judith of Bethulia

The Lonedale Operator

Hearts of the World

Those Awful Hats