D.W. Griffith

Director

Born: January 22, 1875
Died: July 23, 1948 (age 73)
From: 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…

Filmography (504)

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)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1993)
Self (Archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
Self (archive footage)
Footlight Varieties (1951)
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San Francisco (1936)
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
The Struggle (1931)
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Abraham Lincoln (1930)
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1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" (1930)
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Lady of the Pavements (1929)
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The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Director
Drums of Love (1928)
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The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
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That Royle Girl (1925)
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Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
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Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
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America (1924)
Director
The White Rose (1923)
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One Exciting Night (1922)
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Orphans of the Storm (1921)
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Dream Street (1921)
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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)
Himself
Way Down East (1920)
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The Love Flower (1920)
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