Directing · b. 1875 · LaGrange, Kentucky, USA

D.W. Griffith

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 depiction of Black Americans and their supporters, and its positive portrayal of slavery and the Ku ...

Directed
Footlight Varieties 1951 The Struggle 1931 Abraham Lincoln 1930 1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" 1930 Lady of the Pavements 1929 The Battle of the Sexes 1928 Drums of Love 1928 The Sorrows of Satan 1926 Sally of the Sawdust 1925 That Royle Girl 1925 America 1924 Isn't Life Wonderful 1924 The White Rose 1923 One Exciting Night 1922 Orphans of the Storm 1921 Dream Street 1921 Way Down East 1920 The Love Flower 1920 Remodeling Her Husband 1920 The Idol Dancer 1920 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919 True Heart Susie 1919 The Greatest Question 1919 Scarlet Days 1919 A Romance of Happy Valley 1919 The Fall of Babylon 1919 The Mother and the Law 1919 The Girl Who Stayed at Home 1919 Hearts of the World 1918 The Great Love 1918 The Greatest Thing in Life 1918 Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal 1918 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 The Birth of a Nation 1915 Waifs 1914 The Avenging Conscience 1914 The Escape 1914 Judith of Bethulia 1914 Brute Force 1914 Home, Sweet Home 1914 The Battle of the Sexes 1914 An Adventure in the Autumn Woods 1913 A Misappropriated Turkey 1913 Brothers 1913 A Chance Deception 1913 Love in an Apartment Hotel 1913 The Hero of Little Italy 1913 If We Only Knew 1913 Near To Earth 1913 The Stolen Loaf 1913 The Ranchero's Revenge 1913 The Sorrowful Shore 1913 The Enemy's Baby 1913 His Mother's Son 1913 The Tender Hearted Boy 1913 The Perfidy of Mary 1913 The Mothering Heart 1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch 1913 Death's Marathon 1913 The Yaqui Cur 1913 The Wanderer 1913 The Telephone Girl and the Lady 1913 The House of Darkness 1913 Her Mother's Oath 1913 His Mother's Son 1913 The Adopted Brother 1913 Three Friends 1913 The Sheriff's Baby 1913 Broken Ways 1913 Fate 1913 The Unwelcome Guest 1913 The Coming of Angelo 1913 The Little Tease 1913 Two Men of the Desert 1913 The Reformers 1913 Oil and Water 1913 A Timely Interception 1913 The Lady and the Mouse 1913 A Misunderstood Boy 1913 The Left-Handed Man 1913 Just Gold 1913 Madonna of the Storm 1913 The Conscience of Hassan Bey 1913 Heredity 1912 My Hero 1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912 The Chief's Blanket 1912 An Unseen Enemy 1912 The Old Actor 1912 The New York Hat 1912 The Female of the Species 1912 The Girl and Her Trust 1912 So Near, Yet So Far 1912 Blind Love 1912 The Transformation of Mike 1912 The Mender of Nets 1912 The Painted Lady 1912 The Eternal Mother 1912 The School Teacher and the Waif 1912 A Beast at Bay 1912 Friends 1912 Under Burning Skies 1912 The Lesser Evil 1912 One Is Business, the Other Crime 1912 The Narrow Road 1912 The Sunbeam 1912 The Sands of Dee 1912 For His Son 1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma 1912 The Massacre 1912 The Baby and the Stork 1912 Brutality 1912 Man's Genesis 1912 A Pueblo Legend 1912 Billy's Stratagem 1912 The Informer 1912 My Baby 1912 The One She Loved 1912 A Feud in the Kentucky Hills 1912 A Lodging for the Night 1912 The Inner Circle 1912 An Indian Summer 1912 Lena and the Geese 1912 Home Folks 1912 Just Like a Woman 1912 Iola's Promise 1912 Fate's Interception 1912 A Temporary Truce 1912 His Lesson 1912 The God Within 1912 Two Daughters of Eve 1912 In the Aisles of the Wild 1912 Gold and Glitter 1912 A Cry for Help 1912 A Siren of Impulse 1912 The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch 1912 When Kings Were the Law 1912 The Root of Evil 1912 A String of Pearls 1912 The Lonedale Operator 1911 His Trust 1911 Enoch Arden: Part I 1911 Enoch Arden: Part II 1911 The Miser's Heart 1911 What Shall We Do with Our Old? 1911 The Battle 1911 A Country Cupid 1911 The Revenue Man and His Girl 1911 Fate's Turning 1911 His Trust Fulfilled 1911 Saved from Himself 1911 Through Darkening Vales 1911 The Squaw's Love 1911 The Indian Brothers 1911 Swords and Hearts 1911 The Adventures of Billy 1911 The Last Drop of Water 1911 Fighting Blood 1911 A Terrible Discovery 1911 The Primal Call 1911 The Italian Barber 1911 The Rose of Kentucky 1911 Heart Beats of Long Ago 1911 His Daughter 1911 Teaching Dad to Like Her 1911 The Making of a Man 1911 Enoch Arden 1911 When a Man Loves 1911 Three Sisters 1911 Madame Rex 1911 A Decree of Destiny 1911 The Long Road 1911 Fisher Folks 1911 The Lily of the Tenements 1911 The Diamond Star 1911 The Two Paths 1911 A Wreath of Orange Blossoms 1911 Bobby the Coward 1911 Love in the Hills 1911 The Failure 1911 A Woman Scorned 1911 Conscience 1911 Her Awakening 1911 Italian Blood 1911 The Unveiling 1911 The Voice of the Child 1911 The Trail of Books 1911 The Spanish Gypsy 1911 The Broken Cross 1911 A Knight of the Road 1911 How She Triumphed 1911 The New Dress 1911 Her Sacrifice 1911 The Thief and the Girl 1911 The Sorrowful Example 1911 The Blind Princess and the Poet 1911 Bill Sharkey's Last Game 1910 The House with Closed Shutters 1910 The Fugitive 1910 The Unchanging Sea 1910 In the Border States 1910 Ramona 1910 An Arcadian Maid 1910 As It Is in Life 1910 Winning Back His Love 1910 The Usurer 1910 Wilful Peggy 1910 The Oath and the Man 1910 Faithful 1910 Rose o' Salem Town 1910 A Child of the Ghetto 1910 What the Daisy Said 1910 A Flash of Light 1910 Her Terrible Ordeal 1910 The Lesson 1910 Over Silent Paths 1910 The Message of the Violin 1910 The Modern Prodigal 1910 Love Among the Roses 1910 The Golden Supper 1910 The Two Brothers 1910 The Rocky Road 1910 The Honor of His Family 1910 In Old California 1910 The Thread of Destiny 1910 A Romance of the Western Hills 1910 In Life's Cycle 1910 A Plain Song 1910 The Woman from Mellon's 1910 The Englishman and the Girl 1910 The Newlyweds 1910 The Twisted Trail 1910 A Rich Revenge 1910 In the Season of Buds 1910 A Victim of Jealousy 1910 Muggsy's First Sweetheart 1910 A Child's Impulse 1910 The Call to Arms 1910 The Sorrows of the Unfaithful 1910 Waiter No. 5 1910 Simple Charity 1910 The Song of the Wildwood Flute 1910 Sunshine Sue 1910 Unexpected Help 1910 His Last Burglary 1910 The Final Settlement 1910 Taming a Husband 1910 The Man 1910 The Converts 1910 Gold Is Not All 1910 Thou Shalt Not 1910 The Way of the World 1910 The Gold Seekers 1910 The Impalement 1910 The Face at the Window 1910 The Marked Time-Table 1910 The Purgation 1910 A Midnight Cupid 1910 A Child's Faith 1910 Serious Sixteen 1910 As the Bells Rang Out! 1910 His Sister-In-Law 1910 A Child's Stratagem 1910 The Banker's Daughters 1910 Two Little Waifs 1910 Her Father's Pride 1910 A Salutary Lesson 1910 A Summer Idyll 1910 Little Angels of Luck 1910 A Mohawk's Way 1910 The Iconoclast 1910 Examination Day at School 1910 That Chink at Golden Gulch 1910 The Broken Doll 1910 The Last Deal 1910 His Last Dollar 1910 The Call 1910 The Cloister’s Touch 1910 The Duke’s Plan 1910 On the Reef 1910 The Sealed Room 1909 Mrs. Jones Entertains 1909 A Corner in Wheat 1909 I Did It 1909 The Curtain Pole 1909 The Lonely Villa 1909 Those Awful Hats 1909 The Mended Lute 1909 A Trap for Santa Claus 1909 The Golden Louis 1909 The Little Darling 1909 Lady Helen's Escapade 1909 The Redman's View 1909 The Gibson Goddess 1909 Lucky Jim 1909 The Politician's Love Story 1909 The Renunciation 1909 1776, or The Hessian Renegades 1909 Nursing a Viper 1909 Edgar Allan Poe 1909 The Voice of the Violin 1909 What Drink Did 1909 The Mountaineer's Honor 1909 The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals 1909 The Violin Maker of Cremona 1909 The Country Doctor 1909 The Cricket on the Hearth 1909 A Drunkard's Reformation 1909 Resurrection 1909 Confidence 1909 Her First Biscuits 1909 At the Altar 1909 The Cord of Life 1909 Getting Even 1909 Pippa Passes 1909 The Lure of the Gown 1909 Twin Brothers 1909 The Son's Return 1909 The Light That Came 1909 In Old Kentucky 1909 A Strange Meeting 1909 The Suicide Club 1909 The Broken Locket 1909 The Indian Runner's Romance 1909 The Way of Man 1909 The Awakening 1909 Lines of White on a Sullen Sea 1909 One Touch of Nature 1909 The Maniac Cook 1909 The Honor of Thieves 1909 Love Finds a Way 1909 A Rural Elopement 1909 The Sacrifice 1909 The Criminal Hypnotist 1909 Mr. Jones Has a Card Party 1909 The Fascinating Mrs. Francis 1909 The Welcome Burglar 1909 The Salvation Army Lass 1909 Fools of Fate 1909 The Cardinal's Conspiracy 1909 Two Memories 1909 Sweet and Twenty 1909 Trying to Get Arrested 1909 The Little Teacher 1909 The Day After 1909 His Wife's Visitor 1909 His Duty 1909 The Faded Lilies 1909 The Peachbasket Hat 1909 The Mexican Sweethearts 1909 The Necklace 1909 Tender Hearts 1909 The Slave 1909 They Would Elope 1909 Oh, Uncle! 1909 The Seventh Day 1909 His Lost Love 1909 In the Watches of the Night 1909 What's Your Hurry? 1909 The Restoration 1909 A Midnight Adventure 1909 The Trick that Failed 1909 Through the Breakers 1909 The Test 1909 To Save Her Soul 1909 The Heart of an Outlaw 1909 The Girls and Daddy 1909 Comata, the Sioux 1909 The Children's Friend 1909 Wanted, a Child 1909 A Sweet Revenge 1909 Pranks 1909 The Jilt 1909 Jones and His New Neighbors 1909 Jones and the Lady Book Agent 1909 Mr. Jones’ Burglar 1909 The Medicine Bottle 1909 Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat 1909 The Note in the Shoe 1909 The Prussian Spy 1909 The Road to the Heart 1909 The Roue’s Heart 1909 Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade 1909 Those Boys! 1909 Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good 1909 A Troublesome Satchel 1909 The Winning Coat 1909 The Wooden Leg 1909 A Wreath in Time 1909 A Baby's Shoe 1909 The Brahma Diamond 1909 The Deception 1909 Drive for a Life 1909 Eloping with Auntie 1909 Eradicating Aunty 1909 His Ward's Love 1909 His Wife's Mother 1909 Jealousy and the Man 1909 The Mills of the Gods 1909 A New Trick 1909 A Rude Hostess 1909 Tragic Love 1909 And a Little Child Shall Lead Them 1909 A Burglar’s Mistake 1909 The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period 1909 The Eavesdropper 1909 The Expiation 1909 A Fool's Revenge 1909 The Hindoo Dagger 1909 In Little Italy 1909 In the Window Recess 1909 Leather Stocking 1909 The French Duel 1909 A Change of Heart 1909 The Fight for Freedom 1908 For Love of Gold 1908 For a Wife's Honor 1908 The Man and the Woman 1908 The Adventures of Dollie 1908 The Black Viper 1908 A Calamitous Elopement 1908 Romance of a Jewess 1908 Father Gets in the Game 1908 Money Mad 1908 The Fatal Hour 1908 Balked at the Altar 1908 Betrayed by a Handprint 1908 The Song of the Shirt 1908 After Many Years 1908 The Taming of the Shrew 1908 The Redman and the Child 1908 An Awful Moment 1908 Deceived Slumming Party 1908 Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court 1908 The Girl and the Outlaw 1908 Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters 1908 The Red Girl 1908 The Heart of O Yama 1908 Where the Breakers Roar 1908 A Smoked Husband 1908 The Devil 1908 Ingomar, the Barbarian 1908 The Vaquero's Vow 1908 The Call of the Wild 1908 Concealing a Burglar 1908 The Pirate's Gold 1908 The Guerrilla 1908 The Clubman and the Tramp 1908 The Valet's Wife 1908 The Feud and the Turkey 1908 The Reckoning 1908 The Test of Friendship 1908 The Christmas Burglars 1908 Mr. Jones at the Ball 1908 The Helping Hand 1908 The Zulu's Heart 1908 The Greaser's Gauntlet 1908 The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora 1908 The Ingrate 1908 The Planter's Wife 1908 The Stolen Jewels 1908 A Woman's Way 1908 The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter 1908
Acting
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse Self 2023 Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty archive footage 2020 Flashback: The First World War Self (archive footage) 2014 Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies Self (archive footage) 2008 Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Self (archive footage) 2007 The Tramp and the Dictator Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2002 Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists Self (archive footage) 1998 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Self (archive footage) 1961 Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) Himself 1921 At the French Ball Husband 1908 The Sculptor's Nightmare 1908 The King of the Cannibal Islands Cannibal in Top Hat 1908 Her First Adventure Father 1908 Rescued from an Eagle's Nest Father 1908 Cupid’s Pranks 1908 The King's Messenger Messenger 1908 The Invisible Fluid Mailman 1908 The Man in the Box Station Agent 1908 The Kentuckian 1908 The Stage Rustler Phil Bowen 1908 Classmates Extra 1908 Caught by Wireless Paddy 1908 Yellow Peril Mr. Phlipp 1908 Hulda's Lovers 1908 Falsely Accused! Cop in Court 1908 The Princess in the Vase Lover 1908 Professional Jealousy Extra on stage 1908 A Famous Escape Prisoner 1908
Other Credits
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 Writer 2002 San Francisco Second Assistant Director 1936 The King of Kings Assistant Director 1927 The Hun Within Writer 1918 Betsy's Burglar Supervising Producer 1917 A Girl of the Timber Claims Supervising Producer 1917 The Children of the Feud Producer 1916 Fifty-Fifty Producer 1916 Diane of the Follies Writer 1916 The Social Secretary Producer 1916 The Marriage of Molly-O Writer 1916 The Half-Breed Producer 1916 An Innocent Magdalene Story 1916 Macbeth Producer 1916 Susan Rocks the Boat Producer 1916 Hoodoo Ann Writer 1916 Daphne and the Pirate Writer 1916 Don Quixote Supervisor of Production Resources 1916 Betty of Greystone Story 1916 The Wood Nymph Story 1916
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