
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 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.
Acting (31 movies)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961

Two Daughters of Eve
1912

At the Crossroads of Life
1908

The Black Viper
1908

The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908

The Fatal Hour
1908

Balked at the Altar
1908

Her First Adventure
1908

At the Altar
1909

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908

Cupid’s Pranks
1908

Flashback: The First World War
2014

The Invisible Fluid
1908

Deceived Slumming Party
1908

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008

1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930

The Music Master
1908

San Francisco
1936

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921

1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909

The Adventures of Billy
1911

Enoch Arden
1915

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998

The Tramp and the Dictator
2002

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007

Falsely Accused!
1908

The Politician's Love Story
1909

A Calamitous Elopement
1908

The Girls and Daddy
1909

When Knights Were Bold
1908
Directing (454 movies)
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
1910

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
My Hero
1912

Heredity
1912

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
A Misappropriated Turkey
1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
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

The Sealed Room
1909
Waifs
1914

Way Down East
1920

The Avenging Conscience
1914

One Exciting Night
1922

True Heart Susie
1919

Orphans of the Storm
1921

The Escape
1914

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
The Fight for Freedom
1908

For Love of Gold
1908
For a Wife's Honor
1908
His Mother's Son
1913
The Man and the Woman
1908
Mrs. Jones Entertains
1909

A Corner in Wheat
1909

The Chief's Blanket
1912
The Perfidy of Mary
1913
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913

America
1924

An Unseen Enemy
1912

The Mothering Heart
1913

Judith of Bethulia
1914

Lady of the Pavements
1929
I Did It
1909

The Battle of the Sexes
1928

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913

The Lonedale Operator
1911

The Old Actor
1912

Abraham Lincoln
1930

The Curtain Pole
1909

The New York Hat
1912

The Struggle
1931

The Girl and Her Trust
1912

The Lonely Villa
1909

The Female of the Species
1912

His Trust
1911

The Adventures of Dollie
1908

Death's Marathon
1913

Those Awful Hats
1909

The Mended Lute
1909

The House with Closed Shutters
1910

A Trap for Santa Claus
1909

The Fugitive
1910

The Golden Louis
1909

The Little Darling
1909

The White Rose
1923

The Yaqui Cur
1913

The Wanderer
1913

The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913

Enoch Arden: Part I
1911

Enoch Arden: Part II
1911

The Miser's Heart
1911

The Greatest Question
1919

Scarlet Days
1919

Hearts of the World
1918

The Transformation of Mike
1912

Blind Love
1912

So Near, Yet So Far
1912

The Mender of Nets
1912

The Painted Lady
1912

What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911

The Battle
1911

In the Border States
1910

The Unchanging Sea
1910

Dream Street
1921

The Sorrows of Satan
1926

Lady Helen's Escapade
1909

The Redman's View
1909

The House of Darkness
1913

Ramona
1910

An Arcadian Maid
1910

A Romance of Happy Valley
1919

Isn't Life Wonderful
1924

As It Is in Life
1910

The Love Flower
1920

Sally of the Sawdust
1925

Winning Back His Love
1910

A Country Cupid
1911

Fate's Turning
1911

The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911

The School Teacher and the Waif
1912

The Eternal Mother
1912