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D.W. Griffith

Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Actor, Additional Credits
Born January 22, 1875Died July 23, 1948 (73 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Intolerance
  • Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl
  • Way Down East

Known For

  • Intolerance
  • The Birth of a Nation
  • Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl
  • Way Down East
  • Orphans of the Storm
  • San Francisco
  • A Corner in Wheat
  • The Musketeers of Pig Alley
  • True Heart Susie
  • One Million B.C.
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
  • Judith of Bethulia
  • The Lonedale Operator
  • The Girl and Her Trust
  • Those Awful Hats
  • The King of Kings
  • The Lonely Villa
  • Hearts of the World
  • An Unseen Enemy
  • The Sealed Room
  • The Adventures of Dollie
  • The Battle of Elderbush Gulch
  • Hoodoo Ann

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