D.W. Griffith

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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 …

  • Directing
  • Born 22 January 1875
  • Died 23 July 1948 (age 73)
  • LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
  • 542 credits

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Most-watched D.W. Griffith films currently: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916), The Birth of a Nation (1915), Orphans of the Storm (1921), The King of Kings (1927), Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919).

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Selected TV credits: American Experience (1988), Hollywood Black (2024).

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