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D.W. Griffith

Known for: Directing

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.

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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916Movie JustWatch TVPlex Director
The Birth of a Nation 1915Movie ArtiflixJustWatch TV Director, Writer
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919Movie JustWatch TVPlex Director, Writer
The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912Movie Director, Writer
Hearts of the World 1918Movie JustWatch TV Director, Writer
The Sorrows of Satan 1926Movie Bloodstream Director, Producer
Orphans of the Storm 1921Movie JustWatch TV Director, Screenplay
Way Down East 1920Movie JustWatch TVPlex Director, Writer
A Romance of Happy Valley 1919Movie Director, Story
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists 1998Movie as Self (archive footage)
The Avenging Conscience 1914Movie BloodstreamJustWatch TV Director, Writer
Sally of the Sawdust 1925Movie JustWatch TV Director
The Oath and the Man 1910Movie Director
Abraham Lincoln 1930Movie ArtiflixJustWatch TV Director
The Tramp and the Dictator 2002Movie as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Corner in Wheat 1909Movie Director, Writer
The Miser's Heart 1911Movie Director
Home, Sweet Home 1914Movie Director, Writer
Martyrs of the Alamo 1915Movie Producer
The Battle of the Sexes 1928Movie Director, Producer
True Heart Susie 1919Movie Director, Producer
Isn't Life Wonderful 1924Movie JustWatch TV Director, Writer
The Unchanging Sea 1910Movie Director
Judith of Bethulia 1914Movie Director
The Burglar’s Dilemma 1912Movie Director
The Adventures of Dollie 1908Movie Director
The Telephone Girl and the Lady 1913Movie Director