D.W. Griffith
Directing
1875-01-22 · LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
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.
Filmography
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023 · Movie
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · Movie
Flashback: The First World War
2014 · Movie
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 · Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Movie
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002 · Movie
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Movie
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius
1975 · Movie
General Massacre
1973 · Movie
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Movie
Footlight Varieties
1951 · Movie
San Francisco
1936 · Movie
The Struggle
1931 · Movie
Abraham Lincoln
1930 · Movie
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930 · Movie
Lady of the Pavements
1929 · Movie
The Battle of the Sexes
1928 · Movie
Drums of Love
1928 · Movie
The King of Kings
1927 · Movie
The Sorrows of Satan
1926 · Movie
That Royle Girl
1925 · Movie
Sally of the Sawdust
1925 · Movie
Isn't Life Wonderful
1924 · Movie
America
1924 · Movie
The White Rose
1923 · Movie
One Exciting Night
1922 · Movie
Orphans of the Storm
1921 · Movie
Dream Street
1921 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921 · Movie
Way Down East
1920 · Movie
The Love Flower
1920 · Movie
Remodeling Her Husband
1920 · Movie
The Idol Dancer
1920 · Movie
The Greatest Question
1919 · Movie
Scarlet Days
1919 · Movie
The Mother and the Law
1919 · Movie
The Fall of Babylon
1919 · Movie
True Heart Susie
1919 · Movie
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 · Movie
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919 · Movie
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919 · Movie
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918 · Movie
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918 · Movie
The Hun Within
1918 · Movie
The Great Love
1918 · Movie
Hearts of the World
1918 · Movie
Betsy's Burglar
1917 · Movie
A Girl of the Timber Claims
1917 · Movie
The Children of the Feud
1916 · Movie
Fifty-Fifty
1916 · Movie
Diane of the Follies
1916 · Movie
The Social Secretary
1916 · Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Movie
The Marriage of Molly-O
1916 · Movie
The Half-Breed
1916 · Movie
An Innocent Magdalene
1916 · Movie
Macbeth
1916 · Movie
Susan Rocks the Boat
1916 · Movie
Hoodoo Ann
1916 · Movie
Daphne and the Pirate
1916 · Movie
Don Quixote
1916 · Movie
Betty of Greystone
1916 · Movie
The Wood Nymph
1916 · Movie
The Missing Links
1916 · Movie
Let Katie Do it
1916 · Movie
Double Trouble
1915 · Movie
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915 · Movie
Old Heidelberg
1915 · Movie
The Lily and the Rose
1915 · Movie
The Lamb
1915 · Movie
Ghosts
1915 · Movie
Enoch Arden
1915 · Movie
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · Movie
The Odalisque
1914 · Movie
The Avenging Conscience
1914 · Movie
The Escape
1914 · Movie
Home, Sweet Home
1914 · Movie
The Life of General Villa
1914 · Movie
Brute Force
1914 · Movie
The Battle of the Sexes
1914 · Movie
Judith of Bethulia
1914 · Movie
Waifs
1914 · Movie
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913 · Movie
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913 · Movie
Madonna of the Storm
1913 · Movie
The Adopted Brother
1913 · Movie
Two Men of the Desert
1913 · Movie
A Misappropriated Turkey
1913 · Movie
The Mistake
1913 · Movie
The Reformers
1913 · Movie
Her Mother's Oath
1913 · Movie
The Mothering Heart
1913 · Movie
Death's Marathon
1913 · Movie
The Enemy's Baby
1913 · Movie
A Timely Interception
1913 · Movie
The Sorrowful Shore
1913 · Movie
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913 · Movie
His Mother's Son
1913 · Movie
His Mother's Son
1913 · Movie
Just Gold
1913 · Movie
The Yaqui Cur
1913 · Movie
The House of Darkness
1913 · Movie
The Stolen Loaf
1913 · Movie
The Wanderer
1913 · Movie
If We Only Knew
1913 · Movie
The Lady and the Mouse
1913 · Movie
The Left-Handed Man
1913 · Movie
A Misunderstood Boy
1913 · Movie
The Little Tease
1913 · Movie
The Perfidy of Mary
1913 · Movie
The Hero of Little Italy
1913 · Movie
The Sheriff's Baby
1913 · Movie
Fate
1913 · Movie
Near To Earth
1913 · Movie
The Unwelcome Guest
1913 · Movie
Broken Ways
1913 · Movie
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913 · Movie
A Chance Deception
1913 · Movie
Oil and Water
1913 · Movie
Brothers
1913 · Movie
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913 · Movie
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913 · Movie
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913 · Movie
Three Friends
1913 · Movie
The Coming of Angelo
1913 · Movie
The God Within
1912 · Movie
A Cry for Help
1912 · Movie
The Massacre
1912 · Movie
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912 · Movie
My Hero
1912 · Movie
The New York Hat
1912 · Movie
Brutality
1912 · Movie
The Informer
1912 · Movie
My Baby
1912 · Movie
Gold and Glitter
1912 · Movie
Heredity
1912 · Movie
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 · Movie
The Painted Lady
1912 · Movie
The One She Loved
1912 · Movie
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912 · Movie
The Chief's Blanket
1912 · Movie
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912 · Movie
So Near, Yet So Far
1912 · Movie
Friends
1912 · Movie
Two Daughters of Eve
1912 · Movie
Blind Love
1912 · Movie
An Unseen Enemy
1912 · Movie
A Pueblo Legend
1912 · Movie
The Inner Circle
1912 · Movie
The Narrow Road
1912 · Movie
Man's Genesis
1912 · Movie
An Indian Summer
1912 · Movie
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912 · Movie
Lena and the Geese
1912 · Movie
A Temporary Truce
1912 · Movie
Home Folks
1912 · Movie
A Beast at Bay
1912 · Movie
When Kings Were the Law
1912 · Movie
A Lodging for the Night
1912 · Movie
His Lesson
1912 · Movie
The Old Actor
1912 · Movie
The Lesser Evil
1912 · Movie
One Is Business, the Other Crime
1912 · Movie
Just Like a Woman
1912 · Movie
The Female of the Species
1912 · Movie
A Siren of Impulse
1912 · Movie
Fate's Interception
1912 · Movie
The Girl and Her Trust
1912 · Movie
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
1912 · Movie
The Root of Evil
1912 · Movie
Iola's Promise
1912 · Movie
A String of Pearls
1912 · Movie
The Sunbeam
1912 · Movie
The Sands of Dee
1912 · Movie
Under Burning Skies
1912 · Movie
The Mender of Nets
1912 · Movie
Billy's Stratagem
1912 · Movie
The Transformation of Mike
1912 · Movie
For His Son
1912 · Movie
The Eternal Mother
1912 · Movie
The Baby and the Stork
1912 · Movie
The Voice of the Child
1911 · Movie
A Terrible Discovery
1911 · Movie
Saved from Himself
1911 · Movie
The Failure
1911 · Movie
A Woman Scorned
1911 · Movie
The Miser's Heart
1911 · Movie
Through Darkening Vales
1911 · Movie
The Trail of Books
1911 · Movie
The Battle
1911 · Movie
Love in the Hills
1911 · Movie
The Long Road
1911 · Movie
The Adventures of Billy
1911 · Movie
The Unveiling
1911 · Movie
Italian Blood
1911 · Movie
The Making of a Man
1911 · Movie
Her Awakening
1911 · Movie
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911 · Movie
The Squaw's Love
1911 · Movie
Swords and Hearts
1911 · Movie
The Rose of Kentucky
1911 · Movie
The Blind Princess and the Poet
1911 · Movie
The Sorrowful Example
1911 · Movie
The Last Drop of Water
1911 · Movie
A Country Cupid
1911 · Movie
The Indian Brothers
1911 · Movie
Bobby the Coward
1911 · Movie
The Thief and the Girl
1911 · Movie
Fighting Blood
1911 · Movie
Her Sacrifice
1911 · Movie
The Primal Call
1911 · Movie
Enoch Arden: Part II
1911 · Movie
Enoch Arden
1911 · Movie
Enoch Arden: Part I
1911 · Movie
The New Dress
1911 · Movie
How She Triumphed
1911 · Movie
A Knight of the Road
1911 · Movie
Madame Rex
1911 · Movie
The Broken Cross
1911 · Movie
The Spanish Gypsy
1911 · Movie
The Lonedale Operator
1911 · Movie
Teaching Dad to Like Her
1911 · Movie
Conscience
1911 · Movie
A Decree of Destiny
1911 · Movie
The Lily of the Tenements
1911 · Movie
His Daughter
1911 · Movie
The Diamond Star
1911 · Movie
Fisher Folks
1911 · Movie
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911 · Movie
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911 · Movie
Three Sisters
1911 · Movie
A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
1911 · Movie
Fate's Turning
1911 · Movie
His Trust Fulfilled
1911 · Movie
His Trust
1911 · Movie
The Italian Barber
1911 · Movie
When a Man Loves
1911 · Movie
The Two Paths
1911 · Movie
After the Ball
1910 · Movie
Winning Back His Love
1910 · Movie
The Refuge
1910 · Movie
The Lesson
1910 · Movie
His Sister-In-Law
1910 · Movie
The Golden Supper
1910 · Movie
A Plain Song
1910 · Movie
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
1910 · Movie
The Troublesome Baby
1910 · Movie
Sunshine Sue
1910 · Movie
Simple Charity
1910 · Movie
The Fugitive
1910 · Movie
Waiter No. 5
1910 · Movie
Two Little Waifs
1910 · Movie
The Message of the Violin
1910 · Movie
The Banker's Daughters
1910 · Movie
The Broken Doll
1910 · Movie
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910 · Movie
A Gold Necklace
1910 · Movie
A Child's Stratagem
1910 · Movie
The Iconoclast
1910 · Movie
Examination Day at School
1910 · Movie
Rose o' Salem Town
1910 · Movie
The Oath and the Man
1910 · Movie
In Life's Cycle
1910 · Movie
A Mohawk's Way
1910 · Movie
Little Angels of Luck
1910 · Movie
A Summer Idyll
1910 · Movie
The Modern Prodigal
1910 · Movie
Wilful Peggy
1910 · Movie
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
1910 · Movie
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910 · Movie
The Usurer
1910 · Movie
A Salutary Lesson
1910 · Movie
The House with Closed Shutters
1910 · Movie
Her Father's Pride
1910 · Movie
An Arcadian Maid
1910 · Movie
Unexpected Help
1910 · Movie
The Call to Arms
1910 · Movie
A Flash of Light
1910 · Movie
What the Daisy Said
1910 · Movie
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910 · Movie
A Child's Impulse
1910 · Movie
May and December
1910 · Movie
As the Bells Rang Out!
1910 · Movie
In the Border States
1910 · Movie
A Victim of Jealousy
1910 · Movie
Serious Sixteen
1910 · Movie
A Child's Faith
1910 · Movie
A Child of the Ghetto
1910 · Movie
A Midnight Cupid
1910 · Movie
In the Season of Buds
1910 · Movie
The Purgation
1910 · Movie
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
1910 · Movie
Ramona
1910 · Movie
The Marked Time-Table
1910 · Movie
Over Silent Paths
1910 · Movie
The Two Brothers
1910 · Movie
The Face at the Window
1910 · Movie
Love Among the Roses
1910 · Movie
The Unchanging Sea
1910 · Movie
The Impalement
1910 · Movie
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910 · Movie
A Romance of the Western Hills
1910 · Movie
A Rich Revenge
1910 · Movie
As It Is in Life
1910 · Movie
His Last Dollar
1910 · Movie
The Twisted Trail
1910 · Movie
Faithful
1910 · Movie
The Gold Seekers
1910 · Movie
The Way of the World
1910 · Movie
In Old California
1910 · Movie
The Thread of Destiny
1910 · Movie
The Newlyweds
1910 · Movie
Thou Shalt Not
1910 · Movie
The Final Settlement
1910 · Movie
Taming a Husband
1910 · Movie
His Last Burglary
1910 · Movie
Gold Is Not All
1910 · Movie
The Englishman and the Girl
1910 · Movie
The Duke’s Plan
1910 · Movie
The Converts
1910 · Movie
The Man
1910 · Movie
The Woman from Mellon's
1910 · Movie
The Cloister’s Touch
1910 · Movie
The Last Deal
1910 · Movie
The Honor of His Family
1910 · Movie
The Call
1910 · Movie
On the Reef
1910 · Movie
All on Account of the Milk
1910 · Movie
Her Terrible Ordeal
1910 · Movie
The Rocky Road
1910 · Movie
The Heart of an Outlaw
1909 · Movie
The Day After
1909 · Movie
To Save Her Soul
1909 · Movie
In Little Italy
1909 · Movie
A Trap for Santa Claus
1909 · Movie
The Test
1909 · Movie
A Corner in Wheat
1909 · Movie
The Redman's View
1909 · Movie
Through the Breakers
1909 · Movie
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909 · Movie
In the Window Recess
1909 · Movie
The Trick that Failed
1909 · Movie
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909 · Movie
Sweet Revenge
1909 · Movie
A Midnight Adventure
1909 · Movie
The Light That Came
1909 · Movie
The Restoration
1909 · Movie
Nursing a Viper
1909 · Movie
The Gibson Goddess
1909 · Movie
What's Your Hurry?
1909 · Movie
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909 · Movie
In the Watches of the Night
1909 · Movie
The Expiation
1909 · Movie
His Lost Love
1909 · Movie
A Change of Heart
1909 · Movie
The Little Teacher
1909 · Movie
Fools of Fate
1909 · Movie
Pippa Passes
1909 · Movie
Wanted, a Child
1909 · Movie
The Awakening
1909 · Movie
Leather Stocking
1909 · Movie
In Old Kentucky
1909 · Movie
The Broken Locket
1909 · Movie
Getting Even
1909 · Movie
The Children's Friend
1909 · Movie
Comata, the Sioux
1909 · Movie
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909 · Movie
The Sealed Room
1909 · Movie
The Little Darling
1909 · Movie
Pranks
1909 · Movie
The Mills of the Gods
1909 · Movie
The Seventh Day
1909 · Movie
Oh, Uncle!
1909 · Movie
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909 · Movie
His Wife's Visitor
1909 · Movie
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
1909 · Movie
They Would Elope
1909 · Movie
Mr. Jones' Burglar
1909 · Movie
The Mended Lute
1909 · Movie
A Strange Meeting
1909 · Movie
The Slave
1909 · Movie
Jealousy and the Man
1909 · Movie
Sweet and Twenty
1909 · Movie
The Renunciation
1909 · Movie
Tender Hearts
1909 · Movie
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909 · Movie
The Country Doctor
1909 · Movie
The Necklace
1909 · Movie
The Way of Man
1909 · Movie
The Mexican Sweethearts
1909 · Movie
The Peachbasket Hat
1909 · Movie
Her First Biscuits
1909 · Movie
The Faded Lilies
1909 · Movie
The Son's Return
1909 · Movie
The Lonely Villa
1909 · Movie
A New Trick
1909 · Movie
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909 · Movie
Eradicating Aunty
1909 · Movie
His Duty
1909 · Movie
What Drink Did
1909 · Movie
The Cricket on the Hearth
1909 · Movie
Eloping with Auntie
1909 · Movie
Two Memories
1909 · Movie
Resurrection
1909 · Movie
The Jilt
1909 · Movie
A Baby's Shoe
1909 · Movie
The French Duel
1909 · Movie
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
1909 · Movie
The Note in the Shoe
1909 · Movie
The Eavesdropper
1909 · Movie
The Suicide Club
1909 · Movie
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
1909 · Movie
Lucky Jim
1909 · Movie
Twin Brothers
1909 · Movie
Drive for a Life
1909 · Movie
Lady Helen's Escapade
1909 · Movie
A Troublesome Satchel
1909 · Movie
Confidence
1909 · Movie
The Winning Coat
1909 · Movie
A Rude Hostess
1909 · Movie
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
1909 · Movie
Trying to Get Arrested
1909 · Movie
The Road to the Heart
1909 · Movie
A Drunkard's Reformation
1909 · Movie
The Medicine Bottle
1909 · Movie
Jones and His New Neighbors
1909 · Movie
A Burglar’s Mistake
1909 · Movie
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
1909 · Movie
The Deception
1909 · Movie
The Voice of the Violin
1909 · Movie
I Did It, Mamma
1909 · Movie
The Lure of the Gown
1909 · Movie
The Salvation Army Lass
1909 · Movie
The Wooden Leg
1909 · Movie
The Roue’s Heart
1909 · Movie
A Fool's Revenge
1909 · Movie
The Prussian Spy
1909 · Movie
His Wife's Mother
1909 · Movie
At the Altar
1909 · Movie
The Golden Louis
1909 · Movie
The Politician's Love Story
1909 · Movie
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
1909 · Movie
The Hindoo Dagger
1909 · Movie
The Curtain Pole
1909 · Movie
His Ward's Love
1909 · Movie
Tragic Love
1909 · Movie
Edgar Allen Poe
1909 · Movie
A Wreath in Time
1909 · Movie
The Brahma Diamond
1909 · Movie
The Girls and Daddy
1909 · Movie
The Cord of Life
1909 · Movie
The Welcome Burglar
1909 · Movie
Those Awful Hats
1909 · Movie
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
1909 · Movie
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
1909 · Movie
The Criminal Hypnotist
1909 · Movie
Those Boys!
1909 · Movie
The Sacrifice
1909 · Movie
A Rural Elopement
1909 · Movie
The Honor of Thieves
1909 · Movie
Love Finds a Way
1909 · Movie
Mrs. Jones Entertains
1909 · Movie
The Maniac Cook
1909 · Movie
One Touch of Nature
1909 · Movie
The Helping Hand
1908 · Movie
Mr. Jones at the Ball
1908 · Movie
The Christmas Burglars
1908 · Movie
An Awful Moment
1908 · Movie
The Test of Friendship
1908 · Movie
The Reckoning
1908 · Movie
The Feud and the Turkey
1908 · Movie
Money Mad
1908 · Movie
The Valet's Wife
1908 · Movie
The Clubman and the Tramp
1908 · Movie
A Woman's Way
1908 · Movie
The Ingrate
1908 · Movie
The Song of the Shirt
1908 · Movie
The Guerrilla
1908 · Movie
The Taming of the Shrew
1908 · Movie
The Pirate's Gold
1908 · Movie
After Many Years
1908 · Movie
Concealing a Burglar
1908 · Movie
The Call of the Wild
1908 · Movie
Romance of a Jewess
1908 · Movie
The Planter's Wife
1908 · Movie
The Vaquero's Vow
1908 · Movie
Ingomar, the Barbarian
1908 · Movie
Father Gets in the Game
1908 · Movie
The Zulu's Heart
1908 · Movie
The Devil
1908 · Movie
The Stolen Jewels
1908 · Movie
A Smoked Husband
1908 · Movie
Where the Breakers Roar
1908 · Movie
The Heart of O Yama
1908 · Movie
The Red Girl
1908 · Movie
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
1908 · Movie
The Girl and the Outlaw
1908 · Movie
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
1908 · Movie
Betrayed by a Handprint
1908 · Movie
For a Wife's Honor
1908 · Movie
Balked at the Altar
1908 · Movie
For Love of Gold
1908 · Movie
The Fatal Hour
1908 · Movie
The Man and the Woman
1908 · Movie
The Greaser's Gauntlet
1908 · Movie
A Calamitous Elopement
1908 · Movie
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
1908 · Movie
Deceived Slumming Party
1908 · Movie
The Redman and the Child
1908 · Movie
The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter
1908 · Movie
The Black Viper
1908 · Movie
The Fight for Freedom
1908 · Movie
The Adventures of Dollie
1908 · Movie
The Stage Rustler
1908 · Movie
The Kentuckian
1908 · Movie
At the Crossroads of Life
1908 · Movie
At the French Ball
1908 · Movie
Over the Hills to the Poor House
1908 · Movie
The Outlaw
1908 · Movie
The Man in the Box
1908 · Movie
The Invisible Fluid
1908 · Movie
Mixed Babies
1908 · Movie
'Ostler Joe
1908 · Movie
When Knights Were Bold
1908 · Movie
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908 · Movie
The Music Master
1908 · Movie
The King's Messenger
1908 · Movie
Hulda's Lovers
1908 · Movie
King of the Cannibal Islands
1908 · Movie
A Famous Escape
1908 · Movie
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
1908 · Movie
Caught by Wireless
1908 · Movie
Her First Adventure
1908 · Movie
The Yellow Peril
1908 · Movie
Cupid’s Pranks
1908 · Movie
The Princess in the Vase
1908 · Movie
Classmates
1908 · Movie
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908 · Movie
Falsely Accused!
1908 · Movie
Professional Jealousy
1908 · Movie
When Knighthood Was in Flower
1908 · Movie
A Griffith Biograph Collection Featuring Mary Pickford: Volume One
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Biograph Shorts Special Edition: 1909-1913
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