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David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, [2] he pioneered many aspects of film editing [3] and expanded the art of the narrative film. [4]
D.W. Griffith. Director: The Birth of a Nation. David Wark Griffith was born in rural Kentucky to Jacob "Roaring Jake" Griffith, a former Confederate Army colonel and Civil War veteran. Young Griffith grew up with his father's romantic war stories and melodramatic nineteenth-century literature that were to eventually shape his movies.
- January 1, 1
- LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
The Fight for Freedom (director disputed) The Tavern Keeper's Daughter. The Black Viper. The Red Man and the Child. Deceived Slumming Party. The Bandit's Waterloo. A Calamitous Elopement. The Greaser's Gauntlet. The Man and the Woman.
Jan 26, 2020 · Film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor David Wark "D.W." Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was a pioneering, yet controversial, creative force in early Hollywood. Griffith is credited with inventing or popularizing many foundational cinematic narrative techniques, and he was arguably the most important director in the ...
1918 Hearts of the World Self (in prologue for British release) (uncredited) 1917 Film spécial pour Monsieur Griffith (Documentary) Self 1915 The Birth of a Nation Self (1931 reissue version) (uncredited)
Jun 6, 2024 · D.W. Griffith, pioneer American motion-picture director credited with developing many of the basic techniques of filmmaking, in such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), and The Struggle (1931).
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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).
