D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

22/01/1875

Day of Death

23/07/1948
(73) years old

Place of Birth

LaGrange, Kentucky, USA

Biography

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 cam... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2014

Flashback: The First World War

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in ...

as Self (archive footage)

2002

The Tramp and the Dictator

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artis...

as Self (archive footage)

1961

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1936

San Francisco

as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

1915

Enoch Arden

as Mr. Ray

1912

Two Daughters of Eve

as At Stage Door

1909

The Politician's Love Story

as Man - First Couple

1909

The Girls and Daddy

as At Black & Tan Ball

1908

The Heart of O Yama

as Footman

1908

The Red Girl

as Man on Footpath

1908

The Fatal Hour

as Policeman

1908

A Calamitous Elopement

as Policeman

1908

Deceived Slumming Party

as Reginald O.C. Wittington

1908

The Black Viper

as Rescuer

1908

The Stage Rustler

as Phil Bowen

1908

At the French Ball

as Husband

1908

The Man in the Box

as Station Agent

1908

The Invisible Fluid

as Mailman

1908

'Ostler Joe

as Lover

1908

The King's Messenger

as Messenger

1908

The King of the Cannibal Islands

as Cannibal in Top Hat

1908

A Famous Escape

as Prisoner

1908

Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker

as Doctor, Charity Worker

1908

Caught by Wireless

as Paddy

1908

Her First Adventure

as Father

1908

Yellow Peril

as Mr. Phlipp

1908

Classmates

as Extra

1908

Falsely Accused!

as Cop in Court

1908

Professional Jealousy

as Extra on stage

Crew

1951

Footlight Varieties

as Writer

1951

Footlight Varieties

as Director

1936

San Francisco

as Second Assistant Director

1931

The Struggle

as Director

1931

The Struggle

as Producer

1931

The Struggle

as Original Music Composer

1931

The Struggle

as Screenplay

1930

Abraham Lincoln

as Director

1929

Lady of the Pavements

as Director

1928

Drums of Love

as Director

1927

The King of Kings

as Assistant Director

1926

The Sorrows of Satan

as Director

1926

The Sorrows of Satan

as Producer

1925

That Royle Girl

as Director

1925

Sally of the Sawdust

as Director

1924

Isn't Life Wonderful

as Director

1924

Isn't Life Wonderful

as Producer

1924

America

as Director

1924

America

as Producer

1923

The White Rose

as Director

1923

The White Rose

as Writer

1923

The White Rose

as Producer

1922

One Exciting Night

as Producer

1922

One Exciting Night

as Director

1922

One Exciting Night

as Story

1921

Orphans of the Storm

as Director

1921

Orphans of the Storm

as Producer

1921

Orphans of the Storm

as Screenplay

1921

Dream Street

as Director

1921

Dream Street

as Producer

1921

Dream Street

as Writer

1920

Way Down East

as Director

1920

Way Down East

as Producer

1920

Way Down East

as Writer

1920

The Love Flower

as Writer

1920

The Love Flower

as Director

1920

The Love Flower

as Producer

1920

Remodeling Her Husband

as Director

1920

The Idol Dancer

as Director

1919

The Greatest Question

as Director

1919

The Greatest Question

as Producer

1919

Scarlet Days

as Director

1919

Scarlet Days

as Producer

1919

The Mother and the Law

as Screenplay

1919

The Mother and the Law

as Director

1919

The Mother and the Law

as Producer

1919

The Fall of Babylon

as Director

1919

The Fall of Babylon

as Writer

1919

The Fall of Babylon

as Producer

1919

True Heart Susie

as Director

1919

True Heart Susie

as Producer

1918

The Hun Within

as Writer

1918

The Great Love

as Director

1918

The Great Love

as Writer

1918

The Great Love

as Producer

1918

Hearts of the World

as Director

1918

Hearts of the World

as Writer

1918

Hearts of the World

as Producer

1917

Betsy's Burglar

as Supervising Producer

1917

A Girl of the Timber Claims

as Supervising Producer

1916

Betty of Greystone

as Supervisor of Production Resources

1911

The Unveiling

as Director

1911

Italian Blood

as Director

1910

The Duke’s Plan

as Writer

1910

The Duke’s Plan

as Director

1910

The Cloister’s Touch

as Director

1910

The Call

as Writer

1910

The Call

as Director

1910

On the Reef

as Director

1910

On the Reef

as Writer

1909

In Little Italy

as Director

1909

A Corner in Wheat

as Writer

1909

In the Window Recess

as Director

1909

The Expiation

as Writer

1909

The Expiation

as Director

1909

His Lost Love

as Writer

1909

Leather Stocking

as Director

1909

The Eavesdropper

as Director

1909

The Eavesdropper

as Writer

1909

A Rude Hostess

as Writer

1909

A Rude Hostess

as Director

1909

A Burglar’s Mistake

as Director

1909

A Fool's Revenge

as Director

1909

A Fool's Revenge

as Writer

1909

The Hindoo Dagger

as Director

1909

The Hindoo Dagger

as Writer

1909

Tragic Love

as Writer

1909

The Girls and Daddy

as Writer

1908

Romance of a Jewess

as Writer

1916

Fifty-Fifty

as Producer

1916

The Social Secretary

as Producer

1916

The Half-Breed

as Producer

1916

Macbeth

as Producer

1916

Susan Rocks the Boat

as Producer

1916

Hoodoo Ann

as Writer

1916

Don Quixote

as Supervisor of Production Resources

1916

Betty of Greystone

as Story

1916

The Wood Nymph

as Story

1916

The Missing Links

as Production Supervisor

1916

The Missing Links

as Writer

1916

Let Katie Do it

as Story

1915

Double Trouble

as Production Supervisor

1915

Old Heidelberg

as Supervising Producer

1915

The Lily and the Rose

as Producer

1915

The Lamb

as Story

1915

Ghosts

as Producer

1915

Enoch Arden

as Writer

1915

The Birth of a Nation

as Producer

1915

The Birth of a Nation

as Original Music Composer

1915

The Birth of a Nation

as Presenter

1915

The Birth of a Nation

as Director

1914

The Odalisque

as Supervising Producer

1914

The Escape

as Director

1914

Home, Sweet Home

as Director

1914

Home, Sweet Home

as Writer

1914

The Life of General Villa

as Supervising Producer

1914

Brute Force

as Director

1914

Judith of Bethulia

as Director

1914

Waifs

as Director

1913

Madonna of the Storm

as Director

1913

The Adopted Brother

as Director

1913

Two Men of the Desert

as Screenplay

1913

Two Men of the Desert

as Director

1913

The Reformers

as Director

1913

Her Mother's Oath

as Writer

1913

Her Mother's Oath

as Director

1913

The Mothering Heart

as Director

1913

The Mothering Heart

as Producer

1913

Death's Marathon

as Director

1913

The Enemy's Baby

as Director

1913

A Timely Interception

as Director

1913

The Sorrowful Shore

as Director

1913

The Ranchero's Revenge

as Director

1913

His Mother's Son

as Director

1913

His Mother's Son

as Director

1913

Just Gold

as Writer

1913

Just Gold

as Director

1913

The Yaqui Cur

as Director

1913

The Stolen Loaf

as Director

1913

The House of Darkness

as Director

1913

The Wanderer

as Director

1913

The Wanderer

as Writer

1913

If We Only Knew

as Director

1913

The Lady and the Mouse

as Director

1913

The Left-Handed Man

as Director

1913

A Misunderstood Boy

as Director

1913

The Little Tease

as Director

1913

The Little Tease

as Writer

1913

The Perfidy of Mary

as Director

1913

The Sheriff's Baby

as Director

1913

Fate

as Director

1913

Near To Earth

as Director

1913

The Unwelcome Guest

as Director

1913

Broken Ways

as Director

1913

A Chance Deception

as Director

1913

Oil and Water

as Director

1913

Brothers

as Director

1913

The Tender Hearted Boy

as Director

1913

Three Friends

as Director

1913

The Coming of Angelo

as Director

1912

The God Within

as Director

1912

A Cry for Help

as Director

1912

The Massacre

as Director

1912

The Massacre

as Writer

1912

My Hero

as Writer

1912

My Hero

as Director

1912

The New York Hat

as Director

1912

Brutality

as Writer

1912

Brutality

as Director

1912

The Informer

as Director

1912

My Baby

as Director

1912

Gold and Glitter

as Director

1912

Heredity

as Director

1912

The Painted Lady

as Director

1912

The Painted Lady

as Writer

1912

The One She Loved

as Director

1912

The Chief's Blanket

as Director

1912

So Near, Yet So Far

as Director

1912

Friends

as Director

1912

Friends

as Writer

1912

Two Daughters of Eve

as Director

1912

Blind Love

as Director

1912

An Unseen Enemy

as Director

1912

A Pueblo Legend

as Director

1912

A Pueblo Legend

as Writer

1912

The Inner Circle

as Director

1912

The Narrow Road

as Director

1912

Man's Genesis

as Director

1912

Man's Genesis

as Writer

1912

An Indian Summer

as Director

1912

Lena and the Geese

as Director

1912

Lena and the Geese

as Producer

1912

A Temporary Truce

as Director

1912

Home Folks

as Director

1912

A Beast at Bay

as Director

1912

The Old Actor

as Director

1912

His Lesson

as Director

1912

The Lesser Evil

as Director

1912

Just Like a Woman

as Director

1912

A Siren of Impulse

as Director

1912

Fate's Interception

as Director

1912

The Girl and Her Trust

as Director

1912

The Root of Evil

as Director

1912

Iola's Promise

as Director

1912

A String of Pearls

as Director

1912

The Sunbeam

as Director

1912

Under Burning Skies

as Director

1912

The Sands of Dee

as Director

1912

The Mender of Nets

as Director

1912

The Mender of Nets

as Writer

1912

Billy's Stratagem

as Director

1912

For His Son

as Director

1912

The Eternal Mother

as Director

1912

The Baby and the Stork

as Director

1911

The Voice of the Child

as Director

1911

A Terrible Discovery

as Director

1911

Saved from Himself

as Director

1911

The Failure

as Director

1911

A Woman Scorned

as Director

1911

The Miser's Heart

as Director

1911

The Trail of Books

as Director

1911

The Battle

as Director

1911

Love in the Hills

as Director

1911

The Long Road

as Director

1911

The Making of a Man

as Director

1911

Her Awakening

as Director

1911

The Squaw's Love

as Director

1911

Swords and Hearts

as Director

1911

The Rose of Kentucky

as Director

1911

The Last Drop of Water

as Director

1911

A Country Cupid

as Director

1911

The Indian Brothers

as Director

1911

Bobby the Coward

as Director

1911

Fighting Blood

as Director

1911

The Primal Call

as Director

1911

Enoch Arden: Part II

as Director

1911

Enoch Arden

as Director

1911

Enoch Arden: Part I

as Director

1911

Madame Rex

as Director

1911

The Lonedale Operator

as Producer

1911

The Lonedale Operator

as Director

1911

Conscience

as Director

1911

A Decree of Destiny

as Director

1911

His Daughter

as Director

1911

The Diamond Star

as Director

1911

Fisher Folks

as Director

1911

Three Sisters

as Director

1911

Fate's Turning

as Director

1911

His Trust Fulfilled

as Director

1911

His Trust

as Director

1911

The Italian Barber

as Director

1911

When a Man Loves

as Director

1911

The Two Paths

as Director

1910

Winning Back His Love

as Director

1910

The Lesson

as Director

1910

His Sister-In-Law

as Director

1910

The Golden Supper

as Director

1910

A Plain Song

as Director

1910

Sunshine Sue

as Director

1910

Simple Charity

as Director

1910

The Fugitive

as Director

1910

Waiter No. 5

as Director

1910

Two Little Waifs

as Director

1910

The Banker's Daughters

as Director

1910

The Broken Doll

as Director

1910

A Gold Necklace

as Producer

1910

A Child's Stratagem

as Director

1910

The Iconoclast

as Director

1910

Rose o' Salem Town

as Director

1910

The Oath and the Man

as Director

1910

In Life's Cycle

as Director

1910

A Mohawk's Way

as Director

1910

Little Angels of Luck

as Director

1910

A Summer Idyll

as Director

1910

The Modern Prodigal

as Director

1910

Wilful Peggy

as Director

1910

The Usurer

as Director

1910

A Salutary Lesson

as Director

1910

Her Father's Pride

as Director

1910

An Arcadian Maid

as Director

1910

Unexpected Help

as Director

1910

The Call to Arms

as Director

1910

A Flash of Light

as Director

1910

What the Daisy Said

as Director

1910

A Child's Impulse

as Director

1910

May and December

as Producer

1910

As the Bells Rang Out!

as Director

1910

In the Border States

as Director

1910

A Victim of Jealousy

as Director

1910

Serious Sixteen

as Director

1910

A Child's Faith

as Director

1910

A Child of the Ghetto

as Director

1910

A Midnight Cupid

as Director

1910

In the Season of Buds

as Director

1910

The Purgation

as Director

1910

Ramona

as Director

1910

Ramona

as Writer

1910

The Marked Time-Table

as Director

1910

Over Silent Paths

as Director

1910

The Two Brothers

as Director

1910

The Face at the Window

as Director

1910

Love Among the Roses

as Director

1910

The Unchanging Sea

as Director

1910

The Impalement

as Director

1910

A Rich Revenge

as Director

1910

As It Is in Life

as Director

1910

His Last Dollar

as Director

1910

The Twisted Trail

as Director

1910

Faithful

as Director

1910

The Gold Seekers

as Director

1910

The Way of the World

as Director

1910

In Old California

as Director

1910

The Thread of Destiny

as Director

1910

The Newlyweds

as Director

1910

Thou Shalt Not

as Director

1910

The Newlyweds

as Writer

1910

Taming a Husband

as Director

1910

Gold Is Not All

as Director

1910

The Converts

as Director

1910

The Man

as Director

1910

The Last Deal

as Director

1910

The Last Deal

as Writer

1910

Her Terrible Ordeal

as Director

1910

Her Terrible Ordeal

as Writer

1910

His Last Burglary

as Director

1910

The Final Settlement

as Director

1910

The Rocky Road

as Director

1910

The Rocky Road

as Writer

1909

The Heart of an Outlaw

as Director

1909

The Day After

as Producer

1909

The Day After

as Director

1909

To Save Her Soul

as Director

1909

To Save Her Soul

as Writer

1909

A Trap for Santa Claus

as Director

1909

The Test

as Director

1909

A Corner in Wheat

as Director

1909

A Corner in Wheat

as Producer

1909

The Redman's View

as Director

1909

Through the Breakers

as Director

1909

The Trick that Failed

as Director

1909

A Sweet Revenge

as Writer

1909

A Midnight Adventure

as Director

1909

A Sweet Revenge

as Director

1909

The Light That Came

as Director

1909

The Light That Came

as Writer

1909

The Restoration

as Director

1909

The Restoration

as Writer

1909

Nursing a Viper

as Director

1909

Nursing a Viper

as Writer

1909

The Gibson Goddess

as Director

1909

What's Your Hurry?

as Director

1909

The Gibson Goddess

as Writer

1909

What's Your Hurry?

as Writer

1909

The Children's Friend

as Director

1909

His Lost Love

as Director

1909

A Change of Heart

as Director

1909

The Little Teacher

as Director

1909

Fools of Fate

as Director

1909

Pippa Passes

as Director

1909

Pippa Passes

as Writer

1909

Wanted, a Child

as Director

1909

The Awakening

as Director

1909

In Old Kentucky

as Director

1909

The Broken Locket

as Writer

1909

The Broken Locket

as Director

1909

Getting Even

as Director

1909

Getting Even

as Writer

1909

Comata, the Sioux

as Director

1909

The Sealed Room

as Director

1909

The Little Darling

as Director

1909

The Little Darling

as Writer

1909

Pranks

as Director

1909

The Mills of the Gods

as Director

1909

The Seventh Day

as Director

1909

Oh, Uncle!

as Director

1909

Oh, Uncle!

as Writer

1909

His Wife's Visitor

as Director

1909

They Would Elope

as Director

1909

Mr. Jones’ Burglar

as Director

1909

The Mended Lute

as Director

1909

A Strange Meeting

as Director

1909

A Strange Meeting

as Writer

1909

The Slave

as Director

1909

The Slave

as Writer

1909

Sweet and Twenty

as Director

1909

Jealousy and the Man

as Director

1909

The Renunciation

as Director

1909

The Renunciation

as Writer

1909

Tender Hearts

as Director

1909

Tender Hearts

as Writer

1909

The Country Doctor

as Director

1909

The Country Doctor

as Writer

1909

The Necklace

as Director

1909

The Way of Man

as Director

1909

The Way of Man

as Writer

1909

The Peachbasket Hat

as Director

1909

The Peachbasket Hat

as Writer

1909

Her First Biscuits

as Director

1909

The Faded Lilies

as Director

1909

The Faded Lilies

as Writer

1909

The Son's Return

as Director

1909

The Son's Return

as Screenplay

1909

The Lonely Villa

as Director

1909

A New Trick

as Director

1909

A New Trick

as Writer

1909

What Drink Did

as Writer

1909

What Drink Did

as Director

1909

His Duty

as Director

1909

Eradicating Aunty

as Director

1909

Eradicating Aunty

as Writer

1909

Two Memories

as Writer

1909

Two Memories

as Director

1909

Eloping with Auntie

as Director

1909

Eloping with Auntie

as Writer

1909

Resurrection

as Director

1909

The Jilt

as Writer

1909

The Jilt

as Director

1909

A Baby's Shoe

as Writer

1909

A Baby's Shoe

as Director

1909

The French Duel

as Director

1909

The Note in the Shoe

as Director

1909

The Suicide Club

as Director

1909

Lucky Jim

as Director

1909

Twin Brothers

as Director

1909

Drive for a Life

as Writer

1909

Drive for a Life

as Director

1909

Lady Helen's Escapade

as Director

1909

A Troublesome Satchel

as Director

1909

Confidence

as Writer

1909

Confidence

as Director

1909

The Winning Coat

as Writer

1909

The Winning Coat

as Director

1909

Trying to Get Arrested

as Director

1909

The Road to the Heart

as Director

1909

The Medicine Bottle

as Director

1909

The Medicine Bottle

as Writer

1909

The Deception

as Director

1909

I Did It

as Director

1909

The Lure of the Gown

as Director

1909

The Roue’s Heart

as Writer

1909

The Roue’s Heart

as Director

1909

The Wooden Leg

as Director

1909

The Wooden Leg

as Writer

1909

The Prussian Spy

as Writer

1909

The Prussian Spy

as Director

1909

His Wife's Mother

as Writer

1909

His Wife's Mother

as Director

1909

At the Altar

as Director

1909

At the Altar

as Writer

1909

The Golden Louis

as Director

1909

The Golden Louis

as Writer

1909

The Curtain Pole

as Writer

1909

The Curtain Pole

as Director

1909

His Ward's Love

as Writer

1909

His Ward's Love

as Director

1909

Tragic Love

as Director

1909

Edgar Allan Poe

as Director

1909

A Wreath in Time

as Writer

1909

A Wreath in Time

as Director

1909

Edgar Allan Poe

as Writer

1909

The Brahma Diamond

as Director

1909

The Brahma Diamond

as Writer

1909

The Girls and Daddy

as Director

1909

The Cord of Life

as Director

1909

The Cord of Life

as Writer

1909

Those Awful Hats

as Director

1909

Those Awful Hats

as Writer

1909

The Welcome Burglar

as Director

1909

The Welcome Burglar

as Writer

1909

The Criminal Hypnotist

as Director

1909

Those Boys!

as Writer

1909

Those Boys!

as Director

1909

A Rural Elopement

as Director

1909

The Sacrifice

as Director

1909

A Rural Elopement

as Writer

1909

The Sacrifice

as Writer

1909

Love Finds a Way

as Writer

1909

Love Finds a Way

as Director

1909

The Honor of Thieves

as Director

1909

Mrs. Jones Entertains

as Director

1909

The Maniac Cook

as Writer

1909

The Maniac Cook

as Director

1909

One Touch of Nature

as Director

1908

The Helping Hand

as Director

1908

The Helping Hand

as Writer

1908

Mr. Jones at the Ball

as Director

1908

The Christmas Burglars

as Director

1908

An Awful Moment

as Writer

1908

An Awful Moment

as Director

1908

The Test of Friendship

as Director

1908

The Reckoning

as Director

1908

Money Mad

as Director

1908

Money Mad

as Writer

1908

The Valet's Wife

as Director

1908

A Woman's Way

as Writer

1908

A Woman's Way

as Director

1908

The Ingrate

as Director

1908

The Ingrate

as Writer

1908

The Song of the Shirt

as Director

1908

The Guerrilla

as Director

1908

The Pirate's Gold

as Director

1908

After Many Years

as Director

1908

Concealing a Burglar

as Director

1908

The Call of the Wild

as Director

1908

Romance of a Jewess

as Director

1908

The Planter's Wife

as Director

1908

The Planter's Wife

as Writer

1908

The Vaquero's Vow

as Director

1908

Ingomar, the Barbarian

as Director

1908

The Zulu's Heart

as Writer

1908

The Zulu's Heart

as Director

1908

The Devil

as Director

1908

The Stolen Jewels

as Director

1908

The Stolen Jewels

as Writer

1908

A Smoked Husband

as Director

1908

The Heart of O Yama

as Director

1908

The Red Girl

as Director

1908

For a Wife's Honor

as Director

1908

Balked at the Altar

as Director

1908

Balked at the Altar

as Writer

1908

For Love of Gold

as Director

1908

The Fatal Hour

as Director

1908

The Man and the Woman

as Director

1908

The Greaser's Gauntlet

as Director

1908

A Calamitous Elopement

as Director

1908

The Black Viper

as Director

1908

The Fight for Freedom

as Director

1908

The Outlaw

as Author

1908

Mixed Babies

as Writer

1908

'Ostler Joe

as Author

1908

The Music Master

as Writer