D.W. Griffith
Directing
54
Acting Credits
465
Directed
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 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 ...
Known For
American Experience
Self
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
San Francisco
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Way Down East
Filmography
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
as Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as archive footage
Flashback: The First World War
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993
as Self (Archive footage)
American Experience
1988
as Self
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius
1975
as Self (archive)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
San Francisco
1936
as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930
as Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
as Himself
Enoch Arden
1915
as Mr. Ray
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
as At Stage Door
The Adventures of Billy
1911
as On Bench
At the Altar
1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
The Politician's Love Story
1909
as Man - First Couple
The Girls and Daddy
1909
as At Black & Tan Ball
At the Crossroads of Life
1908
as Suitor
At the French Ball
1908
as Husband
The Black Viper
1908
as Rescuer
The Fatal Hour
1908
as Policeman
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908
Balked at the Altar
1908
King of the Cannibal Islands
1908
as Cannibal in top hat
Her First Adventure
1908
as Father
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
as Father
Cupid’s Pranks
1908
as Extra at ball
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
1908
as Doctor, Charity worker
The King's Messenger
1908
as Messenger
The Invisible Fluid
1908
as Mailman
The Man in the Box
1908
as Station Agent
The Kentuckian
1908
The Stage Rustler
1908
as Phil Bowen
Deceived Slumming Party
1908
as Reginald O.C. Wittington
The Red Girl
1908
as Man on Footpath
The Heart of O Yama
1908
as Footman
The Music Master
1908
Classmates
1908
as Extra
Caught by Wireless
1908
as Policeman
The Yellow Peril
1908
as Mr. Phlipp
Hulda's Lovers
1908
as Handy Hank
Falsely Accused!
1908
as Cop in Court
A Calamitous Elopement
1908
as Policeman
When Knights Were Bold
1908
The Princess in the Vase
1908
as Lover
Professional Jealousy
1908
as Extra on stage
A Famous Escape
1908
as Prisoner
'Ostler Joe
1908
as Lover