D.W. Griffith
Birthday
1875/01/22
Day of death
1948/07/23 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
Also know as
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith, David Wark Griffith, David W. Griffith, Lawrence Griffith, Captain Victor Marier, Capt. Victor Marier, Victor Marier, Granville Hicks, Irene Sinclair, Roy Sinclair, Granville Warwick, M. Gaston de Tolignac, Gaston de Tolignac, 데이비드 와크 그리피스, D.W. Griffith, D.W. 그리피스, 데이비드 그리피스
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1961) The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1912) Two Daughters of Eve
as At Stage Door
(1908) At the French Ball
as Husband
(1908) At the Crossroads of Life
as Suitor
(1908) The Black Viper
as Rescuer
(1908) The Sculptor's Nightmare
as ---
(1908) The Fatal Hour
as Policeman
(1908) Balked at the Altar
as ---
(1908) King of the Cannibal Islands
as Cannibal in Top Hat
(1908) Her First Adventure
as Father
(1909) At the Altar
as ---
(1908) Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
as Father
(1908) Cupid’s Pranks
as ---
(2014) Flashback: The First World War
as Self (archive footage)
(1908) The King's Messenger
as Messenger
(1908) Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
as Doctor, Charity Worker
(1908) The Invisible Fluid
as Mailman
(1908) The Man in the Box
as Station Agent
(1908) The Kentuckian
as ---
(1908) The Stage Rustler
as Phil Bowen
(1908) Deceived Slumming Party
as Reginald O.C. Wittington
(1908) The Red Girl
as Man on Footpath
(1908) The Heart of O Yama
as Footman
(2023) Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
(2008) Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
(1930) 1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
as Self
(1908) The Music Master
as ---
(1908) Classmates
as Extra
(1936) San Francisco
as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
(1921) Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Himself
(1909) 1776, or The Hessian Renegades
as ---
(1911) The Adventures of Billy
as On Bench
(1908) Caught by Wireless
as Paddy
(1908) Yellow Peril
as Mr. Phlipp
(1915) Enoch Arden
as Mr. Ray
(1998) Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1908) Hulda's Lovers
as ---
(2007) Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1908) Falsely Accused!
as Cop in Court
(1909) The Politician's Love Story
as Man - First Couple
(1908) A Calamitous Elopement
as Policeman
(1909) The Girls and Daddy
as At Black & Tan Ball
(1908) When Knights Were Bold
as ---
(1930) 1930 Intermission and Introduction to "The Birth of a Nation" Part Two
as Self
(1988) American Experience
as Self