D.W. Griffith
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.
466 directing credits · 52 acting credits
Directing · 466
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
Abraham Lincoln
1930
Orphans of the Storm
1921
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
The Avenging Conscience
1914
The Fall of Babylon
1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
The Massacre
1912
Way Down East
1920
The Two Brothers
1910
Home, Sweet Home
1914
A Corner in Wheat
1909
The Awakening
1909
The Primal Call
1911
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
The Sunbeam
1912
The White Rose
1923
Near To Earth
1913
The Restoration
1909
Hearts of the World
1918
The Sealed Room
1909
An Unseen Enemy
1912
The Escape
1914
Love Among the Roses
1910
Brute Force
1914
The New York Hat
1912
Man's Genesis
1912
Scarlet Days
1919
America
1924
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909
A Beast at Bay
1912
The Newlyweds
1910
The Usurer
1910
The Idol Dancer
1920
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909
Three Friends
1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913
True Heart Susie
1919
Ramona
1910
His Daughter
1911
The Battle
1911
The Converts
1910
My Hero
1912
The Renunciation
1909
Fate
1913
Sunshine Sue
1910
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
Footlight Varieties
1951
The Lonely Villa
1909
My Baby
1912
The Fugitive
1910
The Sacrifice
1909
The Honor of His Family
1910
Pippa Passes
1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
Friends
1912
Resurrection
1909
If We Only Knew
1913
The Man
1910
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912
The Informer
1912
Nursing a Viper
1909
The Unveiling
1911
Through the Breakers
1909
A Fool's Revenge
1909
Money Mad
1908
His Duty
1909
His Trust
1911
The Call of the Wild
1908
The Deception
1909
The Impalement
1910
The Day After
1909
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
1909
Leather Stocking
1909
Fighting Blood
1911
The Sheriff's Baby
1913
The Lonedale Operator
1911
Madonna of the Storm
1913
The Welcome Burglar
1909
Eradicating Aunty
1909
The Greatest Question
1919
A Drunkard's Reformation
1909
The Reformers
1913
Getting Even
1909
Isn't Life Wonderful
1924
The Lesser Evil
1912
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
A Change of Heart
1909
Unexpected Help
1910
Tragic Love
1909
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918
Brutality
1912
The Country Doctor
1909
Judith of Bethulia
1914
A String of Pearls
1912
Her Awakening
1911
Two Memories
1909
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
The Long Road
1911
The Struggle
1931
The Voice of the Violin
1909
Sally of the Sawdust
1925
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
Lady of the Pavements
1929
In the Border States
1910
The Eavesdropper
1909
The Salvation Army Lass
1909
An Arcadian Maid
1910
Home Folks
1912
Two Men of the Desert
1913
A Child's Impulse
1910
The Iconoclast
1910
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
Bobby the Coward
1911
Wilful Peggy
1910
The Cord of Life
1909
One Is Business, the Other Crime
1912
The Ingrate
1908
Broken Ways
1913
A Midnight Cupid
1910
The Battle of the Sexes
1928
In the Season of Buds
1910
The Great Love
1918
Confidence
1909
The Old Actor
1912
Waifs
1914
The Left-Handed Man
1913
Those Awful Hats
1909
The Failure
1911
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911
The Necklace
1909
Those Boys!
1909
In Old Kentucky
1909
For His Son
1912
The Criminal Hypnotist
1909
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913
The Mender of Nets
1912
The Taming of the Shrew
1908
Enoch Arden
1911
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
1909
A Child of the Ghetto
1910
A Lodging for the Night
1912
The Song of the Shirt
1908
A Trap for Santa Claus
1909
The Oath and the Man
1910
Three Sisters
1911
Fisher Folks
1911
Conscience
1911
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919
The Mother and the Law
1919
Lucky Jim
1909
To Save Her Soul
1909
Madame Rex
1911
The Sands of Dee
1912
Pranks
1909
The Slave
1909
The Seventh Day
1909
Enoch Arden: Part I
1911
The Adopted Brother
1913
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
1910
The Chief's Blanket
1912
The Jilt
1909
Heredity
1912
The Perfidy of Mary
1913
Brothers
1913
The Last Deal
1910
Enoch Arden: Part II
1911
Under Burning Skies
1912
The Maniac Cook
1909
One Exciting Night
1922
The Fatal Hour
1908
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
1912
The Miser's Heart
1911
The Heart of an Outlaw
1909
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
At the Altar
1909
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
1909
Her First Biscuits
1909
A Knight of the Road
1911
The Redman's View
1909
The Medicine Bottle
1909
The God Within
1912
The Lesson
1910
Tender Hearts
1909
The Christmas Burglars
1908
The Broken Locket
1909
They Would Elope
1909
In Life's Cycle
1910
Faithful
1910
The Curtain Pole
1909
Just Gold
1913
The One She Loved
1912
The Wanderer
1913
The Cricket on the Hearth
1909
His Wife's Visitor
1909
The Root of Evil
1912
The Golden Supper
1910
His Lost Love
1909
Teaching Dad to Like Her
1911
The Cloister’s Touch
1910
A Flash of Light
1910
The Rocky Road
1910
The Spanish Gypsy
1911
The Expiation
1909
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
1910
Simple Charity
1910
A Timely Interception
1913
The Gibson Goddess
1909
Fate's Interception
1912
The Woman from Mellon's
1910
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
The Modern Prodigal
1910
Blind Love
1912
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
1909
That Royle Girl
1925
The Unchanging Sea
1910
Dream Street
1921
The Suicide Club
1909
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912
The Squaw's Love
1911
Serious Sixteen
1910
A Wreath in Time
1909
Oh, Uncle!
1909
The Thread of Destiny
1910
His Mother's Son
1913
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909
The New Dress
1911
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
Fate's Turning
1911
The Making of a Man
1911
The Blind Princess and the Poet
1911
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
The Mended Lute
1909
A Smoked Husband
1908
The Faded Lilies
1909
The Call
1910
Iola's Promise
1912
Love in the Hills
1911
Lena and the Geese
1912
The Baby and the Stork
1912
The Painted Lady
1912
What the Daisy Said
1910
A Cry for Help
1912
The Enemy's Baby
1913
The Female of the Species
1912
The Road to the Heart
1909
One Touch of Nature
1909
The House of Darkness
1913
Death's Marathon
1913
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910
The Light That Came
1909
Examination Day at School
1910
The Yaqui Cur
1913
A Country Cupid
1911
The Mexican Sweethearts
1909
The Transformation of Mike
1912
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
1908
Italian Blood
1911
A Sweet Revenge
1909
The Hero of Little Italy
1913
The Two Paths
1911
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
1909
A Chance Deception
1913
Remodeling Her Husband
1920
Jones and His New Neighbors
1909
The Fight for Freedom
1908
Her Mother's Oath
1913
The Guerrilla
1908
The Little Darling
1909
How She Triumphed
1911
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
Edgar Allan Poe
1909
The Zulu's Heart
1908
A Temporary Truce
1912
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
The Sorrowful Shore
1913
Betrayed by a Handprint
1908
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
1909
A Mohawk's Way
1910
Fools of Fate
1909
The Wooden Leg
1909
The Helping Hand
1908
A Strange Meeting
1909
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913
The Pirate's Gold
1908
The Coming of Angelo
1913
The Italian Barber
1911
The Last Drop of Water
1911
In Little Italy
1909
Twin Brothers
1909
Rose o' Salem Town
1910
What's Your Hurry?
1909
The Call to Arms
1910
The Lure of the Gown
1909
Gold and Glitter
1912
The Son's Return
1909
The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter
1908
Wanted, a Child
1909
The Mothering Heart
1913
A Victim of Jealousy
1910
An Indian Summer
1912
The Adventures of Billy
1911
The Inner Circle
1912
The Stolen Loaf
1913
The Gold Seekers
1910
After Many Years
1908
The Vaquero's Vow
1908
In Old California
1910
Oil and Water
1913
The Way of Man
1909
When a Man Loves
1911
The Broken Cross
1911
The Little Teacher
1909
The Little Tease
1913
Through Darkening Vales
1911
A Pueblo Legend
1912
A Woman Scorned
1911
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
1909
His Ward's Love
1909
A Misappropriated Turkey
1913
What Drink Did
1909
The Devil
1908
The Test of Friendship
1908
Over Silent Paths
1910
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
1910
The Greaser's Gauntlet
1908
Waiter No. 5
1910
The Adventures of Dollie
1908
As It Is in Life
1910
Billy's Stratagem
1912
Winning Back His Love
1910
Ingomar, the Barbarian
1908
The Way of the World
1910
The Feud and the Turkey
1908
His Lesson
1912
The Face at the Window
1910
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913
The Mills of the Gods
1909
A Woman's Way
1908
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
A Child's Faith
1910
A Summer Idyll
1910
The Girl and the Outlaw
1908
An Awful Moment
1908
The Thief and the Girl
1911
Trying to Get Arrested
1909
The Love Flower
1920
The Trick that Failed
1909
Drums of Love
1928
The Banker's Daughters
1910
Love Finds a Way
1909
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
1908
A Terrible Discovery
1911
A Romance of the Western Hills
1910
The Heart of O Yama
1908
On the Reef
1910
The Voice of the Child
1911
A Rural Elopement
1909
The Lily of the Tenements
1911
The Test
1909
The Eternal Mother
1912
When Kings Were the Law
1912
A Salutary Lesson
1910
A Troublesome Satchel
1909
The Brahma Diamond
1909
The Purgation
1910
The Reckoning
1908
Her Sacrifice
1911
A Burglar’s Mistake
1909
Mrs. Jones Entertains
1909
A Plain Song
1910
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
1908
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918
The Golden Louis
1909
Lady Helen's Escapade
1909
Romance of a Jewess
1908
The Roue’s Heart
1909
The Man and the Woman
1908
A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
1911
Drive for a Life
1909
Deceived Slumming Party
1908
The Honor of Thieves
1909
The Winning Coat
1909
The Black Viper
1908
Saved from Himself
1911
Gold Is Not All
1910
The Peachbasket Hat
1909
The Valet's Wife
1908
The Englishman and the Girl
1910
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
Mr. Jones at the Ball
1908
A Siren of Impulse
1912
The Twisted Trail
1910
Little Angels of Luck
1910
The Note in the Shoe
1909
Balked at the Altar
1908
A Rich Revenge
1910
The Refuge
1910
His Sister-In-Law
1910
The Politician's Love Story
1909
As the Bells Rang Out!
1910
The Clubman and the Tramp
1908
Sweet and Twenty
1909
A Midnight Adventure
1909
The Rose of Kentucky
1911
Just Like a Woman
1912
Swords and Hearts
1911
A Baby's Shoe
1909
In the Watches of the Night
1909
The Message of the Violin
1910
Her Terrible Ordeal
1910
The Trail of Books
1911
The House with Closed Shutters
1910
The Sorrowful Example
1911
I Did It
1909
The Broken Doll
1910
The Stolen Jewels
1908
Her Father's Pride
1910
The Diamond Star
1911
The Narrow Road
1912
The Planter's Wife
1908
A Decree of Destiny
1911
Thou Shalt Not
1910
The Redman and the Child
1908
The Marked Time-Table
1910
Where the Breakers Roar
1908
In the Window Recess
1909
Eloping with Auntie
1909
A Calamitous Elopement
1908
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930
Taming a Husband
1910
The Prussian Spy
1909
His Wife's Mother
1909
A New Trick
1909
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
1909
The Red Girl
1908
The Indian Brothers
1911
For Love of Gold
1908
His Mother's Son
1913
A Rude Hostess
1909
Comata, the Sioux
1909
His Last Dollar
1910
The Duke’s Plan
1910
A Child's Stratagem
1910
The Final Settlement
1910
The Girl and Her Trust
1912
Jealousy and the Man
1909
The Girls and Daddy
1909
For a Wife's Honor
1908
Father Gets in the Game
1908
Two Little Waifs
1910
A Griffith Biograph Collection Featuring Mary Pickford: Volume One
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Concealing a Burglar
1908
The French Duel
1909
His Last Burglary
1910
The Hindoo Dagger
1909
The Children's Friend
1909
Biograph Shorts Special Edition: 1909-1913
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American Experience
1988
Hollywood Black
2024
San Francisco
1936
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
Enoch Arden
1915
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
Cupid’s Pranks
1908
The Fatal Hour
1908
At the Altar
1909
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
Classmates
1908
Falsely Accused!
1908
Flashback: The First World War
2014
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
A Famous Escape
1908
At the Crossroads of Life
1908
The Invisible Fluid
1908
The Adventures of Billy
1911
'Ostler Joe
1908
The Kentuckian
1908
The Music Master
1908
The King of the Cannibal Islands
1908
The Heart of O Yama
1908
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993
Caught by Wireless
1908
At the French Ball
1908
Deceived Slumming Party
1908
The Black Viper
1908
The King's Messenger
1908
Balked at the Altar
1908
The Politician's Love Story
1909
The Man in the Box
1908
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
1908
When Knights Were Bold
1908
A Calamitous Elopement
1908
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930
The Red Girl
1908
Professional Jealousy
1908
Her First Adventure
1908
The Princess in the Vase
1908
The Girls and Daddy
1909
The Stage Rustler
1908
Yellow Peril
1908
Hulda's Lovers
1908