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D.W. Griffith

Birth Name:David Llewelyn Wark Griffith

Birth Place:LaGrange, Kentucky, United States

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Composer, Editor, Music department, Production designer, Costume designer, Make up department, Assistant director, Production manager

Director

295 Credits
Footlight Varieties
The Struggle
Abraham Lincoln
Lady of the Pavements
The Battle of the Sexes
Drums of Love
Topsy and Eva
The Sorrows of Satan
That Royale Girl
Sally of the Sawdust
Isn't Life Wonderful
Liebe und Leidenschaft
The White Rose
One Exciting Night
Orphans of the Storm
Dream Street
Way Down East
The Love Flower
Remodeling Her Husband
The Idol Dancer
The Greatest Question
Scarlet Days
The Mother and the Law
The Fall of Babylon
True Heart Susie
Broken Blossoms
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
A Romance of Happy Valley
The Greatest Thing in Life
The Great Love
Hearts of the World
Intolerance
The Birth of a Nation
The Avenging Conscience
The Escape
Home, Sweet Home
Brute Force
Judith of Bethulia
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
Madonna of the Storm
The Adopted Brother
Two Men of the Desert
The Coming of Angelo
The Enemy's Baby
The Mothering Heart
Death's Marathon
A Timely Interception
The Ranchero's Revenge
His Mother's Son
Just Gold
The House of Darkness
If We Only Knew
The Lady and the Mouse
The Left-Handed Man
The Hero of Little Italy
Fate
Broken Ways
Brothers
The Tender Hearted Boy
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
Three Friends
A Cry for Help
The Massacre
The Burglar's Dilemma
The New York Hat
The Informer
My Baby
Heredity
In the Aisles of the Wild
The Chief's Blanket
An Unseen Enemy
A Pueblo Legend
The Narrow Road
Black Sheep
The Sands of Dee
Man's Genesis
The School Teacher and the Waif
Lena and the Geese
A Temporary Truce
Home Folks
A Beast at Bay
When Kings Were the Law
A Lodging for the Night
The Old Actor
Just Like a Woman
The Female of the Species
Fate's Interception
Iola's Promise
The Girl and Her Trust
Sunbeam
The Mender of Nets
The Transformation of Mike
For His Son
The Eternal Mother
The Baby and the Stork
Saved from Himself
The Battle
Love in the Hills
The Adventures of Billy
The Unveiling
The Making of a Man
Her Awakening
The Squaw's Love
Swords and Hearts
The Rose of Kentucky
The Sorrowful Example
The Last Drop of Water
Bobby, the Coward
Fighting Blood
The Primal Call
The Chief's Daughter
The Lonedale Operator
Was He a Coward?
A Decree of Destiny
Lily of the Tenements
His Daughter
The Diamond Star
Fisher Folks
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Three Sisters
A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust
The Italian Barber
The Lesson
His Sister-In-Law
A Plain Song
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Sunshine Sue
Simple Charity
Fugitive
Waiter No. 5
Two Little Waifs
The Message of the Violin
The Banker's Daughters
The Broken Doll
That Chink at Golden Gulch
The Iconoclast
Examination Day at School
Rose O' Salem Town
The Oath and the Man
In Life's Cycle
A Mohawk's Way
Little Angels of Luck
A Summer Idyll
The Modern Prodigal
Usurer
A Salutary Lesson
The House with Closed Shutters
Her Father's Pride
An Arcadian Maid
The Call to Arms
Serious Sixteen
A Flash of Light
A Child's Faith
A Midnight Cupid
A Child's Impulse
The Purgation
In the Season of Buds
Ramona
Over Silent Paths
The Gold Seekers
Thou Shalt Not
A Romance of the Western Hills
A Rich Revenge
As It Is in Life
The Twisted Trail
Faithful
The Converts
The Thread of Destiny
The Newlyweds
The Final Settlement
Taming a Husband
His Last Burglary
The Englishman and the Girl
One Night, and Then
The Duke's Plan
The Woman from Mellon's
The Cloister's Touch
The Last Deal
The Honor of His Family
On the Reef
The Dancing Girl of Butte
The Rocky Road
The Day After
Choosing a Husband
A Corner in Wheat
Through the Breakers
The Mountaineer's Honor
A Sweet Revenge
Two Women and a Man
The Restoration
The Light That Came
Nursing a Viper
The Gibson Goddess
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
In the Watches of the Night
The Expiation
His Lost Love
A Change of Heart
The Little Teacher
Fools of Fate
Pippa Passes
Wanted, a Child
The Awakening
Leather Stocking
A Fair Exchange
In Old Kentucky
The Broken Locket
Getting Even
The Children's Friend
Comata, the Sioux
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
The Sealed Room
The Little Darling
Pranks
The Mills of the Gods
The Seventh Day
Oh, Uncle!
The Indian Runner's Romance
His Wife's Visitor
With Her Card
Mr. Jones' Burglar
A Strange Meeting
A Convict's Sacrifice
Sweet and Twenty
Jealousy and the Man
The Renunciation
Tender Hearts
The Country Doctor
The Necklace
The Mexican Sweethearts
Her First Biscuits
The Faded Lilies
The Son's Return
A New Trick
The Lonely Villa
The Violin Maker of Cremona
What Drink Did
The Cricket on the Hearth
Two Memories
Resurrection
A Baby's Shoe
The Eavesdropper
Twin Brothers
Confidence
The Winning Coat
Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade
A Rude Hostess
The Road to the Heart
A Drunkard's Reformation
The Medicine Bottle
Jones and His New Neighbors
The Deception
The Lure of the Gown
The Prussian Spy
At the Altar
The Politician's Love Story
The Golden Louis
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
The Hindoo Dagger
His Ward's Love
The Curtain Pole
A Wreath in Time
The Brahma Diamond
The Cord of Life
Those Boys!
Sacrifice
Love Finds a Way
The Honor of Thieves
The Invisible Fluid
Mr. Jones at the Ball
The Test of Friendship
The Reckoning
The Feud and the Turkey
The Valet's Wife
The Clubman and the Tramp
The Ingrate
The Song of the Shirt
The Taming of the Shrew
The Pirate's Gold
After Many Years
The Call of the Wild
Romance of a Jewess
The Vaquero's Vow
The Devil
A Smoked Husband
The Girl and the Outlaw
Betrayed by a Handprint
For a Wife's Honor
For Love of Gold
The Fatal Hour
The Man and the Woman
The Red Man and the Child
The Black Viper

Writer

34 Credits
Footlight Varieties
The Struggle
The White Rose
Orphans of the Storm
Way Down East
The Love Flower
The Greatest Thing in Life
The Hun Within
The Great Love
Diana of the Follies
Hoodoo Ann
The Flying Torpedo
Daphne and the Pirate
Enoch Arden
The Birth of a Nation
The Avenging Conscience
The Escape
Judith of Bethulia
The Massacre
A Pueblo Legend
Man's Genesis
The Eternal Mother
Ramona
The Newlyweds
The Englishman and the Girl
One Night, and Then
The Duke's Plan
The Woman from Mellon's
The Last Deal
On the Reef
The Dancing Girl of Butte
The Rocky Road
A Corner in Wheat
The Country Doctor

scenario

3 Credits
Isn't Life Wonderful
Dream Street
Intolerance

story

9 Credits
One Exciting Night
A Romance of Happy Valley
An Innocent Magdalene
Let Katy Do It
Wood Nymph
The Lily and the Rose
The Lamb
Home, Sweet Home
The Thread of Destiny

screenplay

1 Credit
The Mother and the Law

writer

94 Credits
The Fall of Babylon
Broken Blossoms
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Two Men of the Desert
Just Gold
The Lady and the Mouse
Choosing a Husband
The Mountaineer's Honor
A Sweet Revenge
Two Women and a Man
The Restoration
The Light That Came
Nursing a Viper
The Gibson Goddess
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
In the Watches of the Night
The Expiation
His Lost Love
Pippa Passes
Wanted, a Child
The Broken Locket
Getting Even
The Children's Friend
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
The Little Darling
The Mills of the Gods
The Seventh Day
Oh, Uncle!
His Wife's Visitor
With Her Card
Mr. Jones' Burglar
A Strange Meeting
A Convict's Sacrifice
Jealousy and the Man
The Renunciation
Tender Hearts
The Mexican Sweethearts
Her First Biscuits
The Faded Lilies
The Son's Return
A New Trick
What Drink Did
Two Memories
A Baby's Shoe
The Eavesdropper
Confidence
The Winning Coat
Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade
A Rude Hostess
The Road to the Heart
A Drunkard's Reformation
The Medicine Bottle
Jones and His New Neighbors
The Lure of the Gown
The Prussian Spy
At the Altar
The Politician's Love Story
The Golden Louis
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
The Hindoo Dagger
His Ward's Love
The Curtain Pole
A Wreath in Time
The Brahma Diamond
The Cord of Life
Those Boys!
Sacrifice
Love Finds a Way
The Honor of Thieves
The Invisible Fluid
Mr. Jones at the Ball
The Test of Friendship
The Reckoning
The Feud and the Turkey
The Valet's Wife
The Clubman and the Tramp
The Ingrate
The Song of the Shirt
The Taming of the Shrew
The Pirate's Gold
The Call of the Wild
Romance of a Jewess
The Vaquero's Vow
The Devil
A Smoked Husband
The Girl and the Outlaw
Betrayed by a Handprint
For a Wife's Honor
For Love of Gold
The Fatal Hour
The Man and the Woman
The Red Man and the Child
When Knights Were Bold
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker

English translation

1 Credit
Hearts of the World

Actor

16 Credits
San Francisco
Enoch Arden
The Adventures of Billy
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
At the Altar
The Politician's Love Story
The Devil
The Fatal Hour
The Black Viper
At the French Ball
When Knights Were Bold
The King's Messenger
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
Cupid's Pranks
Classmates
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

producer

56 Credits
One Million B.C.
The Struggle
Abraham Lincoln
The Battle of the Sexes
Drums of Love
The Sorrows of Satan
Sally of the Sawdust
Isn't Life Wonderful
Liebe und Leidenschaft
The White Rose
One Exciting Night
Orphans of the Storm
Dream Street
Way Down East
The Love Flower
Romance
The Greatest Question
Scarlet Days
The Mother and the Law
The Fall of Babylon
True Heart Susie
Broken Blossoms
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
A Romance of Happy Valley
The Greatest Thing in Life
The Great Love
Hearts of the World
Mainspring
Fifty-Fifty
The Social Secretary
Intolerance
Macbeth
Susan Rocks the Boat
The Flying Torpedo
The Lily and the Rose
Ghosts
The Birth of a Nation
The Avenging Conscience
Brute Force
Lena and the Geese
The Eternal Mother
White Roses
Not So Bad as It Seemed
His New Lid
Love in Quarantine
How Hubby Got a Raise
A Gold Necklace
A Summer Tragedy
May and December
An Affair of Hearts
The Kid
The Love of Lady Irma
The Day After
A Corner in Wheat
Leather Stocking
The Man and the Woman

supervising producer

6 Credits
Manhattan Madness
Old Heidelberg
The Career of General Villa
The Dishonored Medal
The Floor Above
The Gangsters of New York

executive producer

3 Credits
The Last Drop of Water
Fighting Blood
The Lonedale Operator

Composer

2 Credits
The Struggle
The Birth of a Nation

Editor

2 Credits
Intolerance
The Birth of a Nation

Production_designer

1 Credit
Intolerance

Costume_designer

1 Credit
Intolerance

makeup artist

1 Credit
Intolerance

second unit director

1 Credit
San Francisco

production supervisor

1 Credit
Double Trouble

Self

2 Credits
Hearts of the World
The Birth of a Nation

presenter

7 Credits
Drums of Love
Dream Street
Way Down East
The Mother and the Law
The Great Love
Hearts of the World
Intolerance

supervisor

24 Credits
The Hun Within
Betsy's Burglar
Girl of the Timber Claims
The Americano
The Matrimaniac
Microscope Mystery
An American Aristocracy
Flirting With Fate
Reggie Mixes In
Little Meena's Romance
Hoodoo Ann
The Flying Torpedo
Betty of Graystone
His Picture in the Papers
Wood Nymph
Don Quixote
The Sable Lorcha
Cross Currents
The Penitentes
The Martyrs of the Alamo
Jordan Is a Hard Road
The Lamb
Enoch Arden
Liberty Belles

Production Supervisor

1 Credit
Half Breed

Unit Supervisor

1 Credit
The Habit of Happiness

presents

1 Credit
The Birth of a Nation

supervising director

4 Credits
For Her Father's Sins
Men and Women
Strongheart
Classmates

music arranger

2 Credits
Hearts of the World
Intolerance