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David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, [ 2 ] he pioneered many aspects of film editing [ 3 ] and expanded the art of the narrative film .
These are the films directed by the pioneering American filmmaker D. W. Griffith (1875–1948). According to IMDb , he directed 518 films between 1908 and 1931. 1908
Griffith changed Burke's original story to promote a message of tolerance. In Burke's story, the Chinese protagonist is a sordid young Shanghai drifter pressed into naval service, who frequents opium dens and brothels ; in the film, he becomes a Buddhist missionary whose initial goal is to spread the word of Buddha and peace (although he is ...
Intolerance is a 1916 epic anthology silent film directed by D. W. Griffith.Subtitled as Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages and A Sun-Play of the Ages, [2] [3] the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Biblical story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French ...
The Birth of a Nation (full film) The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play The Clansman. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay with Frank E. Woods and produced the film with Harry Aitken.
The Unchanging Sea is a 1910 American drama film that was directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the Library of Congress film archive. [ 1 ]
The Avenging Conscience: or "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is a 1914 silent horror film directed by D. W. Griffith. [1] The film is based on Edgar Allan Poe 's 1843 short story " The Tell-Tale Heart " and his 1849 poem " Annabel Lee ".
English: American director David Wark Griffith aka D. W. Griffith, on page 80 of Peter Milne, Motion Picture Directing; The Facts and Theories of the Newest Art (1922).