Directing
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.
American Experience
1988 · TV
Hollywood Black
2024 · TV
San Francisco
1936 · Movie
At the Altar
1909 · Movie
The Fatal Hour
1908 · Movie
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Movie
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909 · Movie
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Movie
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · Movie
The Adventures of Billy
1911 · Movie
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Movie
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908 · Movie
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 · Movie
Balked at the Altar
1908 · Movie
A Calamitous Elopement
1908 · Movie
Enoch Arden
1915 · Movie
The Black Viper
1908 · Movie
Flashback: The First World War
2014 · Movie
The Invisible Fluid
1908 · Movie
Two Daughters of Eve
1912 · Movie
The Girls and Daddy
1909 · Movie
Falsely Accused!
1908 · Movie
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023 · Movie
Deceived Slumming Party
1908 · Movie
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908 · Movie
Cupid’s Pranks
1908 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921 · Movie
Her First Adventure
1908 · Movie
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930 · Movie
When Knights Were Bold
1908 · Movie
The Politician's Love Story
1909 · Movie
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993 · Movie
The Music Master
1908 · Movie
