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
Born
Jan 22, 1875
LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
Died
Jul 23, 1948
Known For
Directing
Movies
53 acting
713 crew
Popularity
1.1
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