D.W. Griffith



First NameD.W.
Last NameGriffith
Full Name at BirthDavid Llewelyn Wark
Age73 (age at death)
Date of BirthJanuary 22, 1875
BirthplaceLa Grange, Kentucky
Date of DeathJuly 23, 1948
Location of DeathHollywood CA USA
Cause of Deathcerebral hemorrhage
Height5' 10" (178 cm)
BuildSlim
Star SignAquarius
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
Occupation CategoryDirector
Claim to FameBirth of a Nation
FriendsDonald Crisp
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David Llewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) 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).


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Filmography

Selected D.W. Griffith film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2005
Filmmakers in Action
Himself

1993
D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
Himself

1936
San Francisco
Orchestra conductor

1918
Hearts of the World
Himself

1915
The Birth of a Nation
Himself

1915
Enoch Arden
Mr. Ray

1912
Two Daughters of Eve
At Stage Door

1908
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Father

1908
The Black Viper
Rescuer

1908
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
Doctor, Charity Worker

Cinematographer Credits

1916
Daphne and the Pirate
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1916
An Innocent Magdalene
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1915
Enoch Arden
-

1914
Judith of Bethulia
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1914
Home, Sweet Home
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1914
The Escape
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1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
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1913
Just Gold
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1913
The Lady and the Mouse
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1913
Two Men of the Desert
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1913
The Wanderer
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1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
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1912
Brutality
-

1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
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1912
My Hero
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1912
The Painted Lady
-

1910
The Englishman and the Girl
-

1910
The Rocky Road
-

1909
A Corner in Wheat
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1909
The Hessian Renegades
-

1909
The Country Doctor
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1909
Choosing a Husband
-

1909
The Curtain Pole
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1909
The Golden Louis
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1909
Nursing a Viper
-

1909
Oh, Uncle!
-

1909
To Save Her Soul
-

1909
The Mountaineer's Honor
-

1908
The Taming of the Shrew
-

1908
The Call of the Wild
-

1908
Balked at the Altar
-

1908
The Bandit's Waterloo
-

1908
The Red Man and the Child
-

Costume Designer Credits

1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
-

Director Credits

1951
Footlight Varieties
-

1931
The Struggle
-

1930
Abraham Lincoln
-

1929
Lady of the Pavements
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1928
The Battle of the Sexes
-

1928
Drums of Love
-

1927
Topsy and Eva
-

1926
The Sorrows of Satan
-

1925
Sally of the Sawdust
-

1925
That Royle Girl
-

1924
America
-

1924
Isn't Life Wonderful
-

1922
One Exciting Night
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1921
Dream Street
-

1921
Orphans of the Storm
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1920
Way Down East
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1920
Remodeling Her Husband
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1919
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
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1919
True Heart Susie
-

1919
A Romance of Happy Valley
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1919
The Greatest Question
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1919
Scarlet Days
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1919
The Mother and the Law
-

1918
Hearts of the World
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1918
The Great Love
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1918
The Greatest Thing in Life
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1918
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
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1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
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1915
The Birth of a Nation
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1914
Judith of Bethulia
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1914
The Primitive Man
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1914
Home, Sweet Home
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1914
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
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1914
The Battle of the Sexes
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1914
The Escape
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1914
Waifs
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1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
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1913
The House of Darkness
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1913
The Mothering Heart
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1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
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1913
Broken Ways
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1913
Brothers
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1913
A Chance Deception
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1913
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
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1913
The Enemy's Baby
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1913
A Girl's Stratagem
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1913
The Hero of Little Italy
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1913
If We Only Knew
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1913
Just Gold
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1913
The Lady and the Mouse
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1913
The Left-Handed Man
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1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
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1913
Madonna of the Storm
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1913
A Misappropriated Turkey
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1913
The Mistake
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1913
A Misunderstood Boy
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1913
Near to Earth
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1913
Oil and Water
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1913
The Ranchero's Revenge
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1913
The Sheriff's Baby
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1913
The Sorrowful Shore
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1913
The Stolen Loaf
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1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
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1913
Three Friends
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1913
A Timely Interception
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1913
Two Men of the Desert
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1913
The Unwelcome Guest
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1913
The Wanderer
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1913
A Welcome Intruder
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1912
An Unseen Enemy
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1912
The Girl and Her Trust
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1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
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1912
Friends
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1912
The New York Hat
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1912
Blind Love
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1912
Brutality
-

1912
The Burglar's Dilemma
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1912
A Change of Spirit
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1912
The Chief's Blanket
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1912
A Cry for Help
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1912
The Eternal Mother
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1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
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1912
For His Son
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1912
The God Within
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1912
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
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1912
Gold and Glitter
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1912
Heredity
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1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
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1912
The Informer
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1912
The Inner Circle
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1912
The Lesser Evil
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1912
Man's Lust for Gold
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1912
The Mender of Nets
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1912
My Baby
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1912
My Hero
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1912
The Old Bookkeeper
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1912
One Is Business, the Other Crime
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1912
The One She Loved
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1912
An Outcast Among Outcasts
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1912
The Painted Lady
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1912
The Punishment
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1912
The School Teacher and the Waif
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1912
A Sister's Love
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1912
So Near, Yet So Far
-

1912
The Spirit Awakened
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1912
A String of Pearls
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1912
The Sunbeam
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1912
A Temporary Truce
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1912
The Transformation of Mike
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1912
Two Daughters of Eve
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1912
Under Burning Skies
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1912
Grannie
-

1911
The Lonedale Operator
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1911
Enoch Arden: Part I
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1911
His Trust
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1911
The Battle
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1911
The Blind Princess and the Poet
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1911
The Broken Cross
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1911
A Country Cupid
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1911
A Decree of Destiny
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1911
Fate's Turning
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1911
Fighting Blood
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1911
Heart Beats of Long Ago
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1911
Her Awakening
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1911
His Daughter
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1911
His Trust Fulfilled
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1911
How She Triumphed
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1911
The Indian Brothers
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1911
The Italian Barber
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1911
The Last Drop of Water
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1911
The Lily of the Tenements
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1911
The Long Road
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1911
Love in the Hills
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1911
Madame Rex
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1911
The Making of a Man
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1911
The Miser's Heart
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1911
The New Dress
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1911
Out from the Shadow
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1911
The Primal Call
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1911
The Smile of a Child
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1911
The Spanish Gypsy
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1911
The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of
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1911
Swords and Hearts
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1911
Through Darkened Vales
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1911
The Two Paths
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1911
The Voice of the Child
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1911
Was He a Coward?
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1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
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1911
The White Rose of the Wilds
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1911
A Woman Scorned
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1911
The Trail of Books
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1910
In Old California
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1910
Ramona
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1910
In the Border States
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1910
The Fugitive
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1910
The Unchanging Sea
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1910
What the Daisy Said
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1910
An Arcadian Maid
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1910
As It Is in Life
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1910
The Englishman and the Girl
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1910
A Flash of Light
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1910
The House with Closed Shutters
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1910
The Oath and the Man
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1910
The Rocky Road
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1910
A Romance of the Western Hills
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1910
The Two Brothers
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1910
Wilful Peggy
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1909
The Day After
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1909
A Corner in Wheat
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1909
The Sealed Room
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1909
The Hessian Renegades
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1909
The Country Doctor
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1909
The Lonely Villa
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1909
Those Awful Hats
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1909
At the Altar
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1909
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
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1909
Choosing a Husband
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1909
The Curtain Pole
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1909
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
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1909
A Drunkard's Reformation
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1909
Fools of Fate
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1909
Getting Even
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1909
The Golden Louis
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1909
Her First Biscuits
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1909
In Little Italy
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1909
In Old Kentucky
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1909
Lady Helen's Escapade
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1909
Nursing a Viper
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1909
Oh, Uncle!
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1909
The Red Man's View
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1909
Resurrection
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1909
To Save Her Soul
-

1909
A Trap for Santa Claus
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1909
The Mountaineer's Honor
-

1908
The Adventures of Dollie
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1908
The Taming of the Shrew
-

1908
The Fight for Freedom
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1908
The Call of the Wild
-

1908
After Many Years
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1908
Balked at the Altar
-

1908
The Bandit's Waterloo
-

1908
The Black Viper
-

1908
Money Mad
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1908
The Red Man and the Child
-

1908
Romance of a Jewess
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1908
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
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Editor Credits

1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
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1915
The Birth of a Nation
-

Makeup Department Credits

1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
-

Music Department Credits

1918
Hearts of the World
-

1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
-

Original Music Credits

1931
The Struggle
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1916
Hoodoo Ann
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1915
The Birth of a Nation
-

Other Crew Credits

1928
Drums of Love
-

1919
The Mother and the Law
-

1918
Hearts of the World
-

1918
The Great Love
-

1917
Betsy's Burglar
-

1917
A Girl of the Timber Claims
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1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
-

1916
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
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1916
American Aristocracy
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1916
Flirting with Fate
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1916
Hoodoo Ann
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1916
Reggie Mixes In
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1916
The Americano
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1916
The Flying Torpedo
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1916
Betty of Greystone
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1916
Pathways of Life
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1915
Martyrs of the Alamo
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1915
Enoch Arden
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1915
Jordan Is a Hard Road
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1914
Classmates
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Producer Credits

1951
Footlight Varieties
-

1940
One Million B.C.
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1931
The Struggle
-

1930
Abraham Lincoln
-

1928
The Battle of the Sexes
-

1928
Drums of Love
-

1926
The Sorrows of Satan
-

1925
Sally of the Sawdust
-

1924
America
-

1924
Isn't Life Wonderful
-

1922
One Exciting Night
-

1921
Dream Street
-

1921
Orphans of the Storm
-

1920
Way Down East
-

1920
Romance
-

1919
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
-

1919
True Heart Susie
-

1919
A Romance of Happy Valley
-

1919
The Greatest Question
-

1919
Scarlet Days
-

1919
The Mother and the Law
-

1918
Hearts of the World
-

1918
The Great Love
-

1918
The Greatest Thing in Life
-

1918
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
-

1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
-

1916
Macbeth
-

1916
The Flying Torpedo
-

1916
Fifty-Fifty
-

1915
The Birth of a Nation
-

1915
The Lily and the Rose
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1914
The Life of General Villa
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1914
The Primitive Man
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1914
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
-

1914
The Floor Above
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1912
The Eternal Mother
-

1912
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
-

1912
Life of Villa
-

1911
The Lonedale Operator
-

1911
Fighting Blood
-

1911
The Last Drop of Water
-

1911
The Smile of a Child
-

1910
All on Account of the Milk
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1909
Bill Sharkey's Last Game
-

Production Designer Credits

1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
-

Production Manager Credits

1915
Double Trouble
-

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Credits

1936
San Francisco
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Writer Credits

1921
Dream Street
-

1921
Orphans of the Storm
-

1919
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
-

1915
The Birth of a Nation
-

1914
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
-

1912
Friends
-

1912
A Change of Spirit
-

1912
The Eternal Mother
-

1910
Ramona
-

1909
Those Awful Hats
-

1909
At the Altar
-

1909
A Drunkard's Reformation
-

1909
Getting Even
-

1909
Her First Biscuits
-

1908
Money Mad
-

1908
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
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1908
Romance of a Jewess
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Films directed by D. W. Griffith
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
America (1924)
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
D.W. Griffith
Hearts of the World (1918)
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
Lady of the Pavements (1929)
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
One Exciting Night (1922)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Romance of a Jewess (1908)
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
That Royle Girl (1925)
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)
The Battle of the Sexes (1914)
The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Escape (1914)
The Great Love (1918)
The Greatest Question (1919)
The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
The Primitive Man (1914)
The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
The Struggle (1931)
True Heart Susie (1919)
Way Down East (1920)