D. W. GRIFFITH
 
     
 

David Wark Griffith nasceu em 22 de janeiro de 1875 em Floydsfork, Kentucky, Estados Unidos. Depois da morte do pai, abandonou os estudos e tornou-se ator de teatro. Em 1907, o diretor Edwin S. Porter contratou-o para sua companhia de cinema e um ano depois Griffith já dirigia o primeiro filme, The Adventures of Dollie (1908; As aventuras de Dollie). Decidiu dar personalidade própria ao cinema e introduziu novidades como os movimentos de câmara, as ações paralelas e as tomadas em primeiro plano. Em 1915 dirigiu um filme antológico, The Birth of a Nation (O nascimento de uma nação). Centrada na guerra de secessão americana, a obra foi acusada de racismo.
Mais tarde realizou Intolerance (1916; Intolerância), libelo contra a injustiça e o despotismo composto de quatro episódios sobre a intransigência transcorridos em diferentes momentos históricos. O êxito do filme permitiu que Griffith fundasse, em 1919, a United Artists, em sociedade com Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford e Douglas Fairbanks. Nos anos seguintes dirigiu filmes como Orphans of the Storm (1921; Órfãos da tempestade) e Abraham Lincoln (1930), que acentuaram a tendência do diretor para o melodrama e tiveram pouca repercussão. Griffith morreu em Hollywood, em 23 de julho de 1948.

 

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Footlight Varieties (1951)
Struggle, The (1931)
Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
Mammy's Boy (1923)
White Rose, The (1923)
One Exciting Night (1922)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Dream Street (1921)
Way Down East (1920)
Love Flower, The (1920)
Mother and the Law, The (1919)
Fall of Babylon, The (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Girl Who Stayed at Home, The (1919)
Romance of Happy Valley, A (1919)
Greatest Thing in Life, The (1918)
Hun Within, The (1918)
Great Love, The (1918)
Hearts of the World (1918)
Diane of the Follies (1916)
Intolerance (1916)
Marriage of Molly-O, The (1916)
Innocent Magdalene, An (1916)
Mystery of the Leaping Fish, The (1916)
Hoodoo Ann (1916)
Flying Torpedo, The (1916)
Daphne and the Pirate (1916)
Wood Nymph, The (1916)
Missing Links, The (1916)
Let Katie Do It (1916)
Lily and the Rose, The (1915)
Lamb, The (1915)
Enoch Arden (1915)
Birth of a Nation, The (1915)
Avenging Conscience; Thou Shalt Not Kill, The (1914)
Escape, The (1914) (uncredited)
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
Battle at Elderbush Gulch, The (1914)
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
Two Men of the Desert (1913)
Her Mother's Oath (1913)
Just Gold (1913)
Wanderer, The (1913/II)
Lady and the Mouse, The (1913)
Little Tease, The (1913)
Massacre, The (1913)
My Hero (1912)
Brutality (1912)
Musketeers of Pig Alley, The (1912)
Painted Lady, The (1912)
Feud in the Kentucky Hills, A (1912)
Friends (1912)
Pueblo Legend, A (1912)
Change of Spirit, A (1912)
Man's Genesis (1912)
Eternal Mother, The (1912)
Never Again (1910)
Ramona (1910)
Threads of Destiny, The (1910) (story)
Newlyweds, The (1910)
Englishman and the Girl, The (1910)
One Night and Then (1910)
Duke's Plan, The (1910)
Woman From Mellon's, The (1910)
Last Deal, The (1910)
Call, The (1910)
On the Reef (1910)
Dancing Girl of Butte, The (1910)
Her Terrible Ordeal (1910)
Rocky Road, The (1910)
Edgar Allan Poe (1909)
Choosing a Husband (1909)
To Save Her Soul (1909)
In a Hempen Bag (1909)
Test, The (1909)
Corner in Wheat, A (1909)
In the Watches of the Night (1909)
Mountaineer's Honor, The (1909)
Open Gate, The (1909)
Sweet Revenge, A (1909)
Midnight Adventure, A (1909)
Two Women and a Man (1909)
Light That Came, The (1909)
Restoration, The (1909)
Nursing a Viper (1909)
Gibson Goddess, The (1909)
What's Your Hurry? (1909)
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
Expiation, The (1909)
His Lost Love (1909)
Pippa Passes (1909)
Wanted, a Child (1909)
Broken Locket, The (1909)
Children's Friend, The (1909)
Getting Even (1909)
Hessian Renegades, The (1909)
Little Darling, The (1909)
Mills of the Gods, The (1909)
Oh, Uncle! (1909)
Seventh Day, The (1909)
His Wife's Visitor (1909)
Mrs. Jones' Lover (1909)
With Her Card (1909)
Mr. Jones' Burglar (1909)
Strange Meeting, A (1909)
Slave, The (1909)
Convict's Sacrifice, A (1909)
Jealousy and the Man (1909)
Renunciation, The (1909)
Friend of the Family, The (1909)
Tender Hearts (1909)
Country Doctor, The (1909)
Way of Man, The (1909)
Mexican Sweethearts, The (1909)
Peachbasket Hat, The (1909)
Was Justice Served? (1909)
Faded Lilies, The (1909)
Her First Biscuits (1909)
Son's Return, The (1909)
New Trick, A (1909)
What Drink Did (1909)
Eradicating Auntie (1909)
Eloping with Auntie (1909)
Two Memories (1909)
Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909)
Jilt, The (1909)
Baby's Shoe, A (1909)
French Duel, The (1909)
Note in the Shoe, The (1909)
One Busy Hour (1909)
Eavesdropper, The (1909)
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909)
Drive for Life, The (1909)
Confidence (1909)
Sound Sleeper, A (1909)
Winning Coat, The (1909)
Rude Hostess, A (1909)
Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade (1909)
Road to the Heart, The (1909)
Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
Drunkard's Reformation, A (1909)
Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
Medicine Bottle, The (1909)
Burglar's Mistake, A (1909)
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909)
Voice of the Violin, The (1909)
I Did It (1909)
Lure of the Gown, The (1909)
Hindoo Dagger, The (1909)
Salvation Army Lass, The (1909)
Roue's Heart, The (1909)
Wooden Leg, The (1909)
Fool's Revenge, A (1909)
His Wife's Mother (1909)
Prussian Spy, The (1909)
At the Altar (1909)
Golden Louis, The (1909)
Politician's Love Story, The (1909)
Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals, The (1909)
Curtain Pole, The (1909)
His Ward's Love (1909)
Tragic Love (1909)
Wreath in Time, A (1909)
Brahma Diamond, The (1909)
Girls and Daddy, The (1909)
Cord of Life, The (1909)
Those Awful Hats (1909)
Welcome Burglar, The (1909)
Fascinating Mrs. Francis, The (1909)
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
Criminal Hypnotist, The (1909)
Those Boys! (1909)
Rural Elopement, A (1909)
Sacrifice, The (1909)
Honor of Thieves, The (1909)
Love Finds a Way (1909)
Maniac Cook, The (1909)
When Knighthood Was in Flower (1908)
Helping Hand, The (1908)
Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908)
Christmas Burglars, The (1908)
Awful Moment, An (1908)
Test of Friendship, The (1908)
Reckoning, The (1908)
Feud and the Turkey, The (1908)
Mrs. Jones Entertains (1908)
Valet's Wife, The (1908)
Money Mad (1908)
Clubman and the Tramp, The (1908)
Woman's Way, A (1908)
Ingrate, The (1908)
Song of the Shirt, The (1908)
Guerrilla, The (1908)
Taming of the Shrew, The (1908)
Pirate's Gold, The (1908)
Concealing a Burglar (1908)
Call of the Wild, The (1908)
Romance of a Jewess (1908)
Planter's Wife, The (1908)
Vaquero's Vow, The (1908)
Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
Father Gets in the Game (1908)
Zulu's Heart, The (1908)
Devil, The (1908)
Stolen Jewels, The (1908)
Smoked Husband, A (1908)
Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
Heart of O'Yama, The (1908)
Red Girl, The (1908)
Behind the Scenes (1908)
Girl and the Outlaw, The (1908)
Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
For a Wife's Honor (1908)
Balked at the Altar (1908)
For Love of Gold (1908)
Fatal Hour, The (1908)
Man and the Woman, The (1908)
Greaser's Gauntlet, The (1908)
Calamitous Elopement, A (1908)
Bandit's Waterloo, The (1908)
Red Man and the Child, The (1908)
At the Crossroads of Life (1908)
Outlaw, The (1908)
Mixed Babies (1908)
'Ostler Joe (1908)
When Knights Were Bold (1908)
Music Master, The (1908)
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908)

 

Hearts of the World (1918)
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
Hessian Renegades, The (1909)
At the Altar (1909)
Girls and Daddy, The (1909)
When Knighthood Was in Flower (1908)
Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
Devil, The (1908)
Heart of O'Yama, The (1908)
Balked at the Altar (1908)
Calamitous Elopement, A (1908)
Black Viper, The (1908)
Stage Rustler, The (1908)
Kentuckian, The (1908)
At the Crossroads of Life (1908)
At the French Ball (1908)
Man in the Box, The (1908)
Invisible Fluid, The (1908)
'Ostler Joe (1908)
Music Master, The (1908)
Sculptor's Nightmare, The (1908)
King's Messenger, The (1908)
Hulda's Lovers (1908)
King of the Cannibal Islands (1908)
Famous Escape, A (1908)
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908)
Caught by Wireless (1908)
Her First Adventure (1908)
Yellow Peril, The (1908)
Princess in the Vase, The (1908)
Cupid's Pranks (1908) (uncredited)
Classmates (1908)
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)

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