D. W. Griffith

D. W. Griffith

Actor

Biography

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 … Read more

Date of birth 1875-01-22
Place of birth LaGrange, Kentucky, USA