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name: "D.W. Griffith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith"
fi1m_id: "d-w-griffith"
imdb_id: "nm0000428"
tmdb_id: 100036
wikidata_id: "Q51123"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "22 January 1875"
died: "23 July 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T23:37:45.650965+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# D.W. Griffith

## Identity

D.W. Griffith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** d-w-griffith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000428
- **TMDB ID:** 100036
- **Wikidata ID:** Q51123
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._W._Griffith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51123, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000428/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100036

Director and writer. Born 22 January 1875 in LaGrange, Kentucky, USA. Died 23 July 1948.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 22 January 1875, LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
- **Died:** 23 July 1948
- **Active:** 1915–1936
- **Also known as:** David Llewelyn Wark Griffith, David Wark Griffith, David W. Griffith, Lawrence Griffith, Captain Victor Marier, Capt. Victor Marier, Victor Marier, Granville Hicks, Irene Sinclair, Roy Sinclair, Granville Warwick, M. Gaston de Tolignac
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Lillian Gish](https://film.one/person/lillian-gish.md), [Frank E. Woods](https://film.one/person/frank-e-woods.md), [Mae Marsh](https://film.one/person/mae-marsh.md), [Richard Barthelmess](https://film.one/person/richard-barthelmess.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1910s 63 (3), 1930s 71 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 2, Romance 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $104m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._W._Griffith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51123, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000428/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100036

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages*](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl*](https://film.one/film/broken-blossoms-or-the-yellow-man-and-the-girl.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

D.W. Griffith was an American film director, producer, writer and editor. He was born David Wark Griffith on 22 January 1875 in Floydsfork, Kentucky, and died on 23 July 1948 in Hollywood, California.

Griffith directed *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), on which he was also credited as producer, writer, editor and with the music. He directed, produced and wrote *Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl* (1919) and directed and edited *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916). Earlier he directed more than 400 short films, largely for the Biograph Company.

In 1919 Griffith co-founded United Artists with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.

*Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Directed (3) — the average rests on these

- *Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl* (1919), Fi1m 73, Writer, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/broken-blossoms-or-the-yellow-man-and-the-girl.md)
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Fi1m 83, Costume design, Production design, Production Design, Scenario Writer, Makeup Artist, Editor, Costume Design, Presenter, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Fi1m 32, Music, Editor, Writer, Producer, Director, Presenter, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

### Crew (1)

- *San Francisco* (1936), Fi1m 71, as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)

## Complete filmography (532)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913* (2002), Writer
- *General Massacre* (1973), Novel
- *Footlight Varieties* (1951), Writer, Director
- *San Francisco* (1936), as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited) · Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)
- *The Struggle* (1931), Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
- *Abraham Lincoln* (1930), Director
- *1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"* (1930), Director
- *Lady of the Pavements* (1929), Director
- *The Battle of the Sexes* (1928), Director, Producer
- *Drums of Love* (1928), Director
- *The King of Kings* (1927), Assistant Director
- *The Sorrows of Satan* (1926), Director, Producer
- *That Royle Girl* (1925), Director
- *Sally of the Sawdust* (1925), Director
- *Isn't Life Wonderful* (1924), Director, Writer, Producer
- *America* (1924), Director, Producer
- *The White Rose* (1923), Director, Writer, Producer
- *One Exciting Night* (1922), Producer, Director, Story
- *Orphans of the Storm* (1921), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Dream Street* (1921), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Way Down East* (1920), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Love Flower* (1920), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Remodeling Her Husband* (1920), Director
- *The Idol Dancer* (1920), Director
- *The Greatest Question* (1919), Director, Producer
- *Scarlet Days* (1919), Director, Producer
- *The Mother and the Law* (1919), Story, Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *The Fall of Babylon* (1919), Director, Writer, Producer
- *True Heart Susie* (1919), Director, Producer
- *Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl* (1919), Producer, Director, Writer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/broken-blossoms-or-the-yellow-man-and-the-girl.md)
- *The Girl Who Stayed at Home* (1919), Writer, Director, Producer
- *A Romance of Happy Valley* (1919), Director, Story, Producer
- *The Greatest Thing in Life* (1918), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal* (1918), Writer, Director, Producer
- *The Hun Within* (1918), Writer
- *The Great Love* (1918), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Hearts of the World* (1918), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Betsy's Burglar* (1917), Supervising Producer
- *A Girl of the Timber Claims* (1917), Supervising Producer
- *The Children of the Feud* (1916), Producer
- *Fifty-Fifty* (1916), Producer
- *Diane of the Follies* (1916), Writer
- *The Social Secretary* (1916), Producer
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Makeup Artist, Production Design, Costume Design, Presenter — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Marriage of Molly-O* (1916), Writer
- *The Half-Breed* (1916), Producer
- *An Innocent Magdalene* (1916), Story
- *Macbeth* (1916), Producer
- *Susan Rocks the Boat* (1916), Producer
- *Hoodoo Ann* (1916), Writer
- *Daphne and the Pirate* (1916), Writer
- *Don Quixote* (1916), Supervisor of Production Resources
- *Betty of Greystone* (1916), Story, Supervisor of Production Resources
- *The Wood Nymph* (1916), Story
- *The Missing Links* (1916), Production Supervisor, Writer
- *Let Katie Do it* (1916), Story
- *Double Trouble* (1915), Production Supervisor
- *Martyrs of the Alamo* (1915), Producer
- *Old Heidelberg* (1915), Supervising Producer
- *The Lily and the Rose* (1915), Producer, Writer
- *The Lamb* (1915), Story
- *Ghosts* (1915), Producer
- *Enoch Arden* (1915), as Mr. Ray · Writer
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Writer, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Presenter, Director — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)
- *The Odalisque* (1914), Supervising Producer
- *The Avenging Conscience* (1914), Writer, Director, Producer
- *The Escape* (1914), Director
- *Home, Sweet Home* (1914), Director, Writer
- *The Life of General Villa* (1914), Supervising Producer
- *Brute Force* (1914), Director
- *The Battle of the Sexes* (1914), Director
- *Judith of Bethulia* (1914), Director
- *Waifs* (1914), Director
- *The Conscience of Hassan Bey* (1913), Director
- *The Battle at Elderbush Gulch* (1913), Director, Writer
- *Madonna of the Storm* (1913), Director
- *The Adopted Brother* (1913), Director
- *Two Men of the Desert* (1913), Screenplay, Director
- *A Misappropriated Turkey* (1913), Director
- *The Mistake* (1913), Director
- *The Reformers* (1913), Director
- *Her Mother's Oath* (1913), Writer, Director
- *The Mothering Heart* (1913), Director, Producer
- *Death's Marathon* (1913), Director
- *The Enemy's Baby* (1913), Director
- *A Timely Interception* (1913), Director
- *The Sorrowful Shore* (1913), Director
- *The Ranchero's Revenge* (1913), Director
- *His Mother's Son* (1913), Director
- *His Mother's Son* (1913), Director
- *Just Gold* (1913), Writer, Director
- *The Yaqui Cur* (1913), Director
- *The House of Darkness* (1913), Director
- *The Stolen Loaf* (1913), Director
- *The Wanderer* (1913), Director, Writer
- *If We Only Knew* (1913), Director
- *The Lady and the Mouse* (1913), Writer, Director
- *The Left-Handed Man* (1913), Director
- *A Misunderstood Boy* (1913), Director
- *The Little Tease* (1913), Director, Writer
- *The Perfidy of Mary* (1913), Director
- *The Hero of Little Italy* (1913), Director
- *The Sheriff's Baby* (1913), Director
- *Fate* (1913), Director
- *Near To Earth* (1913), Director
- *The Unwelcome Guest* (1913), Director
- *Broken Ways* (1913), Director
- *Love in an Apartment Hotel* (1913), Director
- *A Chance Deception* (1913), Director
- *Oil and Water* (1913), Director
- *Brothers* (1913), Director
- *The Tender Hearted Boy* (1913), Director
- *An Adventure in the Autumn Woods* (1913), Director
- *The Telephone Girl and the Lady* (1913), Director
- *Three Friends* (1913), Director
- *The Coming of Angelo* (1913), Director
- *The God Within* (1912), Director
- *A Cry for Help* (1912), Director
- *The Massacre* (1912), Director, Writer
- *The Burglar’s Dilemma* (1912), Director
- *My Hero* (1912), Writer, Director
- *The New York Hat* (1912), Director
- *Brutality* (1912), Writer, Director
- *The Informer* (1912), Director
- *My Baby* (1912), Director
- *Gold and Glitter* (1912), Director
- *Heredity* (1912), Director
- *The Musketeers of Pig Alley* (1912), Writer, Director
- *The Painted Lady* (1912), Director, Writer
- *The One She Loved* (1912), Director
- *In the Aisles of the Wild* (1912), Director
- *The Chief's Blanket* (1912), Director
- *A Feud in the Kentucky Hills* (1912), Director, Writer
- *So Near, Yet So Far* (1912), Director
- *Friends* (1912), Director, Writer
- *Two Daughters of Eve* (1912), as At Stage Door · Director
- *Blind Love* (1912), Director
- *An Unseen Enemy* (1912), Director
- *A Pueblo Legend* (1912), Director, Writer
- *The Inner Circle* (1912), Director
- *The Narrow Road* (1912), Director
- *Man's Genesis* (1912), Director, Writer
- *An Indian Summer* (1912), Director
- *The School Teacher and the Waif* (1912), Director
- *Lena and the Geese* (1912), Director, Producer
- *A Temporary Truce* (1912), Director
- *Home Folks* (1912), Director
- *A Beast at Bay* (1912), Director
- *When Kings Were the Law* (1912), Director
- *A Lodging for the Night* (1912), Director
- *The Old Actor* (1912), Director
- *His Lesson* (1912), Director
- *The Lesser Evil* (1912), Director
- *One Is Business, the Other Crime* (1912), Director
- *Just Like a Woman* (1912), Director
- *The Female of the Species* (1912), Director
- *A Siren of Impulse* (1912), Director
- *Fate's Interception* (1912), Director
- *The Girl and Her Trust* (1912), Director
- *The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch* (1912), Producer, Director
- *The Root of Evil* (1912), Director
- *Iola's Promise* (1912), Director
- *A String of Pearls* (1912), Director
- *The Sunbeam* (1912), Director
- *The Sands of Dee* (1912), Director
- *Under Burning Skies* (1912), Director
- *The Mender of Nets* (1912), Director, Writer
- *Billy's Stratagem* (1912), Director
- *The Transformation of Mike* (1912), Director
- *For His Son* (1912), Director
- *The Eternal Mother* (1912), Director
- *The Baby and the Stork* (1912), Director
- *The Voice of the Child* (1911), Director
- *A Terrible Discovery* (1911), Director
- *Saved from Himself* (1911), Director
- *The Failure* (1911), Director
- *A Woman Scorned* (1911), Director
- *The Miser's Heart* (1911), Director
- *Through Darkening Vales* (1911), Director
- *The Trail of Books* (1911), Director
- *The Battle* (1911), Director
- *Love in the Hills* (1911), Director
- *The Long Road* (1911), Director
- *The Adventures of Billy* (1911), as On Bench · Director
- *The Unveiling* (1911), Director
- *Italian Blood* (1911), Director
- *The Making of a Man* (1911), Director
- *Her Awakening* (1911), Director
- *The Revenue Man and His Girl* (1911), Director
- *The Squaw's Love* (1911), Director
- *Swords and Hearts* (1911), Director
- *The Rose of Kentucky* (1911), Director
- *The Blind Princess and the Poet* (1911), Director
- *The Sorrowful Example* (1911), Director
- *The Last Drop of Water* (1911), Director
- *A Country Cupid* (1911), Director
- *The Indian Brothers* (1911), Director
- *Bobby the Coward* (1911), Director
- *The Thief and the Girl* (1911), Director
- *Fighting Blood* (1911), Director, Executive Producer
- *Her Sacrifice* (1911), Director
- *The Primal Call* (1911), Director
- *Enoch Arden: Part II* (1911), Director
- *Enoch Arden* (1911), Director
- *Enoch Arden: Part I* (1911), Director
- *The New Dress* (1911), Director
- *How She Triumphed* (1911), Director
- *A Knight of the Road* (1911), Director
- *Madame Rex* (1911), Director
- *The Broken Cross* (1911), Director
- *The Spanish Gypsy* (1911), Director
- *The Lonedale Operator* (1911), Producer, Director
- *Teaching Dad to Like Her* (1911), Director
- *Conscience* (1911), Director
- *A Decree of Destiny* (1911), Director
- *The Lily of the Tenements* (1911), Director
- *His Daughter* (1911), Director
- *The Diamond Star* (1911), Director
- *Fisher Folks* (1911), Director
- *What Shall We Do with Our Old?* (1911), Director
- *Heart Beats of Long Ago* (1911), Director
- *Three Sisters* (1911), Director
- *A Wreath of Orange Blossoms* (1911), Director
- *Fate's Turning* (1911), Director
- *His Trust Fulfilled* (1911), Director
- *His Trust* (1911), Director
- *The Italian Barber* (1911), Director
- *When a Man Loves* (1911), Director
- *The Two Paths* (1911), Director
- *After the Ball* (1910), Producer
- *Winning Back His Love* (1910), Director
- *The Refuge* (1910), Director
- *The Lesson* (1910), Director
- *His Sister-In-Law* (1910), Director, Producer
- *The Golden Supper* (1910), Director
- *A Plain Song* (1910), Director
- *The Song of the Wildwood Flute* (1910), Director
- *The Troublesome Baby* (1910), Producer
- *Sunshine Sue* (1910), Director
- *Simple Charity* (1910), Director
- *The Fugitive* (1910), Director
- *Waiter No. 5* (1910), Director
- *Two Little Waifs* (1910), Director
- *The Message of the Violin* (1910), Writer, Director
- *The Banker's Daughters* (1910), Director
- *The Broken Doll* (1910), Director
- *That Chink at Golden Gulch* (1910), Director
- *A Gold Necklace* (1910), Producer
- *A Child's Stratagem* (1910), Director
- *The Iconoclast* (1910), Director
- *Examination Day at School* (1910), Director
- *Rose o' Salem Town* (1910), Director
- *The Oath and the Man* (1910), Director
- *In Life's Cycle* (1910), Director
- *A Mohawk's Way* (1910), Director
- *Little Angels of Luck* (1910), Director
- *A Summer Idyll* (1910), Director
- *The Modern Prodigal* (1910), Director
- *Wilful Peggy* (1910), Director
- *The Sorrows of the Unfaithful* (1910), Director
- *When We Were in Our 'Teens* (1910), Producer
- *The Usurer* (1910), Director
- *A Salutary Lesson* (1910), Director
- *The House with Closed Shutters* (1910), Director
- *Her Father's Pride* (1910), Director
- *An Arcadian Maid* (1910), Director
- *Unexpected Help* (1910), Director
- *The Call to Arms* (1910), Director
- *A Flash of Light* (1910), Director
- *What the Daisy Said* (1910), Director
- *The Purgation* (1910), Director
- *Muggsy's First Sweetheart* (1910), Director
- *A Child's Impulse* (1910), Director
- *The Marked Time-Table* (1910), Director
- *May and December* (1910), Producer
- *As the Bells Rang Out!* (1910), Director
- *The Face at the Window* (1910), Director
- *In the Border States* (1910), Director
- *A Victim of Jealousy* (1910), Director
- *Serious Sixteen* (1910), Director
- *A Child's Faith* (1910), Director
- *A Child of the Ghetto* (1910), Director
- *A Midnight Cupid* (1910), Director
- *In the Season of Buds* (1910), Director
- *The Impalement* (1910), Director
- *Bill Sharkey's Last Game* (1910), Director
- *Ramona* (1910), Director
- *Over Silent Paths* (1910), Director
- *The Two Brothers* (1910), Director
- *Love Among the Roses* (1910), Director
- *The Unchanging Sea* (1910), Director
- *The Gold Seekers* (1910), Director
- *The Way of the World* (1910), Director
- *Thou Shalt Not* (1910), Director
- *A Romance of the Western Hills* (1910), Director
- *A Rich Revenge* (1910), Director
- *As It Is in Life* (1910), Director
- *His Last Dollar* (1910), Director
- *Gold Is Not All* (1910), Director
- *The Twisted Trail* (1910), Director
- *Faithful* (1910), Director
- *The Converts* (1910), Director
- *In Old California* (1910), Director
- *The Thread of Destiny* (1910), Story, Director
- *The Newlyweds* (1910), Director, Writer
- *The Final Settlement* (1910), Director
- *Taming a Husband* (1910), Director
- *His Last Burglary* (1910), Director
- *The Englishman and the Girl* (1910), Director
- *The Duke’s Plan* (1910), Writer, Director
- *The Man* (1910), Director
- *The Woman from Mellon's* (1910), Director
- *The Cloister’s Touch* (1910), Director
- *The Last Deal* (1910), Director, Writer
- *The Honor of His Family* (1910), Director
- *The Call* (1910), Writer, Director
- *On the Reef* (1910), Director, Writer
- *Her Terrible Ordeal* (1910), Director, Writer
- *The Rocky Road* (1910), Director, Writer
- *The Heart of an Outlaw* (1909), Director
- *The Day After* (1909), Producer, Director
- *To Save Her Soul* (1909), Director, Writer
- *In Little Italy* (1909), Director
- *A Trap for Santa Claus* (1909), Director
- *The Test* (1909), Director
- *A Corner in Wheat* (1909), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Redman's View* (1909), Director
- *Through the Breakers* (1909), Director
- *The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period* (1909), Director
- *In the Window Recess* (1909), Director
- *The Trick that Failed* (1909), Director
- *The Mountaineer's Honor* (1909), Director, Writer
- *A Midnight Adventure* (1909), Director
- *Sweet Revenge* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Light That Came* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Restoration* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Nursing a Viper* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Gibson Goddess* (1909), Director, Writer
- *What's Your Hurry?* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Lines of White on a Sullen Sea* (1909), Writer, Director
- *In the Watches of the Night* (1909), Director
- *The Expiation* (1909), Writer, Director
- *His Lost Love* (1909), Director, Writer
- *A Change of Heart* (1909), Director
- *The Little Teacher* (1909), Director
- *Fools of Fate* (1909), Director
- *Pippa Passes* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Wanted, a Child* (1909), Director
- *The Awakening* (1909), Director
- *Leather Stocking* (1909), Director, Producer
- *In Old Kentucky* (1909), Director
- *The Broken Locket* (1909), Writer, Director
- *Getting Even* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Children's Friend* (1909), Director
- *Comata, the Sioux* (1909), Director
- *1776, or The Hessian Renegades* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Sealed Room* (1909), Director
- *The Little Darling* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Mills of the Gods* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Pranks* (1909), Director
- *Oh, Uncle!* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Seventh Day* (1909), Director
- *The Indian Runner's Romance* (1909), Director
- *Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat* (1909), Writer, Director
- *His Wife's Visitor* (1909), Director
- *They Would Elope* (1909), Director
- *Mr. Jones' Burglar* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Mended Lute* (1909), Director
- *A Strange Meeting* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Slave* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Sweet and Twenty* (1909), Director
- *Jealousy and the Man* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Renunciation* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Tender Hearts* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Cardinal's Conspiracy* (1909), Director
- *The Country Doctor* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Necklace* (1909), Director
- *The Way of Man* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Peachbasket Hat* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Mexican Sweethearts* (1909), Director
- *Her First Biscuits* (1909), Director
- *The Faded Lilies* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Son's Return* (1909), Director, Screenplay
- *The Lonely Villa* (1909), Director
- *A New Trick* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Violin Maker of Cremona* (1909), Director
- *His Duty* (1909), Director
- *Eradicating Aunty* (1909), Director, Writer
- *What Drink Did* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Cricket on the Hearth* (1909), Director
- *Two Memories* (1909), Writer, Director
- *Eloping with Auntie* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Resurrection* (1909), Director
- *The Jilt* (1909), Writer, Director
- *A Baby's Shoe* (1909), Writer, Director
- *Jones and the Lady Book Agent* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The French Duel* (1909), Director
- *The Note in the Shoe* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Eavesdropper* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Suicide Club* (1909), Director
- *Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Lucky Jim* (1909), Director
- *Twin Brothers* (1909), Director
- *Drive for a Life* (1909), Writer, Director
- *Lady Helen's Escapade* (1909), Director
- *A Troublesome Satchel* (1909), Director
- *Confidence* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Winning Coat* (1909), Writer, Director
- *Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade* (1909), Writer, Director
- *A Rude Hostess* (1909), Writer, Director
- *Trying to Get Arrested* (1909), Director
- *The Road to the Heart* (1909), Writer, Director
- *A Drunkard's Reformation* (1909), Writer, Director
- *Jones and His New Neighbors* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Medicine Bottle* (1909), Director, Writer
- *A Burglar’s Mistake* (1909), Director, Writer
- *And a Little Child Shall Lead Them* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Deception* (1909), Director
- *The Voice of the Violin* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Lure of the Gown* (1909), Writer, Director
- *I Did It, Mamma* (1909), Director
- *The Salvation Army Lass* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Roue’s Heart* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Wooden Leg* (1909), Director, Writer
- *A Fool's Revenge* (1909), Director, Writer
- *His Wife's Mother* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Prussian Spy* (1909), Writer, Director
- *At the Altar* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Golden Louis* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Politician's Love Story* (1909), as Man - First Couple · Writer, Director
- *The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Hindoo Dagger* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Curtain Pole* (1909), Writer, Director
- *His Ward's Love* (1909), Writer, Director
- *Tragic Love* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Edgar Allen Poe* (1909), Director, Writer
- *A Wreath in Time* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Brahma Diamond* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Girls and Daddy* (1909), as At Black & Tan Ball · Director, Writer
- *The Cord of Life* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Those Awful Hats* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Welcome Burglar* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Mr. Jones Has a Card Party* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Fascinating Mrs. Francis* (1909), Director, Writer
- *The Criminal Hypnotist* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Those Boys!* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Sacrifice* (1909), Director, Writer
- *A Rural Elopement* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Love Finds a Way* (1909), Writer, Director
- *The Honor of Thieves* (1909), Director, Writer
- *Mrs. Jones Entertains* (1909), Director
- *The Maniac Cook* (1909), Writer, Director
- *One Touch of Nature* (1909), Director
- *The Helping Hand* (1908), Director, Writer
- *Mr. Jones at the Ball* (1908), Director, Writer
- *The Christmas Burglars* (1908), Writer, Director
- *An Awful Moment* (1908), Writer, Director
- *The Test of Friendship* (1908), Director
- *The Reckoning* (1908), Director
- *The Feud and the Turkey* (1908), Director, Writer
- *Money Mad* (1908), Director, Writer
- *The Valet's Wife* (1908), Director
- *The Clubman and the Tramp* (1908), Director
- *A Woman's Way* (1908), Writer, Director
- *The Ingrate* (1908), Director, Writer
- *The Song of the Shirt* (1908), Director, Writer
- *The Guerrilla* (1908), Director
- *The Taming of the Shrew* (1908), Director, Writer
- *The Pirate's Gold* (1908), Director
- *After Many Years* (1908), Director
- *Concealing a Burglar* (1908), Director
- *The Call of the Wild* (1908), Director, Writer
- *Romance of a Jewess* (1908), Director, Writer
- *The Planter's Wife* (1908), Director, Writer
- *The Vaquero's Vow* (1908), Director
- *Ingomar, the Barbarian* (1908), Director
- *Father Gets in the Game* (1908), Director
- *The Zulu's Heart* (1908), Writer, Director
- *The Devil* (1908), Director
- *The Stolen Jewels* (1908), Director, Writer
- *A Smoked Husband* (1908), Director
- *Where the Breakers Roar* (1908), Director, Writer
- *The Heart of O Yama* (1908), as Footman · Director
- *The Red Girl* (1908), as Man on Footpath · Director
- *Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters* (1908), Director
- *The Girl and the Outlaw* (1908), Director
- *Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court* (1908), Director
- *Betrayed by a Handprint* (1908), Director, Writer
- *For a Wife's Honor* (1908), Director
- *Balked at the Altar* (1908), Director, Writer
- *For Love of Gold* (1908), Director
- *The Fatal Hour* (1908), as Policeman · Director
- *The Man and the Woman* (1908), Director
- *The Greaser's Gauntlet* (1908), Writer, Director
- *A Calamitous Elopement* (1908), as Policeman · Director, Writer
- *The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora* (1908), Writer, Director
- *Deceived Slumming Party* (1908), as Reginald O.C. Wittington · Director
- *The Redman and the Child* (1908), Writer, Director
- *The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter* (1908), Director
- *The Black Viper* (1908), as Rescuer · Director
- *The Fight for Freedom* (1908), Director
- *The Adventures of Dollie* (1908), Director
- *The Stage Rustler* (1908), as Phil Bowen
- *The Kentuckian* (1908), Actor
- *At the Crossroads of Life* (1908), as Suitor · Writer
- *At the French Ball* (1908), as Husband
- *Over the Hills to the Poor House* (1908), Writer
- *The Outlaw* (1908), Author
- *The Man in the Box* (1908), as Station Agent
- *The Invisible Fluid* (1908), as Mailman
- *Mixed Babies* (1908), Writer
- *'Ostler Joe* (1908), as Lover · Author
- *When Knights Were Bold* (1908), Writer
- *The Sculptor's Nightmare* (1908), Actor
- *The Music Master* (1908), Writer
- *The King's Messenger* (1908), as Messenger
- *Hulda's Lovers* (1908), as Handy Hank
- *King of the Cannibal Islands* (1908), as Cannibal in top hat
- *A Famous Escape* (1908), as Prisoner
- *Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker* (1908), as Doctor, Charity worker · Scenario Writer
- *Caught by Wireless* (1908), as Policeman
- *Her First Adventure* (1908), as Father
- *The Yellow Peril* (1908), as Mr. Phlipp
- *Cupid’s Pranks* (1908), as Extra at ball
- *The Princess in the Vase* (1908), as Lover
- *Classmates* (1908), as Extra
- *Rescued from an Eagle's Nest* (1908), as Father
- *Falsely Accused!* (1908), as Cop in Court
- *Professional Jealousy* (1908), as Extra on stage
- *When Knighthood Was in Flower* (1908), Writer
- *A Griffith Biograph Collection Featuring Mary Pickford: Volume One*, Director
- *Biograph Shorts Special Edition: 1909-1913*, Director

## Gallery

- ![David Wark Griffith (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1229416/gallery-b4690de82b9f.jpg) David Wark Griffith (2015) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/David_Wark_Griffith_portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Title: D.W. Griffith Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900)](https://film.one/media/person/1229416/gallery-375766a044e0.jpg) Title: D.W. Griffith Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/D.W._Griffith_LCCN2014714198.jpg/1280px-D.W._Griffith_LCCN2014714198.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: D.W. Griffith Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.](https://film.one/media/person/1229416/gallery-f41b492ee638.jpg) Title: D.W. Griffith Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/D.W._Griffith_LCCN2014714199.jpg/1280px-D.W._Griffith_LCCN2014714199.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dorothy & Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/1229416/gallery-d3c649f85cda.jpg) Dorothy & Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith (1922) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Dorothy_%26_Lillian_Gish%2C_D.W._Griffith_2.jpg/1280px-Dorothy_%26_Lillian_Gish%2C_D.W._Griffith_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/media/person/1229416/gallery-d6ac81c9c603.jpg) D.W. Griffith — Image via TMDB
- ![D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/media/person/1229416/gallery-9c30bfaca449.jpg) D.W. Griffith — Image via TMDB
- ![Title: D.W. Griffith, 1/30/21 Abstract/medium: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress) Physical description: 1 negative : (1921)](https://film.one/media/person/1229416/gallery-2a50f68cf05a.jpg) Title: D.W. Griffith, 1/30/21 Abstract/medium: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress) Physical description: 1 negative : (1921) — National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/D.W._Griffith%2C_1-30-21_LOC_npcc.03470.jpg/1280px-D.W._Griffith%2C_1-30-21_LOC_npcc.03470.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Academy Honorary Award 1936: Academy Honorary Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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