Directing
D.W. Griffith
- Titles
- 532movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1908 to 2002, with a break from 1952 to 2001, busiest in 1909 with 133 main titles.
- Directed
- 466titles as director
- Average score
57/100
- Highest rated
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical9.1average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.9average 3.6
- Pathos6.7average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism4.6average 3.3
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Romance5.0average 3.8
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.8, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Adrenaline3.7, average 5.1
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Early Cinema 81
- Silent Film 45
- Historical Drama 31
- Historical Setting 29
- Social Commentary 28
- Melodrama 26
- Silent Film Era 20
- Nostalgic 14
- Silent Era 13
- Simple Narrative 12
- Tragic Romance 9
- Class Conflict 9
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Billy BitzerCinematographerThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, 1776, or The Hessian Renegades, Orphans of the Storm, +139 more
Arthur V. JohnsonActorA Sweet Revenge, Love Among the Roses, To Save Her Soul, The Violin Maker of Cremona, The Light That Came, +97 more
Kate BruceActorLove Among the Roses, To Save Her Soul, Way Down East, Lena and the Geese, Hearts of the World, +94 more
Robert HarronActorThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, A Sweet Revenge, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, So Near, Yet So Far, +94 more
Mary PickfordActor1776, or The Hessian Renegades, The Renunciation, Love Among the Roses, To Save Her Soul, The Violin Maker of Cremona, +90 more
Mack SennettActor1776, or The Hessian Renegades, To Save Her Soul, The Light That Came, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Way of Man, +86 more
Florence LawrenceActorThe Taming of the Shrew, The Lure of the Gown, The Way of Man, A Drunkard's Reformation, The Girls and Daddy, +83 more
Marion LeonardActorA Sweet Revenge, Love Among the Roses, The Violin Maker of Cremona, The Light That Came, The Cord of Life, +80 more
Linda ArvidsonActorA Corner in Wheat, The Taming of the Shrew, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Cord of Life, The Lure of the Gown, +70 more
Henry B. WalthallActorThe Birth of a Nation, Love Among the Roses, A Flash of Light, A Corner in Wheat, The One She Loved, +57 more
Harry SolterActorThe Renunciation, The Violin Maker of Cremona, The Taming of the Shrew, The Lure of the Gown, Betrayed by a Handprint, +55 more
George GebhardtActorThe Taming of the Shrew, The Cord of Life, The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals, Betrayed by a Handprint, Father Gets in the Game, +49 more
Movies and TV shows
142020s
2 titles
Hollywood Black (2024)
TV show · Self (archive footage)
2010s
1 title
Flashback: The First World War (2014)
Self (archive footage)
2000s
3 titles · average score 72
67
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Self (archive footage)
78
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990s
2 titles · average score 79
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
Self (archive footage)
79
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Self (archive footage)
1980s
1 title · average score 75
75
American Experience (1988)
TV show · Self
1970s
1 title
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius (1975)
Self (archive)
1960s
1 title
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
Self (archive footage)
