Directing
D.W. Griffith
- Titles
- 539movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1908 to 2002, with a break from 1974 to 2001, busiest in 1909 with 134 main titles.
- Directed
- 468titles 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 & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Romance4.9average 3.8
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.8, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.7, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
- Dark Humor1.5, average 2.9
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
- Class Conflict 9
- Tragic Romance 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, Orphans of the Storm, 1776, or The Hessian Renegades, +139 more
Arthur V. JohnsonActorSweet Revenge, Love Among the Roses, The Son's Return, The Light That Came, The Violin Maker of Cremona, +100 more
Kate BruceActorHearts of the World, A Romance of Happy Valley, A Knight of the Road, Love Among the Roses, The Girl Who Stayed at Home, +96 more
Robert HarronActorThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Sweet Revenge, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, +96 more
Mary PickfordActor1776, or The Hessian Renegades, The Renunciation, Love Among the Roses, The Son's Return, The Light That Came, +90 more
Mack SennettActor1776, or The Hessian Renegades, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Light That Came, What the Daisy Said, To Save Her Soul, +86 more
Florence LawrenceActorThe Lure of the Gown, The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals, The Taming of the Shrew, A Drunkard's Reformation, Eradicating Aunty, +83 more
Marion LeonardActorSweet Revenge, Love Among the Roses, The Light That Came, The Violin Maker of Cremona, The Lure of the Gown, +81 more
Linda ArvidsonActorA Corner in Wheat, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Lure of the Gown, The Voice of the Violin, Enoch Arden: Part II, +73 more
Henry B. WalthallActorThe Birth of a Nation, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, Home, Sweet Home, A Corner in Wheat, Love Among the Roses, +58 more
Harry SolterActorThe Renunciation, The Son's Return, The Violin Maker of Cremona, The Lure of the Gown, The Taming of the Shrew, +55 more
Charles WestActorThe Son's Return, A Flash of Light, A Child of the Ghetto, A Lodging for the Night, The Mender of Nets, +49 more
Movies and TV shows
511930s
1 title · average score 63
63
The Struggle (1931)
Producer, Director
1920s
10 titles · average score 65
58
The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Producer, Director
75
The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
Director, Producer
66
Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
Producer, Writer
60
America (1924)
Director, Producer
67
The White Rose (1923)
Director, Producer
53
One Exciting Night (1922)
Director, Story
79
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Screenplay, Producer
58
Dream Street (1921)
Director, Producer
83
Way Down East (1920)
Producer, Writer
53
The Love Flower (1920)
Writer, Producer
1910s
37 titles · average score 63
82
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Director, Producer
65
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
Director, Producer
68
True Heart Susie (1919)
Director, Producer
59
The Greatest Question (1919)
Producer, Director
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
Director, Writer
64
The Fall of Babylon (1919)
Writer, Director
69
The Mother and the Law (1919)
Producer, Screenplay
73
Hearts of the World (1918)
Writer, Producer
59
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Director, Writer
61
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
Director, Writer
61
The Mothering Heart (1913)
Director, Producer
62
The Lonedale Operator (1911)
Producer, Director
1900s
3 titles · average score 64
64
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
Writer, Producer
The Day After (1909)
Producer, Director
Leather Stocking (1909)
Producer, Director