Directing
D.W. Griffith
- Titles
- 542movies2TV 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
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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, 1776, or The Hessian Renegades, Orphans of the Storm, +142 more
Arthur V. JohnsonActorSweet Revenge, To Save Her Soul, The Violin Maker of Cremona, The Lure of the Gown, The Light That Came, +103 more
Kate BruceActorHearts of the World, To Save Her Soul, The One She Loved, A Romance of Happy Valley, The Light That Came, +100 more
Robert HarronActorThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Sweet Revenge, Hearts of the World, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, +96 more
Mack SennettActor1776, or The Hessian Renegades, To Save Her Soul, The Light That Came, Leather Stocking, The Way of Man, +91 more
Mary PickfordActor1776, or The Hessian Renegades, The Renunciation, To Save Her Soul, The Violin Maker of Cremona, So Near, Yet So Far, +90 more
Marion LeonardActorSweet Revenge, The Violin Maker of Cremona, The Lure of the Gown, The Light That Came, Leather Stocking, +84 more
Florence LawrenceActorThe Lure of the Gown, The Way of Man, The Girls and Daddy, The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals, Where the Breakers Roar, +84 more
Linda ArvidsonActorThe Lure of the Gown, A Corner in Wheat, Leather Stocking, The Cord of Life, Enoch Arden: Part II, +76 more
Henry B. WalthallActorThe Birth of a Nation, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, A Corner in Wheat, The One She Loved, In the Aisles of the Wild, +60 more
Harry SolterActorThe Renunciation, The Violin Maker of Cremona, The Lure of the Gown, The Son's Return, The Taming of the Shrew, +56 more
George NicholsActorTo Save Her Soul, A Romance of Happy Valley, The Light That Came, Leather Stocking, The Cricket on the Hearth, +52 more
Movies and TV shows
401930s
1 title · average score 80
80
San Francisco (1936)
as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
1920s
3 titles · average score 75
75
The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
Producer, Director
68
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
Director
83
Way Down East (1920)
Writer, Director
1910s
26 titles · average score 62
82
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Producer, Writer
56
Scarlet Days (1919)
Director, Producer
Enoch Arden (1915)
as Mr. Ray
59
The Mender of Nets (1912)
Director, Writer
55
Friends (1912)
Director, Writer
The Sands of Dee (1912)
Director
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
Director, Writer
59
Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
Director
59
Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
Director
A Child's Impulse (1910)
Director
Winning Back His Love (1910)
Director
The Two Brothers (1910)
Director
1900s
10 titles · average score 43
The Lure of the Gown (1909)
Writer, Director
46
At the Altar (1909)
Writer, Director
The Broken Locket (1909)
Director, Writer
The Politician's Love Story (1909)
as Man - First Couple
His Ward's Love (1909)
Director, Writer
The Test (1909)
Director
Tragic Love (1909)
Director, Writer
39
Balked at the Altar (1908)
Writer, Director
The Heart of O Yama (1908)
as Footman