D. W. Griffith

E7109

actor film director film producer human screenwriter

D. W. Griffith was a pioneering American film director of the silent era, best known for developing many foundational cinematic techniques and directing influential early feature films.

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Label	Occurrences
D. W. Griffith canonical	110
David Wark Griffith	2
D. W. Griffith (director)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived	Honorary Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Honorary Award
birthDate	1875-01-22 ⓘ
birthPlace	La Grange, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
burialPlace	Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard, Centerfield, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
coFounded	United Artists ⓘ
controversialFor	racist depictions and Ku Klux Klan glorification in The Birth of a Nation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1948-07-23 ⓘ
deathPlace	Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
employer	Biograph Company ⓘ Edison Studios ⓘ Mutual Film Corporation ⓘ
familyName	Griffith ⓘ
father	Jacob Wark Griffith ⓘ
fullName	D. W. Griffith self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: David Wark Griffith
genre	drama film ⓘ historical film ⓘ
givenName	David ⓘ
hasSignatureWork	The Birth of a Nation ⓘ
influenced	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ Charlie Chaplin ⓘ Orson Welles ⓘ Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mother	Mary Perkins Oglesby ⓘ
movement	silent film ⓘ
notableWork	Broken Blossoms ⓘ Intolerance ⓘ Orphans of the Storm ⓘ The Birth of a Nation ⓘ The Lonedale Operator ⓘ The Musketeers of Pig Alley ⓘ Way Down East ⓘ
notedFor	development of modern film narrative techniques ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
relative	Jacob Wark Griffith ⓘ
spouse	Evelyn Baldwin ⓘ Linda Arvidson ⓘ
usedCinematicTechnique	close-up ⓘ cross-cutting ⓘ flashback ⓘ iris shot ⓘ tracking shot ⓘ
workPeriod	1908–1931 ⓘ

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Douglas Fairbanks → coFounderWith → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Fairbanks → foundedBy → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

subject surface form: United Artists

United Artists → foundedBy → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

D. W. Griffith → fullName → D. W. Griffith self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: David Wark Griffith

The Birth of a Nation → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Birth of a Nation → producer → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Birth of a Nation → screenwriter → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Biograph Company → employed → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Intolerance → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Intolerance → producer → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Broken Blossoms → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Way Down East → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Orphans of the Storm → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Orphans of the Storm → screenwriter → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Musketeers of Pig Alley → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Musketeers of Pig Alley → writer → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Lonedale Operator → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Lonedale Operator → screenwriter → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard, Centerfield, Kentucky, United States → burialPlaceOf → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

subject surface form: Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard

Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard, Centerfield, Kentucky, United States → hasGraveOf → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

subject surface form: Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard

Edison Studios → notableEmployee → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Owen Moore → workedWith → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Akira Kurosawa → influencedBy → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Jacob Wark Griffith → notableRelative → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

USC School of Cinematic Arts → foundedBy → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Linda Arvidson → spouse → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Linda Arvidson → workedWith → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) → screenwriter → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) → creativeDirector → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Edwin S. Porter → influenced → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan → adaptationDirector → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

The Leopard's Spots → influenced → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Thomas Dixon Jr. → influenced → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Epoch Producing Corporation → collaboratedWith → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

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this entity surface form: David Wark Griffith

David W. Griffith Corp. → founder → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

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David W. Griffith Corp. → operatedBy → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

David W. Griffith Corp. → hasKeyPerson → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

David W. Griffith Corp. → owner → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Mary Perkins Oglesby → child → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Richard Barthelmess → workedWith → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Ralph Lewis → employer → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

this entity surface form: D. W. Griffith (director)

Ralph Lewis → collaboratedWith → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Mae Marsh → workedWith → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Lillian Gish → workedWith → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

Evelyn Baldwin → spouse → D. W. Griffith ⓘ

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The Motion of Stars → director → D. W. Griffith ⓘ