D.W. Griffith (Director)

Reviews of movies from director D.W. Griffith

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Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 60%.

Orphans of the Storm is D.W. Griffith's highest rated movie, with a score of 71% based on 24 reviews.

The lowest rated film from D.W. Griffith is Lucky Jim, with a score of 34% based on 4 reviews.

Director Biography

David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916). Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera and narrative techniques, and its immense popularity set the stage for the dominance of the feature-length film. It also proved extremely controversial at the time and ever since for its negative depiction of Black Americans and their supporters, and its positive portrayal of slavery and the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith responded to his critics with his next film, Intolerance, intended to show the dangers of prejudiced thought and behavior. The film was not the financial success that its predecessor had been, but was received warmly by critics. Several of his later films were also successful, but high production, promotional, and roadshow costs often made his ventures commercial failures. Even so, he is generally considered one of the most important figures of early cinema.

D.W. Griffith has directed films starring Lillian Gish, Kate Bruce, Robert Harron and Carol Dempster.