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 ers, 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.
Filmography
all 535
Movies 534
Director 433
Producer 34
self 19
Writer 17
TV Shows 1
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (1988)
Movie
Self (in WWI trench)
Cameramen Who Dared (1988)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
Movie
Director
Footlight Varieties (1951)
Movie
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited) / Second Assistant Director
San Francisco (1936)
Movie
Director
The Struggle (1931)
Movie
4.38
Director
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Movie
Director
Lady of the Pavements (1929)
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Director
The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
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Director
Drums of Love (1928)
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Assistant Director
The King of Kings (1927)
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Director / Producer
The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
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Director
That Royle Girl (1925)
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Director
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
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Director
Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
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Director
America (1924)
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Director / Writer / Producer
The White Rose (1923)
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Director
One Exciting Night (1922)
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Director
Dream Street (1921)
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Director / Producer / Writer
Way Down East (1920)
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2.33
Director
The Love Flower (1920)
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Director
Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
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Director
The Idol Dancer (1920)
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Director
The Greatest Question (1919)
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Director
Scarlet Days (1919)
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Director
The Mother and the Law (1919)
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Director
The Fall of Babylon (1919)
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Director
True Heart Susie (1919)
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Producer / Director / Writer
Broken Blossoms (1919)
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Director / Writer / Producer
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
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Writer
The Hun Within (1918)
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Director
The Great Love (1918)
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Director
Hearts of the World (1918)
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Supervising Producer
Betsy's Burglar (1917)
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Supervising Producer
A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
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Producer
The Mainspring (1916)
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Producer
Fifty-Fifty (1916)
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Producer
The Social Secretary (1916)
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Producer
The Half-Breed (1916)
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Writer
Hoodoo Ann (1916)
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Story / Supervisor of Production Resources
Betty of Greystone (1916)
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Writer
The Wood Nymph (1916)
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Producer
Macbeth (1916)
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Production Supervisor
Double Trouble (1915)
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Supervising Producer
Old Heidelberg (1915)
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Writer
The Lamb (1915)
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Producer
Ghosts (1915)
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Mr. Ray / Writer
Enoch Arden (1915)
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Writer / Producer / Original Music Composer / Editor / Presenter / Director
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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Supervising Producer
The Odalisque (1914)
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Director
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
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Director
The Escape (1914)
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Director
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
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Supervising Producer
The Life of General Villa (1914)
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Director
Brute Force (1914)
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Director
The Battle of the Sexes (1914)
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Director
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
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Director
Waifs (1914)
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Director
Madonna of the Storm (1913)
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Director
The Adopted Brother (1913)
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Director
Two Men of the Desert (1913)
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Director
The Reformers (1913)
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Director
Her Mother's Oath (1913)
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Director
The Mothering Heart (1913)
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Director
Death's Marathon (1913)
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The Enemy's Baby (1913)
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Director
A Timely Interception (1913)
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Director
The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
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Director
The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
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Director
His Mother's Son (1913)
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Director
His Mother's Son (1913)
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Director
Just Gold (1913)
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Director
The Yaqui Cur (1913)
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Director
The House of Darkness (1913)
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Director
The Stolen Loaf (1913)
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Director
The Wanderer (1913)
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Director
If We Only Knew (1913)
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Director
The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
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Director
The Left-Handed Man (1913)
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Director
A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
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Director
The Little Tease (1913)
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Director
The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
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Director
The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
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Director
Fate (1913)
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Director
Near To Earth (1913)
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The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
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Director
Broken Ways (1913)
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Director
A Chance Deception (1913)
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Director
Oil and Water (1913)
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Director
Brothers (1913)
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Director
The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
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Director
Three Friends (1913)
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Director
The Coming of Angelo (1913)
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Director
The God Within (1912)
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Director
A Cry for Help (1912)
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Director
The Massacre (1912)
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Director
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
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Director
My Hero (1912)
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Director
The New York Hat (1912)
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Director
Brutality (1912)
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Director
The Informer (1912)
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My Baby (1912)
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Director
Gold and Glitter (1912)
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Director
Heredity (1912)
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Director
The Painted Lady (1912)
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The One She Loved (1912)
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The Chief's Blanket (1912)
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So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
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Friends (1912)
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Director
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
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Director
Blind Love (1912)
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An Unseen Enemy (1912)
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Director
A Pueblo Legend (1912)
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Director
The Inner Circle (1912)
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Director
The Narrow Road (1912)
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Director
Man's Genesis (1912)
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Director
An Indian Summer (1912)
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Lena and the Geese (1912)
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A Temporary Truce (1912)
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Home Folks (1912)
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Director
A Beast at Bay (1912)
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Director
When Kings Were the Law (1912)
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Director
A Lodging for the Night (1912)
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Director
His Lesson (1912)
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Director
The Old Actor (1912)
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Director
The Lesser Evil (1912)
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Director
Just Like a Woman (1912)
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Director
A Siren of Impulse (1912)
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Director
Fate's Interception (1912)
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The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
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Iola's Promise (1912)
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Director
The Sunbeam (1912)
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Director
Under Burning Skies (1912)
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Director
The Sands of Dee (1912)
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Director
The Mender of Nets (1912)
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Director
Billy's Stratagem (1912)
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Director
For His Son (1912)
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Director
The Eternal Mother (1912)
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Director
The Baby and the Stork (1912)
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Director
A Terrible Discovery (1911)
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Director
Saved from Himself (1911)
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Director
The Failure (1911)
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Director
A Woman Scorned (1911)
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Director
The Miser's Heart (1911)
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Director
Through Darkening Vales (1911)
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Director
The Battle (1911)
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Director
Love in the Hills (1911)
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Director
The Long Road (1911)
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On Bench / Director
The Adventures of Billy (1911)
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Director
The Unveiling (1911)
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Director
Italian Blood (1911)
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Director
The Making of a Man (1911)
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Director
Her Awakening (1911)
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Director
The Squaw's Love (1911)
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Director
Swords and Hearts (1911)
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Director
The Rose of Kentucky (1911)
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Director
The Last Drop of Water (1911)
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Director
A Country Cupid (1911)
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Director
The Indian Brothers (1911)
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Director
Bobby the Coward (1911)
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Director
Fighting Blood (1911)
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Director
The Primal Call (1911)
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Director
Enoch Arden (1911)
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Director
Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
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Director
Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
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Director
Madame Rex (1911)
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Director / Producer
The Lonedale Operator (1911)
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Director
Conscience (1911)
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Director
A Decree of Destiny (1911)
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Director
His Daughter (1911)
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Director
The Diamond Star (1911)
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Director
Fisher Folks (1911)
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Director
Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911)
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Director
Three Sisters (1911)
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Director
Fate's Turning (1911)
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Director
His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
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Director
His Trust (1911)
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Director
The Italian Barber (1911)
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Director
When a Man Loves (1911)
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Director
The Two Paths (1911)
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Director
Winning Back His Love (1910)
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Producer
White Roses (1910)
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Director
The Lesson (1910)
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Director
His Sister-In-Law (1910)
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Director
The Golden Supper (1910)
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Director
A Plain Song (1910)
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Producer
His New Lid (1910)
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Producer
Love in Quarantine (1910)
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Director
Sunshine Sue (1910)
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Director
Simple Charity (1910)
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Director
The Fugitive (1910)
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Director
Waiter No. 5 (1910)
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Director
Two Little Waifs (1910)
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Director
The Banker's Daughters (1910)
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Director
The Broken Doll (1910)
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Producer
The Masher (1910)
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Producer
A Lucky Toothache (1910)
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Producer
A Gold Necklace (1910)
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Director
A Child's Stratagem (1910)
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Director
The Iconoclast (1910)
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Director
Rose o' Salem Town (1910)
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Director
The Oath and the Man (1910)
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Director
In Life's Cycle (1910)
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Director
A Mohawk's Way (1910)
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Director
Little Angels of Luck (1910)
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Director
A Summer Idyll (1910)
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Producer
Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)
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Director
The Modern Prodigal (1910)
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Director
Wilful Peggy (1910)
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Director
The Usurer (1910)
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Director
A Salutary Lesson (1910)
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Director
Her Father's Pride (1910)
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Director
An Arcadian Maid (1910)
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Director
Unexpected Help (1910)
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Director
The Call to Arms (1910)
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Director
A Flash of Light (1910)
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Director
What the Daisy Said (1910)
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Director
A Child's Impulse (1910)
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Writer
Never Again (1910)
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Producer
May and December (1910)
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Director
As the Bells Rang Out! (1910)
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Director
In the Border States (1910)
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Director
A Victim of Jealousy (1910)
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Director
Serious Sixteen (1910)
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Director
A Child's Faith (1910)
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Director
A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
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Director
A Midnight Cupid (1910)
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Director
In the Season of Buds (1910)
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Director
The Purgation (1910)
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Director
Ramona (1910)
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Producer
An Affair of Hearts (1910)
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Director
The Marked Time-Table (1910)
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Director
Over Silent Paths (1910)
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Director
The Two Brothers (1910)
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Director
The Face at the Window (1910)
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Director
Love Among the Roses (1910)
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Director
The Unchanging Sea (1910)
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Director
The Impalement (1910)
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Producer
The Kid (1910)
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Director
A Rich Revenge (1910)
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Director
As It Is in Life (1910)
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Director
His Last Dollar (1910)
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Producer
The Smoker (1910)
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Director
The Twisted Trail (1910)
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Director
Faithful (1910)
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Director
The Gold Seekers (1910)
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Director
The Way of the World (1910)
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Director
In Old California (1910)
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Director
The Thread of Destiny (1910)
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Director
Thou Shalt Not (1910)
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Director
The Newlyweds (1910)
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Director
Taming a Husband (1910)
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Director
Gold Is Not All (1910)
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Director
The Duke’s Plan (1910)
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The Converts (1910)
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Director
The Man (1910)
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Director
The Woman from Mellon's (1910)
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Director
The Cloister’s Touch (1910)
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Director
The Last Deal (1910)
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Director
The Honor of His Family (1910)
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Director
The Call (1910)
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Director
On the Reef (1910)
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Producer
All on of the Milk (1910)
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Director
Her Terrible Ordeal (1910)
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Director
His Last Burglary (1910)
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Director
The Final Settlement (1910)
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Director
The Rocky Road (1910)
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Director
The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
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Director / Producer
The Day After (1909)
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Director
To Save Her Soul (1909)
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Director
In Little Italy (1909)
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Director
A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
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Director
The Test (1909)
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Director / Producer / Writer
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
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Director
The Redman's View (1909)
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Director
Through the Breakers (1909)
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Director
The Trick that Failed (1909)
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Director
In the Window Recess (1909)
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Director
The Mountaineer's Honor (1909)
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Director
A Midnight Adventure (1909)
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Director
A Sweet Revenge (1909)
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Director
The Light That Came (1909)
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Director
The Restoration (1909)
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Director / Writer
Nursing a Viper (1909)
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Director
The Gibson Goddess (1909)
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Director
What's Your Hurry? (1909)
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Director
The Children's Friend (1909)
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Director
The Expiation (1909)
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Director
His Lost Love (1909)
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Director
The Little Teacher (1909)
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Director
Fools of Fate (1909)
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Director
Pippa es (1909)
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Director
Wanted, a Child (1909)
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Director
The Awakening (1909)
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Director
Leather Stocking (1909)
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Director
In Old Kentucky (1909)
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Director
The Broken Locket (1909)
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Director
Getting Even (1909)
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Director
Comata, the Sioux (1909)
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Director / Writer
1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
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Director
The Sealed Room (1909)
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Director
The Little Darling (1909)
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Director
Pranks (1909)
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Director
The Mills of the Gods (1909)
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Director
The Seventh Day (1909)
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Director
Oh, Uncle! (1909)
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Director
His Wife's Visitor (1909)
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Director
They Would Elope (1909)
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Director
Mr. Jones’ Burglar (1909)
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Director
The Mended Lute (1909)
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2.5
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A Strange Meeting (1909)
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Director
The Slave (1909)
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Director
Sweet and Twenty (1909)
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Director
A New Trick (1909)
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Director
Tender Hearts (1909)
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Director
The Renunciation (1909)
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Director
Jealousy and the Man (1909)
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Director / Writer
The Country Doctor (1909)
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Director
The Necklace (1909)
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Director
The Way of Man (1909)
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Director
The Peachbasket Hat (1909)
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Director
The Mexican Sweethearts (1909)
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Director
The Faded Lilies (1909)
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Director
Her First Biscuits (1909)
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Director / Screenplay
The Son's Return (1909)
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Director
The Lonely Villa (1909)
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Director
What Drink Did (1909)
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Director
Eradicating Aunty (1909)
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Director
His Duty (1909)
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Director
Eloping with Auntie (1909)
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Director
Two Memories (1909)
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Director
Resurrection (1909)
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Director
The Jilt (1909)
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Director
A Baby's Shoe (1909)
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Director
The Note in the Shoe (1909)
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Director
The Eavesdropper (1909)
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Director
The Suicide Club (1909)
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Director
Lucky Jim (1909)
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Director
Twin Brothers (1909)
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Director
Drive for a Life (1909)
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Director
Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
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Director
A Troublesome Satchel (1909)
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Director
Confidence (1909)
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Director
The Winning Coat (1909)
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Director
A Rude Hostess (1909)
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Director
The Road to the Heart (1909)
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Director
Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
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Director
The Medicine Bottle (1909)
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Director / Writer
A Burglar’s Mistake (1909)
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Director
The Deception (1909)
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Director
The Voice of the Violin (1909)
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Director
The Lure of the Gown (1909)
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Director
I Did It (1909)
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Director
The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
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Director
The Wooden Leg (1909)
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Director
The Roue’s Heart (1909)
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Director
Fool's Revenge (1909)
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Director
The Prussian Spy (1909)
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Director
His Wife's Mother (1909)
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Director
At the Altar (1909)
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Director
The Golden Louis (1909)
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Man - First Couple / Writer / Director
The Politician's Love Story (1909)
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Director
The Hindoo Dagger (1909)
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Writer / Director
The Curtain Pole (1909)
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Director
His Ward's Love (1909)
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Director
Tragic Love (1909)
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Director
A Wreath in Time (1909)
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Director
Edgar Allan Poe (1909)
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Director
The Brahma Diamond (1909)
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At Black & Tan Ball / Director / Writer
The Girls and Daddy (1909)
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Director / Writer
The Cord of Life (1909)
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Director
Those Awful Hats (1909)
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Director
The Welcome Burglar (1909)
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Writer / Director
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
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Director
Those Boys! (1909)
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Director
The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)
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Director
A Rural Elopement (1909)
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Director
The Sacrifice (1909)
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Director
Love Finds a Way (1909)
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Director
The Honor of Thieves (1909)
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Director
Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
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Director
The Maniac Cook (1909)
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Director
One Touch of Nature (1909)
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Director
The Helping Hand (1908)
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Director / Writer
Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908)
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Director
The Christmas Burglars (1908)
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Director
An Awful Moment (1908)
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Director
The Test of Friendship (1908)
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The Reckoning (1908)
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Director
The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
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Director / Writer
Money Mad (1908)
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Director
The Valet's Wife (1908)
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Director
A Woman's Way (1908)
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The Ingrate (1908)
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Director
The Song of the Shirt (1908)
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The Guerrilla (1908)
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The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
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Director
The Pirate's Gold (1908)
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After Many Years (1908)
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Director
Concealing a Burglar (1908)
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Director
The Call of the Wild (1908)
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Director
Romance of a Jewess (1908)
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Director
The Planter's Wife (1908)
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Director
The Vaquero's Vow (1908)
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Director
Father Gets in the Game (1908)
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Director
The Zulu's Heart (1908)
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Actor
The Devil (1908)
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Crowd Member at Exchange
The Stolen Jewels (1908)
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Director
A Smoked Husband (1908)
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Director
Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
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Footman
The Heart of O Yama (1908)
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Man on Footpath
The Red Girl (1908)
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Director
The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
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Director
Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
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Director
For a Wife's Honor (1908)
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Director
For Love of Gold (1908)
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Policeman
The Fatal Hour (1908)
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Director
The Man and the Woman (1908)
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Director
The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908)
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Policeman
A Calamitous Elopement (1908)
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Director
The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora) (1908)
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Reginald O.C. Wittington
Deceived Slumming Party (1908)
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Rescuer / Director
The Black Viper (1908)
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Director
The Fight for Freedom (1908)
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Phil Bowen
The Stage Rustler (1908)
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Card Sharp
The Kentuckian (1908)
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Husband
At the French Ball (1908)
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Station Agent
The Man in the Box (1908)
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Mailman
The Invisible Fluid (1908)
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Writer
Mixed Babies (1908)
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Messenger
The King's Messenger (1908)
Movie
Handy Hank
Hulda's Lovers (1908)
Movie
Cannibal in Top Hat
King of the Cannibal Islands (1908)
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Doctor, Charity Worker
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908)
Movie
Mr. Phlipp
Yellow Peril (1908)
Movie
Extra
Classmates (1908)
Movie
Cop in Court
Falsely Accused! (1908)
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Writer
Let Katie Do it
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Information
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1875-01-22
Deathday
1948-07-23 (73 years old)
Birth Name
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith
Birth Place
La Grange, United States
Relationships
Linda Arvidson (1906 - 1936)
Father
Jacob Wark Griffith
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith, David Wark Griffith, David W. Griffith, Lawrence Griffith, Captain Victor Marier, Capt. Victor Marier, Victor Marier, Granville Hicks, Irene Sinclair, Roy Sinclair, Granville Warwick, M. Gaston de Tolignac, Gaston de Tolignac, 데이비드 와크 그리피스, D.W. Griffith, D.W. 그리피스, 데이비드 그리피스
Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Honorary Award
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