D.W. Griffith

Career Overview

D.W. Griffith has 765 screen credits in a career dating back to 1908. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently His Trust Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, The King of Kings. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

765

Birth Date

1875-01-22 00:00:00

Birth Place

LaGrange, Kentucky, USA

Known For

• 

  The Birth of a Nation
• 

  Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
• 

  The King of Kings
• 

  True Heart Susie
• 

  Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
• 

  A Child of the Ghetto

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• His Trust Collection (2 titles)
• The Life of a Nation Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Lillian Gish (4 collaborations)
• George Siegmann (3 collaborations)
• Robert Harron (3 collaborations)
• George Beranger (3 collaborations)
• Donald Crisp (3 collaborations)
• Sam De Grasse (3 collaborations)
• Kate Bruce (3 collaborations)
• Mae Marsh (2 collaborations)
• Henry B. Walthall (2 collaborations)
• Miriam Cooper (2 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (468 credits)

  • A Griffith Biograph Collection Featuring Mary Pickford: Volume One

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Biograph Shorts Special Edition: 1909-1913

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Footlight Varieties

    director

    directing
    1951
  • San Francisco

    second assistant director

    directing
    1936
  • The Struggle

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Abraham Lincoln

    director

    directing
    1930
  • 1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Lady of the Pavements

    director

    directing
    1929
  • The Battle of the Sexes

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Drums of Love

    director

    directing
    1928
  • The King of Kings

    assistant director

    directing
    1927
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    director

    directing
    1926
  • That Royle Girl

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Sally of the Sawdust

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Isn't Life Wonderful

    director

    directing
    1924
  • America

    director

    directing
    1924
  • The White Rose

    director

    directing
    1923
  • One Exciting Night

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Dream Street

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Way Down East

    director

    directing
    1920
  • The Love Flower

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Remodeling Her Husband

    director

    directing
    1920
  • The Idol Dancer

    director

    directing
    1920
  • The Greatest Question

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Scarlet Days

    director

    directing
    1919
  • The Mother and the Law

    director

    directing
    1919
  • The Fall of Babylon

    director

    directing
    1919
  • True Heart Susie

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    director

    directing
    1919
  • The Girl Who Stayed at Home

    director

    directing
    1919
  • A Romance of Happy Valley

    director

    directing
    1919
  • The Greatest Thing in Life

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Great Love

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Hearts of the World

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Birth of a Nation

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Avenging Conscience

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Escape

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Home, Sweet Home

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Brute Force

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Battle of the Sexes

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Judith of Bethulia

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Waifs

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Conscience of Hassan Bey

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Madonna of the Storm

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Adopted Brother

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Two Men of the Desert

    director

    directing
    1913
  • A Misappropriated Turkey

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Mistake

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Reformers

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Her Mother's Oath

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Mothering Heart

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Death's Marathon

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Enemy's Baby

    director

    directing
    1913
  • A Timely Interception

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Sorrowful Shore

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Ranchero's Revenge

    director

    directing
    1913
  • His Mother's Son

    director

    directing
    1913
  • His Mother's Son

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Just Gold

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Yaqui Cur

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Stolen Loaf

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The House of Darkness

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Wanderer

    director

    directing
    1913
  • If We Only Knew

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Lady and the Mouse

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Left-Handed Man

    director

    directing
    1913
  • A Misunderstood Boy

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Little Tease

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Perfidy of Mary

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Hero of Little Italy

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Sheriff's Baby

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Fate

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Near To Earth

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Unwelcome Guest

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Broken Ways

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Love in an Apartment Hotel

    director

    directing
    1913
  • A Chance Deception

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Oil and Water

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Brothers

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Tender Hearted Boy

    director

    directing
    1913
  • An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Telephone Girl and the Lady

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Three Friends

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Coming of Angelo

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The God Within

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Cry for Help

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Massacre

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Burglar’s Dilemma

    director

    directing
    1912
  • My Hero

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The New York Hat

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Brutality

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Informer

    director

    directing
    1912
  • My Baby

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Gold and Glitter

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Heredity

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Painted Lady

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The One She Loved

    director

    directing
    1912
  • In the Aisles of the Wild

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Chief's Blanket

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

    director

    directing
    1912
  • So Near, Yet So Far

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Friends

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Two Daughters of Eve

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Blind Love

    director

    directing
    1912
  • An Unseen Enemy

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Pueblo Legend

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Inner Circle

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Narrow Road

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Man's Genesis

    director

    directing
    1912
  • An Indian Summer

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The School Teacher and the Waif

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Lena and the Geese

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Temporary Truce

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Home Folks

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Beast at Bay

    director

    directing
    1912
  • When Kings Were the Law

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Lodging for the Night

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Old Actor

    director

    directing
    1912
  • His Lesson

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Lesser Evil

    director

    directing
    1912
  • One Is Business, the Other Crime

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Just Like a Woman

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Female of the Species

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Siren of Impulse

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Fate's Interception

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Girl and Her Trust

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Root of Evil

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Iola's Promise

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A String of Pearls

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Sunbeam

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Sands of Dee

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Under Burning Skies

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Mender of Nets

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Billy's Stratagem

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Transformation of Mike

    director

    directing
    1912
  • For His Son

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Eternal Mother

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Baby and the Stork

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Voice of the Child

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Terrible Discovery

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Saved from Himself

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Failure

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Woman Scorned

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Miser's Heart

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Through Darkening Vales

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Trail of Books

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Battle

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Love in the Hills

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Long Road

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Adventures of Billy

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Unveiling

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Italian Blood

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Making of a Man

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Her Awakening

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Revenue Man and His Girl

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Squaw's Love

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Swords and Hearts

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Rose of Kentucky

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Blind Princess and the Poet

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Sorrowful Example

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Last Drop of Water

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Country Cupid

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Indian Brothers

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Bobby the Coward

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Thief and the Girl

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Fighting Blood

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Her Sacrifice

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Primal Call

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Enoch Arden

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Enoch Arden: Part II

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Enoch Arden: Part I

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The New Dress

    director

    directing
    1911
  • How She Triumphed

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Knight of the Road

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Madame Rex

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Broken Cross

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Spanish Gypsy

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Lonedale Operator

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Teaching Dad to Like Her

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Conscience

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Decree of Destiny

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Lily of the Tenements

    director

    directing
    1911
  • His Daughter

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Diamond Star

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Fisher Folks

    director

    directing
    1911
  • What Shall We Do with Our Old?

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Heart Beats of Long Ago

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Three Sisters

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Wreath of Orange Blossoms

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Fate's Turning

    director

    directing
    1911
  • His Trust Fulfilled

    director

    directing
    1911
  • His Trust

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Italian Barber

    director

    directing
    1911
  • When a Man Loves

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Two Paths

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Winning Back His Love

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Refuge

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Lesson

    director

    directing
    1910
  • His Sister-In-Law

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Golden Supper

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Plain Song

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Song of the Wildwood Flute

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Sunshine Sue

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Simple Charity

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Fugitive

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Waiter No. 5

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Two Little Waifs

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Message of the Violin

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Banker's Daughters

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Broken Doll

    director

    directing
    1910
  • That Chink at Golden Gulch

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Child's Stratagem

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Iconoclast

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Examination Day at School

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Rose o' Salem Town

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Oath and the Man

    director

    directing
    1910
  • In Life's Cycle

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Mohawk's Way

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Little Angels of Luck

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Summer Idyll

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Modern Prodigal

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Wilful Peggy

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Usurer

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Salutary Lesson

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The House with Closed Shutters

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Her Father's Pride

    director

    directing
    1910
  • An Arcadian Maid

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Unexpected Help

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Call to Arms

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Serious Sixteen

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Flash of Light

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Child's Faith

    director

    directing
    1910
  • What the Daisy Said

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Midnight Cupid

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Purgation

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Muggsy's First Sweetheart

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Child's Impulse

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Marked Time-Table

    director

    directing
    1910
  • As the Bells Rang Out!

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Face at the Window

    director

    directing
    1910
  • In the Border States

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Victim of Jealousy

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Child of the Ghetto

    director

    directing
    1910
  • In the Season of Buds

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Impalement

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Bill Sharkey's Last Game

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Ramona

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Over Silent Paths

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Two Brothers

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Love Among the Roses

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Unchanging Sea

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Gold Seekers

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Way of the World

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Thou Shalt Not

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Romance of the Western Hills

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Rich Revenge

    director

    directing
    1910
  • As It Is in Life

    director

    directing
    1910
  • His Last Dollar

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Gold Is Not All

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Twisted Trail

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Faithful

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Converts

    director

    directing
    1910
  • In Old California

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Thread of Destiny

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Newlyweds

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Final Settlement

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Taming a Husband

    director

    directing
    1910
  • His Last Burglary

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Englishman and the Girl

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Duke’s Plan

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Man

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Woman from Mellon's

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Cloister’s Touch

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Last Deal

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Honor of His Family

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Call

    director

    directing
    1910
  • On the Reef

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Her Terrible Ordeal

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Rocky Road

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Heart of an Outlaw

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Day After

    director

    directing
    1909
  • To Save Her Soul

    director

    directing
    1909
  • In Little Italy

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Trap for Santa Claus

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Test

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Corner in Wheat

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Redman's View

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Through the Breakers

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period

    director

    directing
    1909
  • In the Window Recess

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Trick that Failed

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Mountaineer's Honor

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Sweet Revenge

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Midnight Adventure

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Light That Came

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Restoration

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Nursing a Viper

    director

    directing
    1909
  • What's Your Hurry?

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Gibson Goddess

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    director

    directing
    1909
  • In the Watches of the Night

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Expiation

    director

    directing
    1909
  • His Lost Love

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Change of Heart

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Little Teacher

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Fools of Fate

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Pippa Passes

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Wanted, a Child

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Awakening

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Leather Stocking

    director

    directing
    1909
  • In Old Kentucky

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Broken Locket

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Getting Even

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Children's Friend

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Comata, the Sioux

    director

    directing
    1909
  • 1776, or The Hessian Renegades

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Sealed Room

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Little Darling

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Pranks

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Mills of the Gods

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Seventh Day

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Oh, Uncle!

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Indian Runner's Romance

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat

    director

    directing
    1909
  • His Wife's Visitor

    director

    directing
    1909
  • They Would Elope

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Mr. Jones' Burglar

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Mended Lute

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Strange Meeting

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Slave

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Jealousy and the Man

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Sweet and Twenty

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Renunciation

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Tender Hearts

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Cardinal's Conspiracy

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Country Doctor

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Necklace

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Way of Man

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Peachbasket Hat

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Mexican Sweethearts

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Her First Biscuits

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Faded Lilies

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Son's Return

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Lonely Villa

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A New Trick

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Violin Maker of Cremona

    director

    directing
    1909
  • His Duty

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Eradicating Aunty

    director

    directing
    1909
  • What Drink Did

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Cricket on the Hearth

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Two Memories

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Eloping with Auntie

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Resurrection

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Jilt

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Baby's Shoe

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Jones and the Lady Book Agent

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The French Duel

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Note in the Shoe

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Suicide Club

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Eavesdropper

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Lucky Jim

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Twin Brothers

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Drive for a Life

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Lady Helen's Escapade

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Troublesome Satchel

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Confidence

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Winning Coat

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Rude Hostess

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Trying to Get Arrested

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Road to the Heart

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Drunkard's Reformation

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Jones and His New Neighbors

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Medicine Bottle

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Burglar’s Mistake

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Deception

    director

    directing
    1909
  • And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Voice of the Violin

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Lure of the Gown

    director

    directing
    1909
  • I Did It, Mamma

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Salvation Army Lass

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Roue’s Heart

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Wooden Leg

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Fool's Revenge

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Prussian Spy

    director

    directing
    1909
  • His Wife's Mother

    director

    directing
    1909
  • At the Altar

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Golden Louis

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Politician's Love Story

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Hindoo Dagger

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Curtain Pole

    director

    directing
    1909
  • His Ward's Love

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Tragic Love

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Edgar Allen Poe

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Wreath in Time

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Brahma Diamond

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Girls and Daddy

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Cord of Life

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Those Awful Hats

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Welcome Burglar

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Criminal Hypnotist

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Those Boys!

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Sacrifice

    director

    directing
    1909
  • A Rural Elopement

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Honor of Thieves

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Love Finds a Way

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Mrs. Jones Entertains

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Maniac Cook

    director

    directing
    1909
  • One Touch of Nature

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Helping Hand

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Mr. Jones at the Ball

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Christmas Burglars

    director

    directing
    1908
  • An Awful Moment

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Test of Friendship

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Reckoning

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Feud and the Turkey

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Money Mad

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Valet's Wife

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Clubman and the Tramp

    director

    directing
    1908
  • A Woman's Way

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Ingrate

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Song of the Shirt

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Guerrilla

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Taming of the Shrew

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Pirate's Gold

    director

    directing
    1908
  • After Many Years

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Concealing a Burglar

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Call of the Wild

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Romance of a Jewess

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Planter's Wife

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Vaquero's Vow

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Ingomar, the Barbarian

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Father Gets in the Game

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Zulu's Heart

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Devil

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Stolen Jewels

    director

    directing
    1908
  • A Smoked Husband

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Where the Breakers Roar

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Heart of O Yama

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Red Girl

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Girl and the Outlaw

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Betrayed by a Handprint

    director

    directing
    1908
  • For a Wife's Honor

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Balked at the Altar

    director

    directing
    1908
  • For Love of Gold

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Fatal Hour

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Man and the Woman

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Greaser's Gauntlet

    director

    directing
    1908
  • A Calamitous Elopement

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora

    director

    directing
    1908
  • Deceived Slumming Party

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Redman and the Child

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Black Viper

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Fight for Freedom

    director

    directing
    1908
  • The Adventures of Dollie

    director

    directing
    1908

• actors (53 credits)

  • Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

    archive footage

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Flashback: The First World War

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Tramp and the Dictator

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'

    Self (Archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • American Experience

    - Mary Pickford (2005) ... Self actor actors
    1988
  • D.W. Griffith: An American Genius

    Self (archive)

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • San Francisco

    Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • 1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Enoch Arden

    Mr. Ray

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Two Daughters of Eve

    At Stage Door

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Adventures of Billy

    On Bench

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • 1776, or The Hessian Renegades

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • At the Altar

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Politician's Love Story

    Man - First Couple

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Girls and Daddy

    At Black & Tan Ball

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Heart of O Yama

    Footman

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Red Girl

    Man on Footpath

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Balked at the Altar

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Fatal Hour

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • A Calamitous Elopement

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Deceived Slumming Party

    Reginald O.C. Wittington

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Black Viper

    Rescuer

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Stage Rustler

    Phil Bowen

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Kentuckian

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • At the Crossroads of Life

    Suitor

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • At the French Ball

    Husband

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Man in the Box

    Station Agent

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Invisible Fluid

    Mailman

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • 'Ostler Joe

    Lover

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • When Knights Were Bold

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Sculptor's Nightmare

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Music Master

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The King's Messenger

    Messenger

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Hulda's Lovers

    Handy Hank

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • King of the Cannibal Islands

    Cannibal in top hat

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • A Famous Escape

    Prisoner

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker

    Doctor, Charity worker

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Caught by Wireless

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Her First Adventure

    Father

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Yellow Peril

    Mr. Phlipp

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Cupid’s Pranks

    Extra at ball

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Princess in the Vase

    Lover

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Classmates

    Extra

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Falsely Accused!

    Cop in Court

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

    Father

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Professional Jealousy

    Extra on stage

    actor

    actors
    1908

• writing (178 credits)

  • D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • General Massacre

    novel

    writing
    1973
  • Footlight Varieties

    writer

    writing
    1951
  • The Struggle

    screenplay

    writing
    1931
  • Isn't Life Wonderful

    writer

    writing
    1924
  • The White Rose

    writer

    writing
    1923
  • One Exciting Night

    story

    writing
    1922
  • Dream Street

    writer

    writing
    1921
  • Way Down East

    writer

    writing
    1920
  • The Love Flower

    writer

    writing
    1920
  • The Mother and the Law

    story

    writing
    1919
  • The Fall of Babylon

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • The Girl Who Stayed at Home

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • A Romance of Happy Valley

    story

    writing
    1919
  • The Greatest Thing in Life

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • The Hun Within

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • The Great Love

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Hearts of the World

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Diane of the Follies

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    scenario writer

    writing
    1916
  • The Marriage of Molly-O

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • An Innocent Magdalene

    story

    writing
    1916
  • Hoodoo Ann

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • Betty of Greystone

    story

    writing
    1916
  • The Wood Nymph

    story

    writing
    1916
  • The Missing Links

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • Let Katie Do it

    story

    writing
    1916
  • The Lily and the Rose

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Lamb

    story

    writing
    1915
  • Enoch Arden

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Birth of a Nation

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Avenging Conscience

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • Home, Sweet Home

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

    writer

    writing
    1913
  • Two Men of the Desert

    screenplay

    writing
    1913
  • Her Mother's Oath

    writer

    writing
    1913
  • Just Gold

    writer

    writing
    1913
  • The Wanderer

    writer

    writing
    1913
  • The Lady and the Mouse

    writer

    writing
    1913
  • The Little Tease

    writer

    writing
    1913
  • The Massacre

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • My Hero

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • Brutality

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • The Painted Lady

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • Friends

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • A Pueblo Legend

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • Man's Genesis

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • The Mender of Nets

    writer

    writing
    1912
  • The Message of the Violin

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • Ramona

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • The Thread of Destiny

    story

    writing
    1910
  • The Newlyweds

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • The Duke’s Plan

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • The Last Deal

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • The Call

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • On the Reef

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • Her Terrible Ordeal

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • The Rocky Road

    writer

    writing
    1910
  • To Save Her Soul

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Corner in Wheat

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Mountaineer's Honor

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Sweet Revenge

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Light That Came

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Restoration

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Nursing a Viper

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • What's Your Hurry?

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Gibson Goddess

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Expiation

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • His Lost Love

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Pippa Passes

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Broken Locket

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Getting Even

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • 1776, or The Hessian Renegades

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Little Darling

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Mills of the Gods

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Oh, Uncle!

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Mr. Jones' Burglar

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Strange Meeting

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Slave

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Jealousy and the Man

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Renunciation

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Tender Hearts

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Country Doctor

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Way of Man

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Peachbasket Hat

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Faded Lilies

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Son's Return

    screenplay

    writing
    1909
  • A New Trick

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Eradicating Aunty

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • What Drink Did

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Two Memories

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Eloping with Auntie

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Jilt

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Baby's Shoe

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Jones and the Lady Book Agent

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Note in the Shoe

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Eavesdropper

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Drive for a Life

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Confidence

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Winning Coat

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Rude Hostess

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Road to the Heart

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Drunkard's Reformation

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Jones and His New Neighbors

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Medicine Bottle

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Burglar’s Mistake

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Voice of the Violin

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Lure of the Gown

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Salvation Army Lass

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Roue’s Heart

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Wooden Leg

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Fool's Revenge

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Prussian Spy

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • His Wife's Mother

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • At the Altar

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Golden Louis

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Politician's Love Story

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Hindoo Dagger

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Curtain Pole

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • His Ward's Love

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Tragic Love

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Edgar Allen Poe

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Wreath in Time

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Brahma Diamond

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Girls and Daddy

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Cord of Life

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Those Awful Hats

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Welcome Burglar

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Criminal Hypnotist

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Those Boys!

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Sacrifice

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • A Rural Elopement

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Honor of Thieves

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • Love Finds a Way

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Maniac Cook

    writer

    writing
    1909
  • The Helping Hand

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • Mr. Jones at the Ball

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Christmas Burglars

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • An Awful Moment

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Feud and the Turkey

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • Money Mad

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • A Woman's Way

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Ingrate

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Song of the Shirt

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Taming of the Shrew

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Call of the Wild

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • Romance of a Jewess

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Planter's Wife

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Zulu's Heart

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Stolen Jewels

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • Where the Breakers Roar

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • Betrayed by a Handprint

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • Balked at the Altar

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Greaser's Gauntlet

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • A Calamitous Elopement

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Redman and the Child

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • At the Crossroads of Life

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • Over the Hills to the Poor House

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Outlaw

    author

    writing
    1908
  • Mixed Babies

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • 'Ostler Joe

    author

    writing
    1908
  • When Knights Were Bold

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • The Music Master

    writer

    writing
    1908
  • Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker

    scenario writer

    writing
    1908
  • When Knighthood Was in Flower

    writer

    writing
    1908

• production (56 credits)

  • The Struggle

    producer

    production
    1931
  • The Battle of the Sexes

    producer

    production
    1928
  • The Sorrows of Satan

    producer

    production
    1926
  • Isn't Life Wonderful

    producer

    production
    1924
  • America

    producer

    production
    1924
  • The White Rose

    producer

    production
    1923
  • One Exciting Night

    producer

    production
    1922
  • Dream Street

    producer

    production
    1921
  • Way Down East

    producer

    production
    1920
  • The Love Flower

    producer

    production
    1920
  • The Greatest Question

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Scarlet Days

    producer

    production
    1919
  • The Mother and the Law

    producer

    production
    1919
  • The Fall of Babylon

    producer

    production
    1919
  • True Heart Susie

    producer

    production
    1919
  • Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    producer

    production
    1919
  • The Girl Who Stayed at Home

    producer

    production
    1919
  • A Romance of Happy Valley

    producer

    production
    1919
  • The Greatest Thing in Life

    producer

    production
    1918
  • Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal

    producer

    production
    1918
  • The Great Love

    producer

    production
    1918
  • Hearts of the World

    producer

    production
    1918
  • Betsy's Burglar

    supervising producer

    production
    1917
  • A Girl of the Timber Claims

    supervising producer

    production
    1917
  • The Children of the Feud

    producer

    production
    1916
  • Fifty-Fifty

    producer

    production
    1916
  • The Social Secretary

    producer

    production
    1916
  • The Half-Breed

    producer

    production
    1916
  • Macbeth

    producer

    production
    1916
  • Susan Rocks the Boat

    producer

    production
    1916
  • The Missing Links

    production supervisor

    production
    1916
  • Double Trouble

    production supervisor

    production
    1915
  • Martyrs of the Alamo

    producer

    production
    1915
  • Old Heidelberg

    supervising producer

    production
    1915
  • The Lily and the Rose

    producer

    production
    1915
  • Ghosts

    producer

    production
    1915
  • The Birth of a Nation

    producer

    production
    1915
  • The Odalisque

    supervising producer

    production
    1914
  • The Avenging Conscience

    producer

    production
    1914
  • The Life of General Villa

    supervising producer

    production
    1914
  • The Mothering Heart

    producer

    production
    1913
  • Lena and the Geese

    producer

    production
    1912
  • The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

    producer

    production
    1912
  • Fighting Blood

    executive producer

    production
    1911
  • The Lonedale Operator

    producer

    production
    1911
  • After the Ball

    producer

    production
    1910
  • His Sister-In-Law

    producer

    production
    1910
  • The Troublesome Baby

    producer

    production
    1910
  • A Gold Necklace

    producer

    production
    1910
  • When We Were in Our 'Teens

    producer

    production
    1910
  • May and December

    producer

    production
    1910
  • The Tenderfoot's Triumph

    producer

    production
    1910
  • All on Account of the Milk

    producer

    production
    1910
  • The Day After

    producer

    production
    1909
  • A Corner in Wheat

    producer

    production
    1909
  • Leather Stocking

    producer

    production
    1909

• sound (2 credits)

  • The Struggle

    original music composer

    sound
    1931
  • The Birth of a Nation

    original music composer

    sound
    1915

• art (1 credits)

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    production design

    art
    1916

• costume & make-up (1 credits)

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    1916

• crew (4 credits)

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    presenter

    crew
    1916
  • Don Quixote

    supervisor of production resources

    crew
    1916
  • Betty of Greystone

    supervisor of production resources

    crew
    1916
  • The Birth of a Nation

    presenter

    crew
    1915

• editing (2 credits)

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    editor

    editing
    1916
  • The Birth of a Nation

    editor

    editing
    1915