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D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Director, writer and producer, also actor, composer and editor · Died July 23, 1948, aged 73 · LaGrange, Kentucky, USA

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.

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Born
January 22, 1875
Died
July 23, 1948 (aged 73)
From
LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
Works as
Director, writer and producer, also actor, composer and editor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 535 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 36% in 30 days

What are D.W. Griffith's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
34%
Morality
23%
Society
14%
Power
12%
Survival
10%
Self
5%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 7

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
10
Dread
4
Romantic
3
Bittersweet
2
Other
15

How their films linger

Hopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch D.W. Griffith's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on MGM+ (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for D.W. Griffith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

535 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Showing 400 of the first 405 loaded · 549 in total

  • Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté(2020)

    as archive footage

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Writer

  • General Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Novel

  • Footlight Varieties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director · Writer

  • One Million B.C.(1940)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • San Francisco(1936)

    Second Assistant Director · as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Struggle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Screenplay

  • Abraham Lincoln(1930)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • 1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director · as Self

  • Lady of the Pavements (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • The Battle of the Sexes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director · Producer

  • Drums of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • The King of Kings(1927)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Sorrows of Satan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director · Producer

  • That Royle Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Sally of the Sawdust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Isn't Life Wonderful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director · Producer

  • The White Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • One Exciting Night(1922)

    Director · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Orphans of the Storm(1921)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Dream Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Way Down East(1920)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Love Flower(1920)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Remodeling Her Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • The Idol Dancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • The Greatest Question (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director · Producer

  • Scarlet Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director · Producer

  • The Mother and the Law(1919)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Fall of Babylon(1919)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • True Heart Susie(1919)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Broken Blossoms(1919)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Girl Who Stayed at Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • A Romance of Happy Valley(1919)

    Director · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Greatest Thing in Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Hun Within (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Writer

  • The Great Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Hearts of the World(1918)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Betsy's Burglar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Supervising Producer

  • A Girl of the Timber Claims (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Supervising Producer

  • The Children of the Feud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Producer

  • Fifty-Fifty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Producer

  • Diane of the Follies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Writer

  • The Social Secretary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Producer

  • Intolerance(1916)

    Director · Costume Design · Editor · Makeup Artist · Presenter · Production Design · Scenario Writer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Marriage of Molly-O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Writer

  • The Half-Breed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Producer

  • An Innocent Magdalene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Story

  • Macbeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Producer

  • Susan Rocks the Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Producer

  • Hoodoo Ann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Writer

  • Daphne and the Pirate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Writer

  • Don Quixote(1915)

    Supervisor of Production Resources

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Betty of Greystone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Story · Supervisor of Production Resources

  • The Wood Nymph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Story

  • The Missing Links (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Production Supervisor · Writer

  • Let Katie Do it (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Story

  • Manhattan Madness(1916)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Double Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Production Supervisor

  • Martyrs of the Alamo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Producer

  • Old Heidelberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Supervising Producer

  • The Lamb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Story

  • The Lily and the Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Producer · Writer

  • Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Producer

  • Enoch Arden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Writer · as Mr. Ray

  • The Birth of a Nation(1915)

    Director · Composer · Editor · Presenter · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Odalisque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Supervising Producer

  • The Avenging Conscience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director

  • Home, Sweet Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director · Writer

  • The Life of General Villa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Supervising Producer

  • Brute Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director

  • The Battle of the Sexes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director

  • Judith of Bethulia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director

  • Waifs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Director

  • The Conscience of Hassan Bey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director · Writer

  • Madonna of the Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Adopted Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Two Men of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director · Screenplay

  • A Misappropriated Turkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Mistake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Reformers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Her Mother's Oath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director · Writer

  • The Mothering Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director · Producer

  • Death's Marathon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Enemy's Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • A Timely Interception (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Sorrowful Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Ranchero's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • His Mother's Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • His Mother's Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Just Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director · Writer

  • The Yaqui Cur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The House of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Stolen Loaf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Wanderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director · Writer

  • If We Only Knew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Lady and the Mouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director · Writer

  • The Left-Handed Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • A Misunderstood Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Little Tease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director · Writer

  • The Perfidy of Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Hero of Little Italy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Sheriff's Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Fate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Near To Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Unwelcome Guest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Broken Ways (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Love in an Apartment Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • A Chance Deception (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Oil and Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Tender Hearted Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Telephone Girl and the Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • Three Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The Coming of Angelo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Director

  • The God Within (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • A Cry for Help (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • The Burglar’s Dilemma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • My Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • The New York Hat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Brutality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • The Informer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • My Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Gold and Glitter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Heredity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • The Painted Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • The One She Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • In the Aisles of the Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Chief's Blanket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • So Near, Yet So Far (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • Two Daughters of Eve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · as At Stage Door

  • Blind Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • An Unseen Enemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • A Pueblo Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • The Inner Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Narrow Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Man's Genesis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • An Indian Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The School Teacher and the Waif (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Lena and the Geese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Producer

  • A Temporary Truce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Home Folks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • A Beast at Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • When Kings Were the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • A Lodging for the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • His Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Old Actor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Lesser Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • One Is Business, the Other Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Just Like a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Female of the Species (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • A Siren of Impulse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Fate's Interception (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Girl and Her Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Producer

  • The Root of Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Iola's Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • A String of Pearls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Sunbeam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Sands of Dee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • Under Burning Skies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Mender of Nets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director · Writer

  • Billy's Stratagem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Transformation of Mike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • For His Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Eternal Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Baby and the Stork (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Director

  • The Voice of the Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • A Terrible Discovery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Saved from Himself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Failure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • A Woman Scorned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Miser's Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Through Darkening Vales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Trail of Books (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Battle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Love in the Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Long Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Adventures of Billy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director · as On Bench

  • The Unveiling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Italian Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Making of a Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Her Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Revenue Man and His Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Squaw's Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Swords and Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Rose of Kentucky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Blind Princess and the Poet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Sorrowful Example (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Last Drop of Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • A Country Cupid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Indian Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Bobby the Coward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Thief and the Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Fighting Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Her Sacrifice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Primal Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Enoch Arden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Enoch Arden: Part II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Enoch Arden: Part I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The New Dress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • How She Triumphed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • A Knight of the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Madame Rex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Broken Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Spanish Gypsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Lonedale Operator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director · Producer

  • Teaching Dad to Like Her (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Conscience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • A Decree of Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Lily of the Tenements (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • His Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Diamond Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Fisher Folks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • What Shall We Do with Our Old? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Heart Beats of Long Ago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Three Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • Fate's Turning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • His Trust Fulfilled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • His Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Italian Barber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • When a Man Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • The Two Paths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Director

  • After the Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Producer

  • Winning Back His Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Refuge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • His Sister-In-Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Producer

  • The Golden Supper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Plain Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Song of the Wildwood Flute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Troublesome Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Producer

  • Sunshine Sue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Simple Charity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Waiter No. 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Two Little Waifs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Message of the Violin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Writer

  • The Banker's Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Broken Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • That Chink at Golden Gulch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Gold Necklace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Producer

  • A Child's Stratagem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Iconoclast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Examination Day at School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Rose o' Salem Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Oath and the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • In Life's Cycle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Mohawk's Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Little Angels of Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Summer Idyll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Modern Prodigal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Wilful Peggy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • When We Were in Our 'Teens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Producer

  • The Usurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Salutary Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The House with Closed Shutters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Her Father's Pride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • An Arcadian Maid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Unexpected Help (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Call to Arms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Serious Sixteen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Flash of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Child's Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • What the Daisy Said (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Midnight Cupid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Purgation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Muggsy's First Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Child's Impulse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Marked Time-Table (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • May and December (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Producer

  • As the Bells Rang Out! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Face at the Window (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • In the Border States (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Victim of Jealousy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Child of the Ghetto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • In the Season of Buds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Impalement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Bill Sharkey's Last Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Ramona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Over Silent Paths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Two Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Love Among the Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Unchanging Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Gold Seekers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Way of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Thou Shalt Not (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Romance of the Western Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • A Rich Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • As It Is in Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • His Last Dollar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Gold Is Not All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Twisted Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Faithful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Converts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • In Old California (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Thread of Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Story

  • The Newlyweds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Writer

  • The Final Settlement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • Taming a Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • His Last Burglary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Englishman and the Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Duke’s Plan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Writer

  • The Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Woman from Mellon's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Cloister’s Touch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Last Deal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Writer

  • The Honor of His Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director

  • The Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Writer

  • On the Reef (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Writer

  • Her Terrible Ordeal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Writer

  • The Rocky Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1910)

    Director · Writer

  • The Heart of an Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Day After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Producer

  • To Save Her Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • In Little Italy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • A Trap for Santa Claus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • A Corner in Wheat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Redman's View (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Through the Breakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • In the Window Recess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Trick that Failed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Mountaineer's Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • A Midnight Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Sweet Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Light That Came (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Restoration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Nursing a Viper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Gibson Goddess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • What's Your Hurry? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • In the Watches of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Expiation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • His Lost Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • A Change of Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Little Teacher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Fools of Fate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Pippa Passes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Wanted, a Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Leather Stocking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Producer

  • In Old Kentucky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Broken Locket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Getting Even (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Children's Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Comata, the Sioux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • 1776, or The Hessian Renegades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • The Little Darling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Sealed Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Pranks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Mills of the Gods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Oh, Uncle! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Seventh Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Indian Runner's Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • His Wife's Visitor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Mr. Jones' Burglar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • They Would Elope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Mended Lute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • A Strange Meeting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Slave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Jealousy and the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Sweet and Twenty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Renunciation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Tender Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Cardinal's Conspiracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Country Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Necklace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Way of Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Mexican Sweethearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Peachbasket Hat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Her First Biscuits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Faded Lilies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Son's Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Screenplay

  • A New Trick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Lonely Villa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Violin Maker of Cremona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Eradicating Aunty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • His Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • What Drink Did (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The Cricket on the Hearth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • Eloping with Auntie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Two Memories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Resurrection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

  • The Jilt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • A Baby's Shoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • Jones and the Lady Book Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director · Writer

  • The French Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 533 titles, 531 of them dated from 1908 to 2020.

Highest rated

Intolerance (1916)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Film career

  • 1908Screen debut· Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting40 of 533: 20 only acting, 20 with another roleDirecting467 of 533: 291 only directing, 176 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thWriting179 of 533: 15 only writing, 164 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thProducing53 of 533: 18 only producing, 35 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thMusic2 of 533: 0 only music, 2 with another roleEditing2 of 533: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew8 of 533: 3 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score81st

533 titles, 186 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 155 of them.

By decade

1900s211 · 35 acting · 192 crew1910s295 · 3 acting · 295 crew1920s17 · crew1930s4 · 1 acting · 4 crew1950s1 · crew1970s1 · crew2000s1 · crew2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do D.W. Griffith's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · director, writer, producer, composer, editor

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

82nd percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (2020)

Midcredits 98th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is D.W. Griffith's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does D.W. Griffith work with?

People who share at least 2 of D.W. Griffith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Smith shares the most, 10.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors