FILM DIRECTOR

D. W. Griffith

1875 - 1948

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David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the narrative film. To modern audiences, Griffith is known primarily for directing the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. W. Griffith has received more than 2,973,871 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). D. W. Griffith is the 140th most popular film director (down from 134th in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from United States (down from 915th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Film Director.

D. W. Griffith is most famous for the film Birth of a Nation, a silent film that is credited with inventing many of the techniques of modern filmmaking.

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  • 3.0M

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  • 68.21

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  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, D. W. Griffith ranks 140 out of 2,041. Before him are Lasse Hallström, Erich von Stroheim, Lewis Milestone, Jacques Demy, Volker Schlöndorff, and Moustapha Akkad. After him are Michael Cimino, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Max Reinhardt, and Alice Guy-Blaché.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, D. W. Griffith ranks 29. Before him are Fritz Kreisler, Paul Landowski, Zhang Zuolin, Antonio Machado, Edgar Wallace, and Matthias Erzberger. After him are Mihály Károlyi, Henri Lebesgue, Albert Marquet, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Othenio Abel, and Sisowath Monivong. Among people deceased in 1948, D. W. Griffith ranks 32. Before him are Arthur Liebehenschel, Kurt Schwitters, John J. Pershing, Georges Bernanos, Hugo Boss, and Umberto Giordano. After him are Iwane Matsui, Pompeu Fabra, Kantarō Suzuki, Emil Ludwig, Yoshiko Kawashima, and Zelda Fitzgerald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, D. W. Griffith ranks 951 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Bob Thornton (1955), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Chick Corea (1941), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Henry Way Kendall (1926), and Keith Haring (1958). After him are Jonathan Banks (1947), Jane Wyman (1917), Michael Cimino (1939), Kim Kardashian (1980), Condoleezza Rice (1954), and Myrtle Corbin (1868).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, D. W. Griffith ranks 37. Before him are Jules Dassin (1911), Howard Hawks (1896), Victor Fleming (1889), Wes Craven (1939), William Hanna (1910), and George A. Romero (1940). After him are Michael Cimino (1939), Jonathan Demme (1944), Frances Marion (1888), Ed Wood (1924), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), and Joel Schumacher (1939).

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