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David Wark Griffith
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Jul 5, 2019 · D.W. Griffith was known for pioneering the technique known as parallel editing. Also known as cross-cutting, the technique depicts two or more scenes in different locations playing out simultaneously.
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Aug 31, 2024 · D.W. Griffith, pioneer American motion-picture director credited with developing many of the basic techniques of filmmaking, in such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), and The Struggle (1931).
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D. W. Griffith: (David Llewelyn Wark Griffith), 1875–1948, American movie director and producer, b. La Grange [1], Ky. Griffith was the first major American film director. He began his film career as an actor and a scenario writer in 1908 with the Biograph Company.
Jan 26, 2020 · Griffith is credited with inventing or popularizing many foundational cinematic narrative techniques, and he was arguably the most important director in the first decade of Hollywood film production. However, Griffith's legacy is primarily defined by his 1915 film The Birth of Nation.
Apr 2, 2014 · D.W. Griffith was one of cinema's earliest directors and producers, known for his innovations and for directing the 1915 film Birth of a Nation.
A biography of D.W.Griffith, the Hollywood pioneer movie director, who successfully worked with many of the major early actors and actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age.
D.W. Griffith. Director: The Birth of a Nation. David Wark Griffith was born in rural Kentucky to Jacob "Roaring Jake" Griffith, a former Confederate Army colonel and Civil War veteran.
