David Llewelyn Wark Griffith

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/David_Llewelyn_Wark_Griffith

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:film_director gptkb:person gptkb:screenwriter film producer
gptkbp:almaMater	none (self-taught)
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture
gptkbp:birthDate	1875-01-22
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:David_Llewelyn_Wark_Griffith
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Crestwood,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Mount_Tabor_Methodist_Church_Graveyard,_Crestwood,_Kentucky
gptkbp:controversy	The Birth of a Nation for racist content
gptkbp:deathDate	1948-07-23
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Hollywood,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:directed	gptkb:A_Corner_in_Wheat gptkb:Judith_of_Bethulia gptkb:The_Battle_at_Elderbush_Gulch gptkb:The_Lonedale_Operator gptkb:The_Musketeers_of_Pig_Alley gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln gptkb:America gptkb:The_Avenging_Conscience gptkb:The_House_with_Closed_Shutters gptkb:The_New_York_Hat gptkb:The_Painted_Lady gptkb:The_Sealed_Room gptkb:The_Struggle gptkb:The_Sunbeam gptkb:The_Girl_and_Her_Trust gptkb:The_Mothering_Heart gptkb:The_Birth_of_a_Nation gptkb:Intolerance gptkb:Way_Down_East gptkb:Broken_Blossoms gptkb:Hearts_of_the_World gptkb:Orphans_of_the_Storm
gptkbp:genre	silent film epic film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	David Llewelyn Wark Griffith
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Alfred_Hitchcock gptkb:Charlie_Chaplin gptkb:Orson_Welles gptkb:Sergei_Eisenstein
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Edwin_S._Porter
gptkbp:knownFor	close-up shot pioneering modern cinematic narrative techniques parallel editing feature-length film use of cross-cutting
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:The_Birth_of_a_Nation gptkb:Intolerance gptkb:Way_Down_East gptkb:Broken_Blossoms gptkb:Orphans_of_the_Storm
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:film_director gptkb:screenwriter film producer
gptkbp:otherName	gptkb:D._W._Griffith
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Jacob_Wark_Griffith gptkb:Mary_Perkins
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Mount_Tabor_Methodist_Church_Graveyard,_Crestwood,_Kentucky
gptkbp:signature	D. W. Griffith signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Evelyn_Baldwin gptkb:Linda_Arvidson
gptkbp:yearsActive	1908–1931
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:David_W._Griffith
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6