David Wark Griffith

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film_director
gptkb:person
gptkb:screenwriter
film producer
gptkbp:almaMater none (largely self-taught)
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture
gptkbp:birthDate 1875-01-22
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:David_Wark_Griffith
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Crestwood,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1948-07-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Hollywood,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:A_Corner_in_Wheat
gptkb:Judith_of_Bethulia
gptkb:The_Lonedale_Operator
gptkb:The_Musketeers_of_Pig_Alley
gptkb:Lady_of_the_Pavements
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:The_Massacre
gptkb:Scarlet_Days
gptkb:America
gptkb:Dream_Street
gptkb:Isn't_Life_Wonderful
gptkb:Sally_of_the_Sawdust
gptkb:The_Avenging_Conscience
gptkb:The_Fall_of_Babylon
gptkb:The_Girl_Who_Stayed_at_Home
gptkb:The_Greatest_Question
gptkb:The_House_with_Closed_Shutters
gptkb:The_Idol_Dancer
gptkb:The_Love_Flower
gptkb:The_Mother_and_the_Law
gptkb:The_New_York_Hat
gptkb:The_Painted_Lady
gptkb:The_Redman's_View
gptkb:The_Sealed_Room
gptkb:The_Sorrows_of_Satan
gptkb:The_Struggle
gptkb:The_Sunbeam
gptkb:The_White_Rose
gptkb:True_Heart_Susie
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
gptkb:The_Battle_of_the_Sexes
gptkbp:genre drama
silent film
epic film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David Wark Griffith
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Orson_Welles
gptkb:Cecil_B._DeMille
gptkb:Sergei_Eisenstein
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Edwin_S._Porter
gptkbp:knownFor pioneering modern cinematic techniques
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:parent gptkb:Jacob_Wark_Griffith
gptkb:Mary_Perkins
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mount_Tabor_Methodist_Church_Graveyard,_Crestwood,_Kentucky
gptkbp:signature David Wark Griffith signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Evelyn_Baldwin
gptkb:Linda_Arvidson
gptkbp:yearsActive 1908–1931
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:D.W._Griffith
gptkb:D._W._Griffith
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5