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Directing · Writing · 1875 to 1948

D.W. Griffith

Best rated: Intolerance (7.6)

Films
22
Avg rating
6.71
Peak run
1916’20
7+ run
2 films
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The career

D.W. Griffith, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1916 to 1920, 7.105678191419161918192019221924192619281930Intolerance 7.6The Birth of a Nation 6.0Career avg 6.71

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

D.W. Griffith's career barcodecoolhot
191422 films1931
Current formLast 5: 6.88 vs career 6.71 (+0.17)
  1. WBroken Blossoms1919 · 7.2+0.5
  2. WTrue Heart Susie1919 · 6.9+0.2
  3. WWay Down East1920 · 7.3+0.6
  4. WOrphans of the Storm1921 · 7.3+0.6
  5. LAbraham Lincoln1930 · 5.7−1.0
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

D.W. by the numbers

Average
6.71
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.74
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.64
rating spread
Career
18y
1914 to 1931
Total votes
84.9K
across every film
Best
7.6
Intolerance
Worst
6.0
The Birth of a Nation
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1931The Struggle·411
1930Abraham Lincoln5.71,912
1928The Battle of the Sexes·547
1926The Sorrows of Satan·338
1925Sally of the Sawdust·642
1924America·512
1924Isn't Life Wonderful·466
1923The White Rose·257
1921Orphans of the Storm7.35,808
1920Way Down East7.36,383
1919A Romance of Happy Valley·528
1919Broken Blossoms posterBroken Blossoms7.211,890
1919The Greatest Question·774
1919The Mother and the Law·276
1919Scarlet Days·497
1919True Heart Susie6.92,175
1918Hearts of the World6.51,191
1916Intolerance posterIntolerance7.618,190
1915The Birth of a Nation posterThe Birth of a Nation6.028,606
1914Home, Sweet Home·317
Better together?

D.W. Griffith's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On D.W. Griffith

1 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Special Award · Academy Awards 1936
    David Wark Griffith
    Won

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