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David Llewelyn Wark D. W. Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was a premier pioneering Academy Award-winning American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916). 第一位导演--------------D. W. Griffith 第一位导演--------------D. W. Griffith Great Works The Birth of a Nation (also known as The Clansman) is one of the most influential and controversial films in the history of American cinema. Set during and after the American Civil War and directed by D. W. Griffith, the film was based on Thomas Dixons The Clansman, a novel and play, and was released on February 8, 1915. The Birth of a Nation is important in film history for its innovative technical and narrative achievements, and for its status as the first Hollywood blockbuster. It has provoked great controversy, both in its own day and today, for its promotion of white supremacism and glorification of the Ku Klux Klan. 第一位导演--------------D. W. Griffith 第一位导演--------------D. W. Griffith Great Works Intolerance: Loves Struggle Through the Ages, a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith in 1916, is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era.[1] It was made in response to critics who protested against Griffiths previous film, The Birth of a Nation, for its overt racist content, characterizing racism as peoples intolerance of other peoples views. 第一位导演--------------D. W. Griffith Broken Blossoms is a 1919 silent film film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess and Donald Crisp. The film paints an intimate portrait of Cheng Huan (Barthelmess), a kind hearted Chinese man, and his love for a poor abused girl named Lucy Burrows (Gish), as well as the brutality of Battling Burrows, a sadistic prizefighter. 第一位导演--------------D. W. Griffith * Birth of a Director D. W. Griffith *