D.W.Griffiths

HISTORY OF CINEMA

D.W.Griffiths;

D.W.Griffiths or also known as David Llewelyn Ward Griffiths was born on January 22, 1875, in Floydstork, Kentucky and was a film actor, Director and Theatre actor. 

During his early life, Griffiths decided to take up acting and writing plays and went and worked for Edison and Biograph. After working for them, he went on to come to a director and soon after started directing hundreds of short plays for the  letter company. He even starred alongside Lionel Barrymore, May Pickleford and the Aish Sisters.

From his invent side of his life Griffiths decided to experiment with his film-making techniques etc and in the process invented many different camera shots and camera effects such as the Utilizing cross-cutting, Close up shot and the Fade out which he thought looked like a destructive effect to show emotion.

During his carrer, David was a really successful director and film actor as one of his films turned into a blockbuster. (The birth of a nation) and was one of his first movies.  

Griffith then died on July 23rd, 1948.

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