D. W. Griffith

birth

Griffith was born on January 22, 1875, on a farm in Oldham County, Kentucky, the son of Jacob Wark “Roaring Jake” Griffith, a Confederate Army colonel in the American Civil War who was elected as a Kentucky state legislator, and Mary Perkins (née Oglesby).

death

On the morning of July 23, 1948, Griffith was discovered unconscious in the lobby at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Los Angeles, where he had been living alone. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 3:42 PM on the way to a Hollywood hospital.

film

The Birth of a Nation

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/people/d/d-w-griffith/d-w-griffith.md

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On June 8, 2021, Britt announced her candidacy in the Republican primary for the 2022 Senate election in Alabama.

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51123

Wikipedia

D. W. Griffith (Wikipedia) David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the narrative film.