D.W. Griffith
Subtitle: An American Life
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Limelight Editions
Published: July 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780879100803
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Individual film directors, film-makers; Motion picture producers and d; Entertainment & Performing Arts - General; Individual Directors And Producers; United States; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Entertainment & Performing Arts - Movie Directors; Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Biography; Motion picture producers and directors; (David Wark),; 1875-1948; Griffith, D. W; Griffith, D. W
Description: He transformed a nickelodeon novelty into a new art form and a powerful, glamorous American industry. He codified the rules and techniques of screen story-telling, and pioneered the conventions that brought films to life, from surging spectacle to soul-baring close-ups. A poor farm boy from the South, Griffith rose to fame with The Birth of a Nation, a cinematic masterpiece stained by the racism that infected his heritage.

Though he went on to direct some of the most legendary films of the silent era, Griffith was doomed by his over-reaching drives, and he died an embittered man, shunned by the community he had largely created. His story is told here with unsparing truth and compelling narrative sweep.