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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.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| D. W. Griffith | Born | David Wark Griffith (1875-01-22)January 22, 1875 Oldham County, Kentucky, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| D. W. Griffith | Died | July 23, 1948(1948-07-23) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| D. W. Griffith | Occupations | Film director | 1.00 | infobox |
| D. W. Griffith | Occupations | screenwriter | 1.00 | infobox |
| D. W. Griffith | Occupations | producer | 1.00 | infobox |
| D. W. Griffith | Resting place | Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard, Centerfield, Kentucky, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| D. W. Griffith | Spouses | .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria… | 1.00 | infobox |
| D. W. Griffith | Years active | 1895–1931 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Oliver Twist | instance of | as seen in Dickens's novels | 0.80 | text |
| Alfred Hitchcock | instance of | Filmmakers | 0.80 | text |
| Lev Kuleshov | instance of | Filmmakers | 0.80 | text |
| Jean Renoir | instance of | Filmmakers | 0.80 | text |
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