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The 35 pages that link to D. W. Griffith, each with the reason it gives.

• Film editingRelated: His films popularized cross-cutting and other methods of parallel action.

• HollywoodRelated: His productions helped demonstrate cinema’s capacity for large-scale storytelling.

• Continuity editingRelated: His work expanded continuity techniques for guiding attention through complex action.

• MontageRelated: His parallel editing offered a contrasting model of how cuts organize narrative time.

• Woodrow WilsonRelated: Wilson’s reported praise of the film intensified controversy over his racial views and administration.

• Classical Hollywood cinemaRelated: His films helped establish techniques later absorbed into classical storytelling.

• Mary PickfordRelated: Griffith directed Pickford in early Biograph films, including roles that helped establish her screen identity.

• The Birth of a NationRelated: Griffith directed and co-wrote the film, shaping its style and racist historical vision.

• United ArtistsRelated: He joined the founding partnership as a prominent filmmaker seeking independence from distributors.

• IntertitleRelated: Griffith’s films used intertitles to organize complex plots and present dialogue.

• Mack SennettRelated: Sennett learned filmmaking while working under Griffith at Biograph.

• Cross-cuttingRelated: His films popularized suspenseful alternation between actions in different locations.

• Close-upRelated: His films made close framing a recurring tool for directing attention and intensifying emotion.

• Lillian GishRelated: Griffith directed Gish in many of her best-known silent films and helped establish her screen career.

• Douglas FairbanksRelated: Griffith was a fellow United Artists founder seeking greater control over distribution.

• David BelascoRelated: Griffith performed in Belasco’s company before adapting theatrical techniques to film.

• Edwin S. PorterRelated: Griffith acted in a Porter-produced film before becoming a major director in his own right.

• Ku Klux KlanRelated: The film helped spur the Klan’s revival in the early twentieth century.

• Tod BrowningRelated: Browning began working in film as an actor and assistant under Griffith.

• King VidorRelated: Griffith's filmmaking offered a model Vidor studied as Hollywood's feature-film form developed.

• Thomas H. InceRelated: Griffith co-founded Triangle with Ince, whose production unit operated alongside his.

• Abel GanceRelated: Griffith’s epic filmmaking was a major reference point for Gance’s ambitions and editing practice.

• Anita LoosRelated: Griffith employed Loos as a scenario writer during the formative years of American film.

• Raoul WalshRelated: Walsh acted in Griffith’s films and learned filmmaking within his production circle.

• Florence LawrenceRelated: Lawrence acted in Biograph films directed by Griffith before she became a widely advertised star.

• Kevin BrownlowRelated: Griffith's films became central examples in Brownlow's research into early cinema.

• Cinema of the United StatesRelated: His formal innovations influenced later Hollywood practice, despite the racism of his best-known film.

• Era of SilenceRelated: His features helped establish the scale and conventions of classical silent-era storytelling.

• King BaggotRelated: Griffith and Baggot worked in the same formative industry, but became known for different screen and directing styles.

• Richard BarthelmessRelated: Griffith cast Barthelmess in roles that brought him national attention.

• Warner BaxterRelated: Baxter acted in Griffith’s silent film Abraham Lincoln before his sound-era success.