Griffith

(grifit̸h)

noun

a masculine name

Origin: Welsh Gruffydd < ? L Rufus: see Rufus

Griffith, D(avid) (Lewelyn) W(ark) 1875-1948; U.S. film producer & director

See Griffith in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Irish nationalist leader who was a founder of the Sinn Fein movement for Irish independence (1905). He led the Irish delegation that negotiated the 1921 treaty with England that established the Irish Free State.

, D(avid Lewelyn) W(ark) 1875-1948.

American filmmaker who developed several cinematic techniques, such as fade-ins, fade-outs, close-ups, moving-camera shots, and flashbacks. The Birth of a Nation (1915) is among his many films.
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