D. W. Griffith yana nufin David Wark Griffith, daraktan fina-finan Amurka, marubuci, kuma furodusa wanda ake ɗauka a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin masu yin fina-finai mafi tasiri a tarihin sinima. An haife shi a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 1875, kuma ya rasu a ranar 23 ga Yuli, 1948. Griffith ya shahara wajen shiryawa da kuma shirya fim ɗin nan mai cike da cece-kuce kuma mai cike da ruɗani a shekarar 1915 mai suna "Haihuwar Ƙasa," wanda ake yi wa kallon wani muhimmin mataki a tarihin Amirka. cinema. Ya kuma jagoranci wasu fitattun fina-finai kamar su "Rashin haƙuri" (1916) da "Broken Blossoms" (1919).