The Resume

(January 22, 1875-July 21, 1948)
Directed 'Birth of a Nation' (1915) 'Intolerance' (1916), 'Broken Blossoms' (1919), 'Orphans of The Storm' (1922), 'Battle of the Sexes' (1928) and 'The Struggle'
Established United Artists with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (1920)
Featured on a U.S. commemorative postage stamp (1975)
Filmed over 500 short films before 'Birth of a Nation'
Birth name is David Wark Griffith
Son of a Confederate Army colonel and Civil War hero (hence his racist point of view)
Namesake for the D.W. Giffith award - the most prestigious award handed out by the Directors Guild of America (discontinued in December, 1999, due to his racist storytelling)

Why he might be annoying:

He was a blatant racist and sympathized with the Ku Klux Klan.
By 1931, most of his films were failures, so he retired.
During his reign of failures, he continued to make depressing films, something movie goers weren't quite ready for (His last film, 'The Struggle' was a chilling story about alcoholism).
He once predicted 'There will never be talking pictures,' then directed his first in 1930 ('Abraham Lincoln')
He smoked.
He became an alcoholic.

Why he might not be annoying:

He directed the first epic film (2 hours 45 minutes), 'Birth of a Nation' (1915).
It is believed that after making the racist 'Birth of a Nation,' he may have looked inwardly and did not like seeing his racist nature (1915).
His answer was 'Intolerance,' which - in four different historic stories - tells of people who are intolerant to others (1916).
He created filming techniques like interweaving stories, casting hundreds of extras, film masking and flashback.
He is considered the pioneer of motion picture making.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 25 Most Influential Directors of All Time [MovieMaker] (Ranked: 2)
• A & E Biographies of the Millennium (Ranked: 66)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 44)
• Alan Moore Doesn’t Like Me
• Ant Eaters/Pinocchios [Big Noses]
• Appeared on PBS' American Masters
• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Award Namesakes
• D.W. Griffith Films
• Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 1952 Critics Poll (Ranked: 5)
• Directors Who Make Cameos in Their Films
• Entertainment Weekly's 50 Greatest Directors of All Time [1996] (Ranked: 15)
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• I am a Kentuckian
• I am Known by My Initials
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [D-G]
• I Did Not Graduate High School [F-I]
• I Died in 1948 (Ranked: 73)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Made a Biased Comment in Public [Some Alleged]
• Ku Klux Klanners
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Bow Tie
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Profiles 1751-2000 (Ranked: 1915)
• Satirized on Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Supersized Egos
• Top 100 Old Time Radio Moments of the 20th Century (Ranked: 76)
• We Formed United Artists [1919]
• Xer's Most Annoying (Ranked: 16)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 66 Votes: 46.97% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 180 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 115 Votes: 74.78% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 20 Votes: 5.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 35 Votes: 31.43% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 87 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 87 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 93 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 121 Votes: 51.24% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 62 Votes: 43.55% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 252 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 414 Votes: 68.12% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 453 Votes: 68.87% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 360 Votes: 66.94% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 594 Votes: 60.10% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1651 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 9698 Votes: 65.33% Annoying