Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Personal Info
Known For Writer
Birthday 1864-01-11
Deathday 1946-04-03 (82 years old)
Place of Birth Shelby, North Carolina, USA
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. (January 11, 1864 – April 3, 1946) was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman — which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation (1915). Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Dixon, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Writer
1937
Nation Aflame
as Story
1926
The Gentle Cyclone
as Writer
1925
The Trail Rider
as Writer
1924
The Brass Bowl
as Writer
1924
The Foolish Virgin
as Novel
1919
Bolshevism on Trial
as Writer
1918
The One Woman
as Novel
1916
The Fall of a Nation
as Writer
1916
The Foolish Virgin
as Novel
1915
The Birth of a Nation
as Novel
1915
The Birth of a Nation
as Adaptation
Director
1916
The Fall of a Nation
as Director
Actor
1912
A Freight Train Drama
as Jake