Who did the Directors Guild of America removed from its “Lifetime Achievement Award”?

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Who did the Directors Guild of America removed from its “Lifetime Achievement Award”?

2007-03-23 01:24:07 · 2 answers · asked by Y ASK ME? 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities

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DW Griffith
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But the award - which until now bore the name of the legendary director DW Griffith - has been renamed owing to protests over Griffith's 1915 film, The Birth of a Nation, which portrayed the Ku Klux Klan in a heroic light.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,3972650-103681,00.html

2007-03-23 02:20:20 · answer #1 · answered by sunshine05rose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

D.W. Griffith

2007-03-23 02:15:41 · answer #2 · answered by bucsandducks 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋