turn-of-the-century America

Pioneer filmmaker whose works like 'Intolerance' (1916) directly depicted turn-of-the-century American society and technological change.

His films 'Gangs of New York' (2002) and 'The Aviator' (2004) deeply explore the ambitions, conflicts, and transformation of turn-of-the-century America.

Master of Westerns and historical dramas who captured the frontier spirit and industrial transformation of early 1900s America in works like 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.'