Frank E. Woods

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1860-01-01

Deathday 1939-05-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Linesville, Pennsylvania, USA

Frank E. Woods

Biography

Frank E. Woods (1860 – May 1, 1939) was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 90 films between 1908 till 1925. He first became a writer with the Biograph Company. Woods was also a pioneering film reviewer. As a writer, his contributions to film criticism are discussed in the 2009 documentary, For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. Woods worked for the Kinemacolor Company of America, directing at their Hollywood studios and writing the script for the unreleased The Clansman (1911). He was also known for his screenplay collaborations with D. W. Griffith, including the co-scripting of The Birth of a Nation. He later publicly expressed regret for his involvement with the film. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA. Woods was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. From Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

1925
Let Women Alone

as Adaptation

1924
Chalk Marks

as Writer

1922
1917
The Bad Boy

as Screenplay

1917
A Woman's Awakening

as Scenario Writer

1917
1916
1915
The Birth of a Nation

as Screenplay

1915
Man's Prerogative

as Scenario Writer

1914
Man's Enemy

as Scenario Writer

1914
Men and Women

as Scenario Writer

1914
The Mountain Rat

as Scenario Writer

1914
Brute Force

as Writer

1914
Strongheart

as Writer

1914
1913
1913
The Mirror

as Story

1913
1913
The Reformers

as Writer

1912
Home Folks

as Writer

1912
Man's Genesis

as Writer

1910
A Gold Necklace

as Writer

1910
White Roses

as Writer

1910
Simple Charity

as Writer

1910
Wilful Peggy

as Writer

1910
The Usurer

as Writer

1909
The Sealed Room

as Writer

1909
Resurrection

as Writer

1909
Nursing a Viper

as Writer

1909
1909
The Necklace

as Writer

1909
1909
In Little Italy

as Writer

1909

Producer

Director

1913