Frank E. Woods

Frank E. Woods
Born	1860 Linesville, Pennsylvania, USA
Died	1 May 1939 (aged 78–79) Hollywood, California, USA
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1908-1925
Spouse	Ella Woods

Edgar Allan Poe (1909), silent movie by D.W. Griffith as director and Woods as screenwriter.

Frank E. Woods (1860 – 1 May 1939) was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 90 films between 1908 and 1925, and first became a writer with American Mutoscope and Biograph. Woods was also a pioneering film reviewer. As a writer, his contributions to film criticism are discussed in the documentary, For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. He was also known for his screenplay collaborations with D. W. Griffith, including the co-scripting of The Birth of a Nation. 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.

Selected filmography

• Chalk Marks (1924)
• Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)
• The Children Pay (1916)
• Man's Enemy (1914)
• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• The Stopped Clock (1913)
• The Mirror (1913)
• In Diplomatic Circles (1913)
• The Left-Handed Man (1913)
• The White Rose of the Wilds (1911)
• The Country Lovers (1911)
• Priscilla and the Umbrella (1911)
• Priscilla's April Fool Joke (1911)
• Nursing a Viper (1909)
• In Little Italy (1909)
• A Corner in Wheat (1909)
• The Red Man's View (1909)
• The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909)
• Fools of Fate (1909)
• The Hessian Renegades (1909)
• The Sealed Room (1909)
• Resurrection (1909)
• Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
• Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1909)
• After Many Years (1908)

External links

• Works by or about Frank E. Woods at Internet Archive
• Frank E. Woods at IMDb