Frank E. Woods

Writing

Born Jan 01, 1860

From Linesville, Pennsylvania, USA

Died May 01, 1939

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.

Filmography — Crew

Frank E. Woods

Filmography — Crew

The Birth of a Nation

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Sealed Room

Judith of Bethulia

A Corner in Wheat

Resurrection

The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period

The Mountaineer's Honor

The Honor of His Family

The Usurer

The Cricket on the Hearth

Faithful

Mr. Grouch at the Seashore

Man's Genesis

Brute Force

The Life of General Villa

The Left-Handed Man

Strongheart

Chalk Marks

Muggsy's First Sweetheart

A Strange Meeting

Her First Biscuits

Wilful Peggy

Pippa Passes

The Necklace

The Bad Boy

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

Home Folks

A Gold Necklace

Richard the Lion-Hearted

A Smoked Husband

A Change of Heart

The Reformers

Nursing a Viper

Edgar Allan Poe

Beauty and the Bad Man

White Roses

The Song of the Shirt

After Many Years

In the Window Recess

Simple Charity

Fools of Fate

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

The Redman's View

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Children Pay

The Suicide Club

In Little Italy

When We Were in Our 'Teens

The Violin Maker of Cremona

The Old Homestead