Frank E. Woods
American screenwriter (1860–1939)
Frank E. Woods (1860 – May 1, 1939) was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 90 films from 1908 to 1925.2
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Born 1860, died May 1, 1939.1
About
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’s article on Frank E. Woods, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Career
Occupation: journalist, film critic, screenwriter, writer.4
- Date not recordedFounded Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences3
Personal life
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- 1WikidataFrank E. Woods on Wikidata
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- 10Wikimedia CommonsFrank E. Woods photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain