Frank E. Woods

Frank E. Woods (1860 – May 1, 1939) was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 90 films from 1908 to 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).^[1][2] 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.

Frank E. Woods
Woods in 1922
Born	1860 Linesville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 1, 1939 (aged 78–79) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1908–1925
Spouse	Ella Woods
Relatives	Lotta Woods (sister-in-law)

Woods was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[3]

Deserving citation by Woods

Frank Woods quoted at the end of his career, in 1937, in one of his meetings, a famous phrase still used today by screenwriters around the world:

"everyone shut now."

To emphasize his passion and especially to show everyone the amazingness of silent cinema.

PLAY Edgar Allen Poe (1909) with added modern introductory intertitles; screenplay co-written by Woods and D. W. Griffith; runtime 00:08:18.

Selected filmography

• After Many Years (1908)
• Edgar Allen Poe (1909)
• Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
• Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
• Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
• Resurrection (1909)
• The Sealed Room (1909)
• The Hessian Renegades (1909)
• Fools of Fate (1909)
• The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909)
• The Red Man's View (1909)
• A Corner in Wheat (1909)
• In Little Italy (1909)
• Nursing a Viper (1909)
• Priscilla's April Fool Joke (1911)
• Priscilla and the Umbrella (1911)
• The Country Lovers (1911)
• The White Rose of the Wilds (1911)
• The Left-Handed Man (1913)
• In Diplomatic Circles (1913)
• The Mirror (1913)
• The Stopped Clock (1913)
• Strongheart (1914)
• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• Man's Enemy (1914)
• The Birth of a Nation (1915)
• A Man’s Prerogative (1915)
• The Absentee (1915)
• The Little School Ma'am (1916)
• Intolerance (1916)
• The Children Pay (1916)
• Betsy's Burglar (1917)
• A Woman's Awakening (1917)
• Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)
• What Shall I Do? (1924)
• Chalk Marks (1924)
• Beauty and the Bad Man (1925)
• Let Women Alone (1925)