What is Frank E. Woods?
{{Infobox person | name = Frank E. Woods | image = Frank E Woods inscribed photograph.png | caption = Woods in 1922 | birth_date = 1860 | birth_place = [[Linesville, Pennsylvania]], United States | death_date = {{death date and age |1939|5|1 |1860 |mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Hollywood]], [[California]], United States | occupation = Screenwriter | years_active = 1908–1925 | spouse = Ella Woods | relatives = [[Lotta Woods]] (sister-in-law) }} '''Frank E. Woods''' was an American [[screenwriter]] of the [[Silent movie|silent era]]. He wrote for 90 movies between 1908 and 1925. He first became a writer with the [[Biograph Company]]. Woods was also a pioneering movie reviewer. As a writer, his changes to movie criticism are discussed in the 2009 documentary, ''[[For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism]]''. He was also known for his screenplay working with [[D. W. Griffith]], including the co-scripting of [[The Birth of a Nation]]. He is buried in the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] in [[Hollywood]], [[California|CA]]. Woods was one of the 36 founders of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008|title=History of the Academy: Original 36 founders of the Academy Actors|url=http://www.hollywoodgoldenguy.com/About_The_Academy.html|access-date=July 20, 2013|website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences website|archive-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616091143/http://www.hollywoodgoldenguy.com/About_The_Academy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Edgar Allan Poe - D.W. Griffith - 1909, American Mutoscope and Biograph - FLM17879 - OB 685469.webm|thumb|PLAY ''[[Edgar Allen Poe (film)|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 movie)|After Many Years]]'' (1908) * ''[[Edgar Allen P