death_date death_place birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title name occupation
1 may 1939 1860 hollywood , california , usa linesville , pennsylvania , usa 1860 ella woods 1908-1925 frank e woods 001.jpg frank e. woods
 frank e. woods screenwriter
frank e. woods

frank e. woods -lrb- 1860 -- 1 may 1939 -rrb- 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 , '' '' .
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 .
