Lotta Woods (born Charlotte Nelson), was an American screenwriter.

She wrote 10 films between the years 1921 and 1929 for Douglas Fairbanks and MGM.

[1][2] Lotta was born in Alleghany, Pennsylvania, to Normand Nelson and Orilla Akin.

She worked as a newspaper journalist before getting a job around 1919 as a reader for Fairbanks' company, eventually climbing the ladder to serve as chief scenario editor.

She died in Los Angeles County, California, in 1957 at the age of 88.