Woods Mackintosh was born in 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for Daylight (1996), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and Hudson Hawk (1991). He was married to Magdalena Sprudin. He died on June 18, 2019.
He designed residences n New York City; Paris; Martha's Vineyard; Ojai, CA; and Groton Plantation, South Carolina.
Raised in Manhattan; Southport, CT; and Jupiter Island, FL, he lived most of his adult life in Boston and Manhattan with many summers in later years in Saumur, France.
He was named after his maternal grandfather William Woods Plankinton.
He started out as an architect and designer in the office of George Nelson.
He worked in theater and film art direction and set design, in collaboration with Douglas W. Schmidt as well as independently.