Francis Boggs was born in Santa Rosa California he had started his acting career in his teens. He eventually became one of the first motion picture pioneer directors. He was also one of the first to direct a movie in California. In 1902 during his tour southwest with stock companies, he went to Chicago where he met William Selig.
William Selig began to fund a few films. Together they created the first films filmed entirely in California. This included Count of Monte Cristo (1909), In the Sultans Power (1909), and Te Heart of a Race Trout (1909). In 1909 Selig gave Boggs head position in Selig's Los Angeles branch it was built in Edendale.
Today only three of his films are known to exist.
On October 27, 1911, a meeting was happening in Boggs office at Selig Polyscope Co.'s studios in Edendale, California. Selig had traveled all the way from Chicago and arrived in Edendale that morning. The meeting included the business manager, J.L. McGee, actor, W. Santshi, and Hobart Bosworth.
Japanese janitor Frank Minnimatsu out of nowhere busted in the door and opened fire in the room. The first bullet pierced Francis Boggs in the heart and killed him. William Selig was also injured as he was shot in the arm while struggling with Minnimatsu. The others in the room tackled and restrained Minnimatsu. Minnimatsu claimed that Boggs was an evil man and that he had been waiting 6 months to kill him.
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