Woody Allen
- Directing
- November 30, 1935 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright. Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have made him a notable American director. He is also distinguished by his rapid rate of production and his very large body of work. Allen writes and directs his movies and has also acted in the majority of them. For inspiration, Allen draws heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema, among a wealth of other fields of interest. Allen developed a passion for music early on and is a celebrated jazz clarinetist. What began as a teenage avocation has led to regular public performances at various small venues in his hometown of Manhattan, with occasional appearances at various jazz festivals. Allen joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the New Orleans Funeral Ragtime Orchestra in performances that provided the film score for his 1973 comedy Sleeper, and performed in a rare European tour in 1996, which became the subject of the documentary Wild Man Blues.
Known for
Filmography
- V-Town News · Self
- Mr. Fischer's Chair · Narrator, Co-producer
- Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light · Self
- Twiggy · Self
- Second Chance · Original Film Writer
- Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy · Self
- Death Knocks · Writer
- Remembering Gene Wilder · Self
- Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen · Self
- Coup de chance · Director, Writer
- Groucho & Cavett · Self
- How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
- Allen v. Farrow · Self
- Rifkin's Festival · Director, Screenplay
- Very Ralph · Self
- A Rainy Day in New York · Director, Writer
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael · Self
- Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! · Self
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel · Self
- Always at The Carlyle · Self
- This Is Bob Hope... · Self
- Wonder Wheel · Director, Writer
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life · Self
- Crisis in Six Scenes · Sidney J. Munsinger, Director
- Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women · Self
- Thirteen Talks · Self
- Café Society · Narrator (Voice), Director
- The Last Laugh · Self
- Best of Enemies · Self
- Irrational Man · Director, Writer
- Barcelona, la rosa de foc · narrator (English)
- Magic in the Moonlight · Director, Writer
- Après tout, si ça marche... · Original Film Writer
- The Unbelievers · Self
- David Blaine: Real or Magic · Self
- Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love · Self
- Fading Gigolo · Murray
- Trespassing Bergman · Self
- Blue Jasmine · Director, Writer
- Ain't Misbehavin · Self
- Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read · Self
- The Battle of Amfar · Self
- Casting By · Self
- Paris-Manhattan · Woody Allen
- To Rome with Love · Jerry, Director
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- Woody Allen: A Documentary · Self
- Bert Stern - Original Madman
- Midnight in Paris · Director, Writer
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · Director, Writer
- … But Film Is My Mistress · Self
- Life Is Bearable at Times...
- Vittorio D. · Self
- Whatever Works · Director, Writer
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona · Director, Writer
- Cassandra's Dream · Director, Screenplay
- Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow · Self
- To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore · Self
- Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts · Self
- A City Runs Through the Festival · Self
- 100 Greatest Stand-Ups · Self
- El hormiguero · Self
- Filmmakers in Action · Self
- Scoop · Sid Waterman, Director
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston · Self
- The Outsider · Self
- Match Point · Director, Writer
- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · Self
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood · Self
- Melinda and Melinda · Director, Writer
- The Culture Show · Self
- François Truffaut, une autobiographie · Self
- Words in Progress · Self
- Jack Paar: Smart Television · Self
- Anything Else · David Dobel, Director
- Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin · Self
- Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar · Self
- Woody Allen: A Life in Film · Self
- Hollywood Ending · Val, Director
- The Magic of Fellini · Self