Woody Allen
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
1935-11-30
Biography: Woody Allen (born Allen 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.
Movies:
Scoop
Manhattan
Annie Hall
The Front
Small Time Crooks
Deconstructing Harry
What's New Pussycat?
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Anything Else
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Don't Drink the Water
Zelig
Stardust Memories
Hannah and Her Sisters
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Bananas
Sleeper
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Love and Death
Mighty Aphrodite
Play It Again, Sam
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Take the Money and Run
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Picking Up the Pieces
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Casino Royale
Antz
Everyone Says I Love You
The Magic of Fellini
Sweet and Lowdown
Hollywood Ending
Broadway Danny Rose
… But Film Is My Mistress
Husbands and Wives
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Meetin' WA
Company Man
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
Scenes from a Mall
King Lear
Woody Allen: A Documentary
To Rome with Love
Shadows and Fog
New York Stories
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Wild Man Blues
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Woody Allen: A Life in Film
Woody Allen: Granada 1971
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Paris-Manhattan
A City Runs Through the Festival
Light Keeps Me Company
The Outsider
The Sunshine Boys
How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
Buñuel in Hollywood
The Unbelievers
Ain't Misbehavin
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
The Last Laugh
Fading Gigolo
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
Vittorio D.
The Battle of Amfar
Life Is Bearable at Times...
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
Groucho & Cavett
Radio Days
The Impostors
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Fight of the Century
Café Society
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
The Woody Allen Special
Woody Allen: An American Comedy
This Is Bob Hope...
Trespassing Bergman
Always at The Carlyle
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Filmmakers in Action
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
Very Ralph
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
CyberWorld
Words in Progress
Casting By
Twiggy
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The Language Master
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Mr. Fischer's Chair
Best of Enemies
Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is
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