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Woody Allen

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1935-11-30 (89 years old)

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 ion 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 ed 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.

Filmography

all 196

Movies 166

self 107

Director 56

TV Shows 30

Writer 4

Screenplay 4

Narrator 2

Voice 2

Producer 1

Self (archival footage)

Woody Allen

Biography

Filmography

all 196

Movies 166

self 107

Director 56

TV Shows 30

Writer 4

Screenplay 4

Narrator 2

Voice 2

Producer 1

Twiggy (2025)

Second Chance (2025)

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy (2024)

By the Way, Woody Allen Is Innocent (Updated) (2024)

Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen (2024)

Sly (2023)

Coup de Chance (2023)

Amb tots vostès, Joan Pera (2023)

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling (2023)

Groucho & Cavett (2022)

Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror (2022)

How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen? (2021)

Allen v. Farrow (2021)

Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted! (2021)

Rifkin’s Festival (2020)

By the Way, Woody Allen is Innocent (2020)

Very Ralph (2019)

A Rainy Day in New York (2019)

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)

Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! (2019)

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)

Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (2018)

Always at The Carlyle (2018)

This Is Bob Hope... (2017)

Wonder Wheel (2017)

Crisis in Six Scenes (2016)

Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2016)

Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women (2016)

Thirteen Talks (2016)

Café Society (2016)

The Last Laugh (2016)

Gianni Schicchi (2015)

Irrational Man (2015)

Barcelona, la rosa de foc (2014)

Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

Après tout, si ça marche... (2014)

The Unbelievers (2013)

David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013)

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love (2013)

Fading Gigolo (2013)

Tresing Bergman (2013)

Blue Jasmine (2013)

Ain't Misbehavin (2013)

Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read (2013)

The Battle of Amfar (2013)

Casting By (2012)

Paris-Manhattan (2012)

To Rome with Love (2012)

Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)

Bert Stern - Original Man (2011)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

… But Film Is My Mistress (2010)

Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks (2010)

Life Is Bearable at Times... (2010)

Vittorio D. (2009)

Whatever Works (2009)

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Cassandra's Dream (2007)

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (2007)

To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore (2007)

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007)

Je t'aime... moi non plus (2007)

A City Runs Through the Festival (2007)

100 Greatest Stand-Ups (2007)