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Woody Allen

Allen at the 2009 premiere of Whatever Works
Personal information
Birth nameAllan Stewart Konigsberg
Birth dateDecember 1, 1935(age 74)
Place of birthBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Director
Screenwriter
Comedian
Musician
Playwright
Years active1950 � present
SpouseHarlene Rosen (1954 � 1959)
Louise Lasser (1966 � 1969)
Soon-Yi Previn (1997 � present)

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Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author 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.

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Your Tall Dark Weekend at the Movies (Also Featuring Slo-Mo Owl Battles) - The L Magazine Tweet this news
The L Magazine--You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: -Woody Allen's- recent European excursions have zig-zagged between dour London seriousness (Match Point; ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:05:17 GMT+00:00
Woody Allen defends French first lady - News Sentinel Tweet this news
News Sentinel--of AP TORONTO � -Woody Allen- loves shooting in Paris. He doesn't care for the gossip about one of his co-stars, France's first lady, ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:09:30 GMT+00:00
Rebecca Hall on Ben Affleck and Woody Allen - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--Rebecca Hall has already starred in films by award-winning directors like -Woody Allen- and Sam Mendes, but in her latest role her director was also her her ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:25:53 GMT+00:00
Reaction to Idol judges; more Ken Burns Baseball; Woody Allen's top movies - AnnArbor.com Tweet this news
AnnArbor.com--Associated Press movie critic Christy Lemire, one of my favorites, has a new essay on her five most-liked -Woody Allen- movies, with "The Purple Rose of ... - Date : Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:07:23 GMT+00:00
Still Kvetchy After All These Years - Woody Allen Feels Priced Out of Town ... - California Chronicle Tweet this news
California Chronicle--THIS PLACE SUCKS,' Manhattan resident -Woody Allen-, 74, told reporters. 'It just f - - king sucks.' " OK, that line is actually from a story ... - Date : Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:08:53 GMT+00:00
Freida shares comfort zone with woody - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--"That's the amazing thing about -Woody Allen-. He doesn't want you to follow the script like it's the Bible. He wants you to be flexible and bring your own ... - Date : Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:22:54 GMT+00:00
Woody Allen, at age 74, on aging - Chicago Tribune (blog) Tweet this news
Chicago Tribune (blog)--I read the -Allen- interview. He is honest and I respect his position regarding religious faith. He says: [I was interested in the concept of faith in ... - Date : Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:57:28 GMT+00:00
Woody Allen: 'Relationships Are Pleasurable' - Showbiz Spy Tweet this news
Showbiz Spy--“We think we can control it and we think we know what we're doing, but it's largely dependent on luck,” says -Woody-, who has been married to Soon-Yi Previn, ... - Date : Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:44:41 GMT+00:00
Freida Pinto: Steamy Shot for GQ! - Just Jared Tweet this news
Just Jared--On working with -Woody Allen- versus Miral director Julian Schnabel: “Woody is someone I really respect, because he's a legend, but it's not like I got to ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:24:37 GMT+00:00
Woody Allen 'depressed' by old films - San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Tweet this news
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)--Veteran moviemaker -Woody Allen- refuses to watch his films after they are released because reviewing his old work is too "depressing. ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:53:07 GMT+00:00

Soon-Yi Previn :
Actor What's Up,
Tiger Lily?
Take the
Money and
Run
Bananas Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About
Sex* (*But Were
Afraid to Ask)
Sleeper Love
and
Death
Annie Hall Interiors Manhattan Deconstructing Harry A Midsummer
Night's Sex
Comedy
Broadway
Danny
Rose
Alice The Purple
Rose of
Cairo
Radio Days Husbands and Wives Manhattan Murder Mystery Crimes and Misdemeanors Hannah
and Her
Sisters
Shadows and Fog Bullets
Over
Broadway
Match Point Scoop Vicky
Cristina
Barcelona
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Dan Frazer        
Diane Keaton                  
Louise Lasser        
Janet Margolin      
Lou Picetti        
Mickey Rose    
Tony Roberts            
Mia Farrow                      
Jeff Daniels        
Judy Davis            
Danny Aiello            
Sam Waterston          
Julie Kavner              
Anjelica Huston        
Alan Alda        
Dianne Wiest            
Scarlett Johansson          

Soon-Yi Previn :
Year Title Credit Venue
1960 From A to Z Writer (book) Plymouth Theatre
1966 Don't Drink the Water Writer Coconut Grove Theatre, Florida
1969 Play It Again, Sam Writer, Performer (Allan Felix) Broadhurst Theatre
1975 God Writer -
1975 Death Writer -
1981 The Floating Light Bulb Writer Vivian Beaumont Theatre
1995 Central Park West Writer Variety Arts Theatre
2003 Old Saybrook Writer, Director Atlantic Theatre Company
2003 Riverside Drive Writer, Director Atlantic Theatre Company
2004 A Second Hand Memory Writer, Director Atlantic Theater Company

Academy Award for Best Director

Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise (1961) * David Lean (1962) * Tony Richardson (1963) * George Cukor (1964) * Robert Wise (1965) * Fred Zinnemann (1966) * Mike Nichols (1967) * Carol Reed (1968) * John Schlesinger (1969) * Franklin J. Schaffner (1970) * William Friedkin (1971) * Bob Fosse (1972) * George Roy Hill (1973) * Francis Ford Coppola (1974) * Miloš Forman (1975) * John G. Avildsen (1976) * Woody Allen (1977) * Michael Cimino (1978) * Robert Benton (1979) * Robert Redford (1980)

Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) 1970 �1979

Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North (1970) * Paddy Chayefsky (1971) * Jeremy Larner (1972) * David S. Ward (1973) * Robert Towne (1974) * Frank Pierson (1975) * Paddy Chayefsky (1976) * Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (1977) * Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt and Nancy Dowd (1978) * Steve Tesich (1979)

Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) 1980 �1989

Bo Goldman (1980) * Colin Welland (1981) * John Briley (1982) * Horton Foote (1983) * Robert Benton (1984) * William Kelley, Pamela Wallace and Earl Wallace (1985) * Woody Allen (1986) * John Patrick Shanley (1987) * Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow (1988) * Tom Schulman (1989)

Films directed by Woody Allen

1960sWhat's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) * Take the Money and Run (1969)
1970sBananas (1971) * Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) * Sleeper (1973) * Love and Death (1975) * Annie Hall (1977) * Interiors (1978) * Manhattan (1979)
1980sStardust Memories (1980) * A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) * Zelig (1983) * Broadway Danny Rose (1984) * The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) * Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) * Radio Days (1987) * September (1987) * Another Woman (1988) * Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
1990sAlice (1990) * Shadows and Fog (1992) * Husbands and Wives (1992) * Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) * Bullets Over Broadway (1994) * Don't Drink the Water (1994) * Mighty Aphrodite (1995) * Everyone Says I Love You (1996) * Deconstructing Harry (1997) * Celebrity (1998) * Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
2000sSmall Time Crooks (2000) * The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) * Hollywood Ending (2002) * Anything Else (2003) * Melinda and Melinda (2005) * Match Point (2005) * Scoop (2006) * Cassandra's Dream (2007) * Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) * Whatever Works (2009)
2010sYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) * Midnight in Paris (2011)
Short filmsMen of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971) * Oedipus Wrecks (1989) * Sounds from a Town I Love (2001)
See alsoFilmography * Awards and nominations



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