Woody Allen
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.
Filmography (54)
Wonder Wheel
Café Society
Irrational Man
Fading Gigolo
Blue Jasmine
To Rome with Love
Midnight in Paris
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Whatever Works
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Cassandra's Dream
Scoop
Match Point
Anything Else
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Small Time Crooks
Picking Up the Pieces
Sweet and Lowdown
Antz
The Impostors
Celebrity
Deconstructing Harry
Everyone Says I Love You
Mighty Aphrodite
Don't Drink the Water
Bullets Over Broadway
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Husbands and Wives
Shadows and Fog
Alice
Crimes and Misdemeanors
New York Stories
Another Woman
Radio Days
September
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Broadway Danny Rose
Zelig
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Stardust Memories
Manhattan
Interiors
Annie Hall
The Front
Love and Death
Sleeper
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Play It Again, Sam
Bananas
Take the Money and Run
Casino Royale
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
