Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Date of Birth:

Nov 30, 1935

Place of Birth:

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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.

filmography:

Sly Sly

2023

Radio Days Radio Days

1987

Very Ralph Very Ralph

2019

Casting By Casting By

2012

Twiggy Twiggy

2025

CyberWorld CyberWorld

2000

Bananas Bananas

1971

Sleeper Sleeper

1973

Antz Antz

1998

The Front The Front

1976

Annie Hall Annie Hall

1977

Manhattan Manhattan

1979

Zelig Zelig

1983

Meetin' WA Meetin' WA

1986

King Lear King Lear

1987

Scoop Scoop

2006

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