Woody Allen
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.
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Movies (46)
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2025
Twiggy
as Self (archival footage)
2025
Second Chance
Original Film Writer (Writing)
2025
Death Knocks
Writer (Writing)
2024
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
as Self - Filmmaker
2024
Coup de Chance
Director (Directing)
2023
Groucho & Cavett
as Self (archive footage)
2022
How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
2021
Rifkin’s Festival
Director (Directing)
2020
Very Ralph
as Self
2019
A Rainy Day in New York
Director (Directing)
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
2019
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
as Self
2019
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
2017
Wonder Wheel
Director (Directing)
2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Café Society
as Narrator (voice)
2016
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
Gianni Schicchi
Director (Directing)
2015
Best of Enemies
as Self (archival)
2015
Irrational Man
Director (Directing)
2015
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
as narrator (English)
2014
Magic in the Moonlight
Director (Directing)
2014
Après tout, si ça marche...
Original Film Writer (Writing)
2014
The Unbelievers
as Self
2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
as Self
2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
as Self
2013
Fading Gigolo
as Murray
2013
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013
Blue Jasmine
Director (Directing)
2013
Ain't Misbehavin
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
as Self
2013
The Battle of Amfar
as self
2013
Casting By
as Self
2012
Paris-Manhattan
as Woody Allen
2012
To Rome with Love
as Jerry
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
2011
Midnight in Paris
Director (Directing)
2011
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Director (Directing)
2010
… But Film Is My Mistress
as Self
2010
Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010
Vittorio D.
as Self
2009
