Woody Allen

1935-

Biography: life and films

Woody Allen is an American film director, screenwriter and actor whose birth name is Allan Stewart Konigsberg. He was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA on 1st December 1935.

His best films as a screenwriter include Annie Hall (1977), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Husbands and Wives (1992), Midnight in Paris (2011) and Blue Jasmine (2013), and whose best work as a film director include Annie Hall (1977), Radio Days (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Match Point (2005) and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008).

Woody Allen has so far scripted 52 films, appeared in 44 films, directed 44 films and supplied the music for 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jean-Luc Godard (2 films).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (39 films), comedy-romance (17), comedy-drama (10), romance (7), drama (7), Fantasy (7), Documentary (7), Thriller (5), crime-thriller (3), comedy-thriller (3) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Woody Allen over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer; m = musician

What's New, Pussycat? (1965) [a,w]

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) [a,d,w]

Casino Royale (1967) [a,w]

Don't Drink the Water (1969) [w]

Take the Money and Run (1969) [a,d,w]

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) [w]

Bananas (1971) [a,d,w]

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex - But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) [a,d,w]

Play It Again, Sam (1972) [a,w]

Sleeper (1973) [a,d,w,m]

Love and Death (1975) [a,d,w]

America at the Movies (1976) [a]

The Front (1976) [a]

Annie Hall (1977) [a,d,w]

Interiors (1978) [d,w]

Manhattan (1979) [a,d,w]

Stardust Memories (1980) [a,d,w]

To Woody Allen from Europe with Love (1980) [a]

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) [a,d,w]

Zelig (1983) [a,d,w]

Broadway Danny Rose (1984) [a,d,w]

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) [d,w]

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) [a,d,w]

King Lear (1987) [a]

Radio Days (1987) [d,w]

September (1987) [d,w]

Another Woman (1988) [d,w]

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) [a,d,w]

New York Stories (1989) [a,d,w]

Alice (1990) [d,w]

Scenes from a Mall (1991) [a]

Shadows and Fog (1991) [a,d,w]

Husbands and Wives (1992) [a,d,w]

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) [a,d,w]

Bullets Over Broadway (1994) [d,w]

Mighty Aphrodite (1995) [a,d,w]

Everyone Says I Love You (1996) [d,w]

Deconstructing Harry (1997) [a,d,w]

Wild Man Blues (1997) [a]

Antz (1998) [a]

Celebrity (1998) [d,w]

Sweet and Lowdown (1999) [a,d,w]

Picking Up the Pieces (2000) [a]

Small Time Crooks (2000) [a,d,w]

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) [a]

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) [a,d,w]

Hollywood Ending (2002) [a,d,w]

Anything Else (2003) [a,d,w]

Melinda and Melinda (2004) [d,w]

Match Point (2005) [d,w]

Scoop (2006) [a,d,w]

Cassandra's Dream (2007) [d,w]

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) [d,w]

Whatever Works (2009) [d,w]

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) [d,w]

Medianeras (2011) [a]

Midnight in Paris (2011) [d,w]

To Rome with Love (2012) [a,d,w]

Ain't Misbehavin (Un voyageur) (2013) [a]

Blue Jasmine (2013) [d,w]

Fading Gigolo (2013) [a]

Irrational Man (2015) [d,w]

Café Society (2016) [d,w]



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