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Woody Allen
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright. Allen's distinctive f…
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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.
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2026
V-Town News
Movie Himself (uncredited)
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2025
Mr. Fischer's Chair
Movie Narrator
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2025
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Movie Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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2025
Twiggy
Movie Self (archival footage)
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2025
Second Chance
Movie Original Film Writer
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2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2024
Death Knocks
Movie Writer
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2024
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie Self (archive photo)
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2024
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2023
Coup de chance
Movie Director
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2022
Groucho & Cavett
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2021
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2021
Allen v. Farrow
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
Rifkin's Festival
Movie Director
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2019
Very Ralph
Movie Self
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2019
A Rainy Day in New York
Movie Director
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2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Movie Self
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2019
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Movie Self
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2018
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Movie Self
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2018
Always at The Carlyle
Movie Self
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2017
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie Self
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2017
Wonder Wheel
Movie Director
- 2017
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2016
Crisis in Six Scenes
TV show Sidney J. Munsinger
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2016
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Thirteen Talks
TV show Self
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2016
Café Society
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2016
The Last Laugh
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2015
Gianni Schicchi
Movie Director
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2015
Best of Enemies
Movie Self (archival)
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2015
Irrational Man
Movie Director
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2014
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
Movie narrator (English)
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2014
Magic in the Moonlight
Movie Director
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2014
Après tout, si ça marche...
Movie Original Film Writer
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2013
The Unbelievers
Movie Self
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2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Movie Self
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2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Movie Self
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2013
Fading Gigolo
Movie Murray
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2013
Trespassing Bergman
Movie Self
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2013
Blue Jasmine
Movie Director
