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.
Scoop
(Sid Waterman)
Manhattan
(Isaac Davis)
Annie Hall
(Alvy Singer)
The Front
(Howard Prince)
Small Time Crooks
(Ray)
Deconstructing Harry
(Harry Block)
What's New Pussycat?
(Victor Shakapopulis)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
(CW Briggs)
Anything Else
(David Dobel)
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(Larry Lipton)
Don't Drink the Water
(Walter Hollander)
Zelig
(Leonard Zelig)
Stardust Memories
(Sandy Bates)
Hannah and Her Sisters
(Mickey Sachs)
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
(Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist)
Bananas
(Fielding Mellish)
Sleeper
(Miles Monroe)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(Cliff Stern)
Love and Death
(Boris Grushenko)
Mighty Aphrodite
(Lenny)
Play It Again, Sam
(Allan Felix)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm)
Take the Money and Run
(Virgil Starkwell)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(Andrew)
Picking Up the Pieces
(Tex Cowley)
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
(Harvey Wallinger)
Casino Royale
(Jimmy Bond (Dr. Noah))
Antz
(Z-4195 “Z” (voice))
Everyone Says I Love You
(Joe Berlin)
The Magic of Fellini
(Self)
Sweet and Lowdown
(Himself)
Hollywood Ending
(Val)
Broadway Danny Rose
(Danny Rose)
… But Film Is My Mistress
(Self)
Husbands and Wives
(Gabe Roth)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
(Self (archive footage))
Meetin' WA
(Self)
Company Man
(Lowther (uncredited))
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
(Self)
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
(Himself)
Scenes from a Mall
(Nick Fifer)
King Lear
(Mr. Alien)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
(Self)
To Rome with Love
(Jerry)
Shadows and Fog
(Kleinman)
New York Stories
(Sheldon)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
(Self)
Wild Man Blues
(Self)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
((archive footage))
Woody Allen: A Life in Film
(Self)
Woody Allen: Granada 1971
(Himself)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
(Self)
Bergmans video
(Self)
Paris-Manhattan
(Himself)
A City Runs Through the Festival
(Self)
Light Keeps Me Company
(Self)
The Outsider
(Self)
The Sunshine Boys
(Al Lewis)
How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
Buñuel in Hollywood
(Self)
The Unbelievers
(Self)
Ain't Misbehavin
(Self (archive footage))
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
(Himself)
The Last Laugh
(Self)
Fading Gigolo
(Murray)
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
(Himself)
David Blaine: Real or Magic
(Self)
Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
(Self (archive footage))
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
(Self)
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
(Himself)
Vittorio D.
(Self)
The Battle of Amfar
(self)
Life Is Bearable at Times...
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
(Himself)
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
(Self)
Sly
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
(Self)
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
(Self)
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
(Self - Filmmaker)
Groucho & Cavett
(Self (archive footage))
Radio Days
(Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited))
The Impostors
(Audition Director (uncredited))
You Never Know
(Himself)
By the Way, Woody Allen is Innocent
(Self (archive footage))
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
(Self)
Fight of the Century
(Self-(Audience Member))
Café Society
(Narrator (voice))
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life
(Self)
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
(Himself)
The Woody Allen Special
(Self / Various)
Woody Allen: An American Comedy
(Himself)
This Is Bob Hope...
(Self)
Trespassing Bergman
(Self)
Always at The Carlyle
(Self)
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
(Himself)
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
(Himself)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
(Self)
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
(Self (archive footage))
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
(Self)
Filmmakers in Action
(Self)
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
(Self)
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
(Himself)
Bert Stern: Original Madman
(Self - interviewer (archive footage))
Jack Paar: Smart Television
(Self)
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
(narrator (English))
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
(Himself)
Very Ralph
(Self)
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
(Self)
CyberWorld
(Z-4195 (voice))
Words in Progress
(Self (archive footage))
Casting By
(Self)
Twiggy
((archival footage))
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
Allen v. Farrow
(Self (archive footage))
The Mod Squad
PBS News Hour
(Self)
Philip Marlowe
Hullabaloo
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
The Roaring 20's
Crisis in Six Scenes
(Sidney J. Munsinger)
Kraft Music Hall
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self - Guest Host)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self - Comedian)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
(Self)
V.I.P. Schaukel
(Self)
Scene by Scene
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Just Shoot Me!
(Himself (uncredited))
The Culture Show
(Self)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Panelist)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
(Self)
Bitte umblättern
(Self)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
El hormiguero
(Self - Guest)
Parkinson
(Self)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
(Self (archive footage))
Match Point
(Director)
Scoop
(Director)
Manhattan
(Director)
Manhattan
(Screenplay)
Annie Hall
(Director)
Deconstructing Harry
(Screenplay)
Deconstructing Harry
(Director)
Anything Else
(Director)
Anything Else
(Screenplay)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
(Screenplay)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
(Director)
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(Screenplay)
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(Director)
Don't Drink the Water
(Director)
Don't Drink the Water
(Screenplay)
Don't Drink the Water
(Theatre Play)
The Purple Rose of Cairo
(Director)
Small Time Crooks
(Director)
Cassandra's Dream
(Director)
Cassandra's Dream
(Screenplay)
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
(Director)
What's New Pussycat?
(Screenplay)
Zelig
(Director)
Bananas
(Screenplay)
Bananas
(Director)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(Screenplay)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(Director)
Stardust Memories
(Director)
Stardust Memories
(Screenplay)
Hannah and Her Sisters
(Screenplay)
Hannah and Her Sisters
(Director)
Small Time Crooks
(Writer)
Radio Days
(Director)
Take the Money and Run
(Screenplay)
Take the Money and Run
(Director)
Bullets Over Broadway
(Screenplay)
Bullets Over Broadway
(Director)
Mighty Aphrodite
(Screenplay)
Sleeper
(Original Music Composer)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(Director)
Mighty Aphrodite
(Director)
September
(Screenplay)
September
(Director)
Another Woman
(Screenplay)
Sleeper
(Screenplay)
Another Woman
(Director)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(Screenplay)
Sleeper
(Director)
Play It Again, Sam
(Screenplay)
Play It Again, Sam
(Theatre Play)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(Director)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(Screenplay)
Alice
(Director)
Alice
(Screenplay)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(Director)
Love and Death
(Director)
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
(Writer)
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
(Director)
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
(Writer)
Sweet and Lowdown
(Director)
Melinda and Melinda
(Director)
Sweet and Lowdown
(Screenplay)
Broadway Danny Rose
(Screenplay)
Hollywood Ending
(Screenplay)
Hollywood Ending
(Director)
Broadway Danny Rose
(Director)
Everyone Says I Love You
(Director)
Everyone Says I Love You
(Screenplay)
State of Fear
(Novel)
Celebrity
(Director)
Celebrity
(Screenplay)
Husbands and Wives
(Writer)
Husbands and Wives
(Director)
Interiors
(Director)
Interiors
(Writer)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
(Director)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
(Writer)
Annie Hall
(Writer)
Sounds from a Town I Love
(Director)
Shadows and Fog
(Director)
Whatever Works
(Director)
Whatever Works
(Writer)
To Rome with Love
(Writer)
To Rome with Love
(Director)
Midnight in Paris
(Writer)
Midnight in Paris
(Director)
Blue Jasmine
(Director)
Don't Drink the Water
(Theatre Play)
Don't Drink the Water
(Screenplay)
Magic in the Moonlight
(Director)
Magic in the Moonlight
(Writer)
The Purple Rose of Cairo
(Screenplay)
Melinda and Melinda
(Screenplay)
Shadows and Fog
(Theatre Play)
Une aspirine pour deux
(Theatre Play)
Coup de Chance
(Writer)
Coup de Chance
(Director)
Irrational Man
(Writer)
Irrational Man
(Director)
Zelig
(Writer)
Café Society
(Director)
Café Society
(Writer)
Shadows and Fog
(Writer)
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
(Associate Producer)
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
(Writer)
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
(Writer)
Wonder Wheel
(Director)
Sounds from a Town I Love
(Writer)
Untitled Woody Allen Film
(Director)
Wonder Wheel
(Writer)
A Rainy Day in New York
(Writer)
A Rainy Day in New York
(Director)
The Woody Allen Special
(Writer)
New York Stories
(Director)
New York Stories
(Writer)
Match Point
(Writer)
The Concert for New York City
(Director)
Rifkin’s Festival
(Director)
Rifkin’s Festival
(Screenplay)
Love and Death
(Writer)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(Writer)
Radio Days
(Writer)
Blue Jasmine
(Screenplay)
Scoop
(Writer)
Après tout, si ça marche...
(Original Film Writer)
Gianni Schicchi
(Director)
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
(Screenplay)
Kraft Music Hall
(Writer)
Crisis in Six Scenes
(Director)
Crisis in Six Scenes
(Writer)
Crisis in Six Scenes
(Creator)