Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
114
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 30, 1935 ( 89 years old )
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Woodie Allen
Allan Stewart Konigsberg
Вуди Аллен
วูดดี อัลเลน
伍迪·艾伦
ウディ・アレン
우디 앨런
وودي آلن
filmmaker
Filmmaker
Vudijs Allens
ვუდი ალენი
우디 알렌
Woody Allen
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.
Known For
Scoop
2006-07-27Manhattan
1979-04-25Annie Hall
1977-04-19The Front
1976-09-17Small Time Crooks
2000-05-19Deconstructing Harry
1997-12-12What's New Pussycat?
1965-06-22The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001-08-05Anything Else
2003-08-27Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993-05-02