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.
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Best Director
Golden Globe Awards
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Best Screenplay
British Academy Film Awards
Best Original Screenplay
Best Direction
Best Film
Known For
Manhattan
(1979)
Director
Annie Hall
(1977)
Director
Midnight in Paris
(2011)
Director
Coup de Chance
(2023)
Director
Match Point
(2005)
Director
Café Society
(2016)
Director
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989)
Director
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
Director
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(1972)
Director
Scoop
(2006)
Director
Blue Jasmine
(2013)
Director
Cassandra's Dream
(2007)
Director
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Director
Zelig
(1983)
Director
Stardust Memories
(1980)
Director
Anything Else
(2003)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
(1966)
Director
Take the Money and Run
(1969)
Director
Bananas
(1971)
Director
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
(1971)
Director
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(1972)
Director
Sleeper
(1973)
Director
Love and Death
(1975)
Director
Annie Hall
(1977)
Director
Interiors
(1978)
Director
Manhattan
(1979)
Director
Stardust Memories
(1980)
Director
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(1982)
Director
Zelig
(1983)
Director
Broadway Danny Rose
(1984)
Director
The Purple Rose of Cairo
(1985)
Director
Hannah and Her Sisters
(1986)
Director
Radio Days
(1987)
Director
September
(1987)
Director
Another Woman
(1988)
Director
New York Stories
(1989)
Director
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989)
Director
Alice
(1990)
Director
Shadows and Fog
(1991)
Director
Husbands and Wives
(1992)
Director
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(1993)
Director
Bullets Over Broadway
(1994)
Director
Don't Drink the Water
(1994)
Director
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Director
Everyone Says I Love You
(1996)
Director
Deconstructing Harry
(1997)
Director
Celebrity
(1998)
Director
Sweet and Lowdown
(1999)
Director
Small Time Crooks
(2000)
Director
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
(2001)
Director
Sounds from a Town I Love
(2001)
Director
The Concert for New York City
(2001)
Director
Hollywood Ending
(2002)
Director
Anything Else
(2003)
Director
Melinda and Melinda
(2004)
Director
Match Point
(2005)
Director
Scoop
(2006)
Director
Cassandra's Dream
(2007)
Director
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
Director
Whatever Works
(2009)
Director
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
(2010)
Director
Midnight in Paris
(2011)
Director
To Rome with Love
(2012)
Director
Blue Jasmine
(2013)
Director
Magic in the Moonlight
(2014)
Director
Gianni Schicchi
(2015)
Director
Irrational Man
(2015)
Director
Café Society
(2016)
Director
Wonder Wheel
(2017)
Director
A Rainy Day in New York
(2019)
Director
Rifkin's Festival
(2020)
Director
Coup de Chance
(2023)
Director
Acting
What's New Pussycat?
(1965)
Victor Shakapopulis
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
(1965)
Himself
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
(1966)
Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist
Casino Royale
(1967)
Jimmy Bond (Dr. Noah)
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
(1967)
The Woody Allen Special
(1969)
Self / Various
Take the Money and Run
(1969)
Virgil Starkwell
Bananas
(1971)
Fielding Mellish
Woody Allen: Granada 1971
(1971)
Himself
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
(1971)
Harvey Wallinger
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(1972)
Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm
Play It Again, Sam
(1972)
Allan Felix
Sleeper
(1973)
Miles Monroe
Love and Death
(1975)
Boris Grushenko
The Front
(1976)
Howard Prince
Woody Allen: An American Comedy
(1977)
Himself
Annie Hall
(1977)
Alvy Singer
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
(1979)
Self
Manhattan
(1979)
Isaac Davis
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
(1980)
Self (archive footage)
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
(1980)
Himself
Stardust Memories
(1980)
Sandy Bates
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(1982)
Andrew
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
(1982)
Self
Zelig
(1983)
Leonard Zelig
Broadway Danny Rose
(1984)
Danny Rose
Meetin' WA
(1986)
Self
Hannah and Her Sisters
(1986)
Mickey Sachs
King Lear
(1987)
Mr. Alien
Radio Days
(1987)
Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989)
Cliff Stern
New York Stories
(1989)
Sheldon
Shadows and Fog
(1991)
Kleinman
Scenes from a Mall
(1991)
Nick Fifer
Husbands and Wives
(1992)
Gabe Roth
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(1993)
Larry Lipton
Don't Drink the Water
(1994)
Walter Hollander
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Lenny
The Sunshine Boys
(1996)
Al Lewis
Everyone Says I Love You
(1996)
Joe Berlin
Wild Man Blues
(1997)
Self
Deconstructing Harry
(1997)
Harry Block
Antz
(1998)
Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
The Impostors
(1998)
Audition Director (uncredited)
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
(1998)
Himself
Sweet and Lowdown
(1999)
Himself
CyberWorld
(2000)
Z-4195 (voice)
Company Man
(2000)
Lowther (uncredited)
Picking Up the Pieces
(2000)
Tex Cowley
Small Time Crooks
(2000)
Ray
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
(2000)
Himself
Buñuel in Hollywood
(2000)
Self
Light Keeps Me Company
(2000)
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
(2000)
Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
(2000)
Self
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
(2001)
CW Briggs
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
(2001)
Self
Hollywood Ending
(2002)
Val
The Magic of Fellini
(2002)
Self
Woody Allen: A Life in Film
(2002)
Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
(2003)
Self
Anything Else
(2003)
David Dobel
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
(2003)
Himself
Jack Paar: Smart Television
(2003)
Self
Words in Progress
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
(2004)
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
(2005)
Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
(2005)
Self
The Outsider
(2005)
Self
Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
(2006)
Filmmakers in Action
(2006)
Self
Scoop
(2006)
Sid Waterman
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
(2007)
Self
To My Great Chagrin
(2007)
Himself
A City Runs Through the Festival
(2007)
Self
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
(2007)
Self
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
(2007)
Himself
Vittorio D.
(2009)
Self
Life Is Bearable at Times...
(2010)
… But Film Is My Mistress
(2010)
Self
Bert Stern: Original Madman
(2011)
Self - interviewer (archive footage)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
(2011)
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Paris-Manhattan
(2012)
Himself
To Rome with Love
(2012)
Jerry
Bergmans video
(2012)
Self
Casting By
(2012)
Self
Fading Gigolo
(2013)
Murray
The Battle of Amfar
(2013)
Himself (archive footage)
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
(2013)
Himself
Ain't Misbehavin
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
The Unbelievers
(2013)
Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
(2013)
Self
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
(2013)
Trespassing Bergman
(2013)
Self
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
(2014)
narrator (English)
The Last Laugh
(2016)
Self
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
(2016)
Himself (archive footage)
Café Society
(2016)
Narrator (voice)
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life
(2016)
Self
This Is Bob Hope...
(2017)
Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
(2018)
Self
Always at The Carlyle
(2018)
Self
Very Ralph
(2019)
Self
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
(2019)
Himself
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
(2019)
Self
How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
(2021)
Groucho & Cavett
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Sly
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
(2024)
Self - Filmmaker
Writing
What's New Pussycat?
(1965)
Screenplay
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
(1965)
Writer
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
(1966)
Writer
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
(1967)
Writer
Don't Drink the Water
(1969)
Screenplay and Theatre Play
The Woody Allen Special
(1969)
Writer
Take the Money and Run
(1969)
Screenplay
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
(1970)
Screenplay
Bananas
(1971)
Screenplay
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
(1971)
Writer
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
(1972)
Screenplay
Play It Again, Sam
(1972)
Screenplay and Theatre Play
Sleeper
(1973)
Screenplay
Love and Death
(1975)
Writer
Annie Hall
(1977)
Writer
Interiors
(1978)
Writer
Manhattan
(1979)
Screenplay
Stardust Memories
(1980)
Screenplay
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(1982)
Writer
Zelig
(1983)
Writer
Broadway Danny Rose
(1984)
Screenplay
The Purple Rose of Cairo
(1985)
Screenplay
Hannah and Her Sisters
(1986)
Screenplay
September
(1987)
Screenplay
Radio Days
(1987)
Writer
Another Woman
(1988)
Screenplay
New York Stories
(1989)
Writer
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989)
Screenplay
Alice
(1990)
Screenplay
Shadows and Fog
(1991)
Writer and Theatre Play
Une aspirine pour deux
(1992)
Theatre Play
Husbands and Wives
(1992)
Writer
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(1993)
Screenplay
Bullets Over Broadway
(1994)
Screenplay
Don't Drink the Water
(1994)
Theatre Play and Screenplay
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Screenplay
Everyone Says I Love You
(1996)
Screenplay
Deconstructing Harry
(1997)
Screenplay
State of Fear
(1997)
Novel
Celebrity
(1998)
Screenplay
Sweet and Lowdown
(1999)
Screenplay
Small Time Crooks
(2000)
Writer
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
(2001)
Screenplay
Sounds from a Town I Love
(2001)
Writer
Hollywood Ending
(2002)
Screenplay
Anything Else
(2003)
Screenplay
Melinda and Melinda
(2004)
Screenplay
Match Point
(2005)
Writer
Scoop
(2006)
Writer
Cassandra's Dream
(2007)
Screenplay
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
Screenplay
Whatever Works
(2009)
Writer
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
(2010)
Writer
Midnight in Paris
(2011)
Writer
To Rome with Love
(2012)
Writer
Blue Jasmine
(2013)
Screenplay
Après tout, si ça marche...
(2014)
Original Film Writer
Magic in the Moonlight
(2014)
Writer
Irrational Man
(2015)
Writer
Café Society
(2016)
Writer
Wonder Wheel
(2017)
Writer
A Rainy Day in New York
(2019)
Writer
Rifkin's Festival
(2020)
Screenplay
Coup de Chance
(2023)
Writer
Production
Sound