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Woody Allen
Woody Allen, born in 1935, American motion-picture director, actor, and writer, many of whose films are humorous depictions of neurotic characters preoccupied with love and death. Allen frequently stars in his own movies.
He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 15, using the name Woody Allen, he began to write quips for newspaper columnists. He then wrote for radio and television performers, joining the staff of television comedian Sid Caesar in 1957. From 1961 to 1964 Allen worked as a comedian in nightclubs, where he drew the attention of a film producer and was hired to write and act in the motion picture What's New, Pussycat? (1965).
Allen's own first film, What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966), was actually made from a forgettable Japanese spy thriller that Allen transformed by dubbing it with absurd dialogue in English. He made his true directorial debut with Take the Money and Run (1969), followed by Bananas (1971), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972), and Sleeper (1975). All featured Allen in his characteristic role of the befuddled underachiever.
Allen's first major critical success came with Annie Hall (1977), in which he plays a comedian who falls in love with a singer played by Diane Keaton. Annie Hall won Academy Awards for best picture and best screenplay; Allen won the Academy Award for best director, and Keaton won for best actress.
Allen's other films include Manhattan (1979), Zelig (1983), Broadway Danny Rose (1984); Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Alice (1990), Shadows and Fog (1992), Husbands and Wives (1992), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), Bullets over Broadway (1994), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), the musical Everyone Says I Love You (1997), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Small Time Crooks (2000), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), and Hollywood Ending (2002). Allen received Academy Award nominations in various categories for many of his films.
Allen wrote and starred in the plays Don't Drink the Water (1966; motion picture, 1969) and Play It Again, Sam (1969; motion picture, 1972). A 1994 film version of Don't Drink the Water was Allen's first made-for-television movie. He has also published collections of short humorous writings, including Getting Even (1971), Without Feathers (1976), and Side Effects (1980).
Woody Allen
American screenwriter, director, and actor Woody Allen developed a reputation for comedic genius by exploring issues of love and death through neurotic, guilt-ridden characters. Allen began his career as a joke writer for established comics. Starting in 1961 he performed his own routines in New York City clubs, college campuses, and on records. He moved from stand-up comedy to screenwriting and acting in 1965, subsequently creating and appearing in numerous films and developing an intellectual cult following. In addition to comedy, Allen has released serious films, and experiments with innovative cinematic techniques.
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