Woody Allen
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.
Photos
Movies (148)
V-Town News
2026 · Himself (uncredited)
Mr. Fischer's Chair
2025 · Narrator, Co-Producer
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
2025 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Twiggy
2025 · Self (archival footage)
Second Chance
2025 · Original Film Writer
Death Knocks
2024 · Writer
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self (archive photo)
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
2024 · Self - Filmmaker
Golpe De Suerte En París
2023 · Writer, Director
Groucho & Cavett
2022 · Self (archive footage)
How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
2021
Rifkin's Festival
2020 · Director, Screenplay
Very Ralph: La Vida Y Obra De Ralph Lauren
2019 · Self
A Rainy Day in New York
2019 · Writer, Director
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019 · Self
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
2019 · Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 · Self
Always at The Carlyle
2018 · Self
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Self
La rueda de la maravilla
2017 · Director, Writer
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017 · Self
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Café Society
2016 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
The Last Laugh
2016 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best of Enemies
2015 · Self (archival)
Un hombre irracional
2015 · Writer, Director
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
2014 · narrator (English)
Magia a la Luz de la Luna
2014 · Director, Writer
Après tout, si ça marche...
2014 · Original Film Writer
Aprendiz de gigolo
2014 · Murray
The Unbelievers
2013 · Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013 · Self
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013 · Self
Trespassing Bergman
2013 · Self
Jazmín Azul (Blue Jasmine)
2013 · Director, Writer
Ain't Misbehavin
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
2013 · Self
The Battle of Amfar
2013 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Casting By
2012 · Self
Paris-Manhattan
2012 · Woody Allen
De Roma con amor
2012 · Jerry, Writer, Director
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Self
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
Medianoche en París
2011 · Writer, Director
Conocerás al hombre de tus sueños
2010 · Director, Writer
… But Film Is My Mistress
2010 · Self
Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010
Vittorio D.
2009 · Self
Que la cosa funcione
2009 · Director, Writer
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 · Director, Writer
Cassandra's Dream
2007 · Director, Screenplay
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007 · Self
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
2007 · Self
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
2007 · Self
A City Runs Through the Festival
2007 · Self
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
2007 · Himself
Filmmakers in Action
2006 · Self
Scoop: La primicia
2006 · Sid Waterman, Director, Writer
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006 · Self (Archival footage)
The Outsider
2005 · Self
Match Point: La Provocacion
2005 · Director, Writer
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Melinda y Melinda
2004 · Director, Writer
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004 · Self
Words in Progress
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003 · Self
Muero por ti
2003 · David Dobel, Director, Screenplay
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003 · Self
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003 · Himself
Woody Allen: A Life in Film
2002 · Self
La mirada de los otros
2002 · Val, Screenplay, Director
The Magic of Fellini
2002 · Self
Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
2002 · Self
The Concert for New York City
2001 · Director, Writer
La maldición del Escorpión de Jade
2001 · CW Briggs, Screenplay, Director
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001 · Self
CyberWorld
2000 · Z-4195 (voice)
Light Keeps Me Company
2000 · Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000 · Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000 · Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000 · Himself
Picking Up the Pieces
2000 · Tex Cowley
Pícaros ladrones
2000 · Ray, Director, Writer
Company Man
2000 · Lowther (uncredited)
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000 · Self
Acordes y desacuerdos
1999 · Himself, Director, Screenplay
Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is
1999
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
1998 · Himself
Hormigaz
1998 · Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
The Impostors
1998 · Audition Director (uncredited)
El Precio del Éxito
1998 · Director, Screenplay
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Harry Block, Director, Writer
The Language Master
1997 · Himself
Wild Man Blues
1997 · Self
One Foot in the Grave: Starbound
1996 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Todos Dicen que Te Amo
1996 · Joe Berlin, Director, Screenplay
The Sunshine Boys
1996 · Al Lewis
Poderosa Afrodita
1995 · Lenny, Director, Writer
Don't Drink the Water
1994 · Walter Hollander, Director, Screenplay, Theatre Play
Balas sobre Nueva York
1994 · Director, Writer
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993 · Larry Lipton, Screenplay, Director
Une aspirine pour deux
1992 · Theatre Play
Maridos y esposas
1992 · Gabe Roth, Writer, Director
Sombras y niebla
1991 · Kleinman, Director, Theatre Play, Writer
Escenas en un Centro Comercial
1991 · Nick Fifer
Alice
1990 · Director, Writer
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · Cliff Stern, Director, Writer
New York Stories
1989 · Sheldon, Director, Writer
Another Woman
1988 · Screenplay, Director
King Lear
1988 · Mr. Alien (uncredited)
September
1987 · Screenplay, Director
Radio Days
1987 · Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
Meetin' WA
1986 · Self
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Mickey Sachs, Director, Writer
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · Director, Writer
Broadway Danny Rose
1984 · Danny Rose, Director, Writer
Zelig
1983 · Leonard Zelig, Director, Writer
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982 · Andrew, Director, Writer
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982 · Self
Stardust Memories
1980 · Sandy Bates, Director, Writer
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
1980 · Himself
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980 · Self (archive footage)
Manhattan
1979 · Isaac Davis, Director, Writer
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
1979 · Self
Interiors
1978 · Director, Writer
Woody Allen: An American Comedy
1977 · Himself
Annie Hall
1977 · Alvy Singer, Director, Writer
The Front
1976 · Howard Prince
Love and Death
1975 · Boris Grushenko, Director, Writer
Sleeper
1973 · Miles Monroe, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972 · Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm, Director, Screenplay
Play It Again, Sam
1972 · Allan Felix, Screenplay, Theatre Play
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
1971 · Harvey Wallinger, Director, Writer
Bananas
1971 · Fielding Mellish, Director, Writer
Fight of the Century
1971 · Self-(Audience Member)
Woody Allen: Granada 1971
1971 · Himself
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970 · Screenplay
Don't Drink the Water
1969 · Theatre Play, Screenplay
The Woody Allen Special
1969 · Self / Various, Writer
Take the Money and Run
1969 · Virgil Starkwell, Screenplay, Director
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
1967 · Self - Host, Writer
Casino Royale
1967 · Jimmy Bond
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966 · Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist, Director, Associate Producer, Writer
What's New Pussycat?
1965 · Victor Shakapopulis, Screenplay
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
1965 · Himself, Writer
Untitled Woody Allen Madrid Project
· Director, Writer
TV shows (34)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Allen contra Farrow
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Crisis en seis escenas
2016 · Sidney J. Munsinger, Director, Writer, Creator
Thirteen Talks
2016 · Self
El hormiguero
2006 · Self - Guest
The Culture Show
2004 · Self
Sternstunde Kunst
1998 · Self
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Parkinson
1998 · Self
Scene by Scene
1997 · Self
HARDtalk
1997
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Himself (uncredited)
Kulturzeit
1995 · Self
The South Bank Show
1978
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Please Turn the Page
1977 · Self
PBS News Hour
1975 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
The Mod Squad
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
1967 · Self (archive footage)
Hullabaloo
1965 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self - Guest Host
The Roaring 20's
1960
Philip Marlowe
1959
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Self, Writer
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self