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Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) [a] is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many accolades, including the most nominations (16) for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Woody Allen has acted in, directed, and written many films starting in the 1960s. His first film was the 1965 comedy What's New Pussycat?, which featured him as both writer and performer.
IMDb provides an extensive overview of Woody Allen's life and career as a writer, director, actor and comedian. Browse his credits, photos, videos, trivia, awards and more on the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Woody Allen is an American director, screenwriter, and actor known for bittersweet comic films containing elements of parody, slapstick, and the absurd. His best-known movies included Bananas, Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Mighty Aphrodite, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
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- Annie Hall (1977) Film. Comedy. Woody Allen famously wanted to call it Anhedonia, the clinical inability to experience happiness—funny for a film that gives us so much pleasure.
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Film. Comedy. The film in which Woody’s comic and serious sides most comfortably align, this one tells of two barely connected characters, an eye doctor (Martin Landau) and a filmmaker (Allen), each with intricately messy private lives.
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Film. Here are Allen’s most exquisite performances: nuanced, perfectly balanced, lovably neurotic. There’s not a weak link in the cast, and while it’s a shame to single out an essential performance, it has to be Dianne Wiest’s unsettled Holly, the kind of desperate, flailing Manhattanite that future director-writers would spin entire careers out of.—
- Manhattan (1979) Film. Comedy. Greatest opening in cinema history? Gordon Willis’s glittering monochrome camerawork combines with Gershwin’s glorious glissandos and Woody’s scalpel-sharp self-mockery to create the ultimate hymn to a city, a sensation, a whole way of life.
A comprehensive list of 71 movies directed by or starring Woody Allen, with ratings, summaries, and cast information. Browse the titles by release date, genre, or popularity and discover the comedy genius of Woody Allen.
Explore the career of Woody Allen, one of the most influential American filmmakers of the late 20th century. Find his movies, ratings, awards, photos, and personal details on Rotten Tomatoes.
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