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Woody Allen is one of film's best-known figures. Writing and directing a movie almost every year since 1965, his collection ranges from comedy to the dramatic. Allen retains significant creative control over his projects, eliciting envy from almost any other film producer in Hollywood. Despite small production budgets, he also commands the ability to attract top-name talent to his films.

Woody Allen was born Allan Koningsberg on December 1, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, he was introverted, hated school and spent most of his free time alone in his room practicing magic tricks or his clarinet. As a teen, he began his career by reading his own one-line jokes to New York columnists Walter Winchell and Earl Wilson. In 1952 he changed his name to Woody Allen.

Since that time, Allen has created over thirty films, as well as books, plays and comedy work.

Many fans would consider his most popular films to be Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Radio Days. Allen, however, has many more films to his credit. It is not generally known that he also has made several purely dramatic films, the quality of which is considered, in some cases, to be uneven and debatable.

Filmography

• Scoop (2006)
• Anything Else (2003)
• Hollywood Ending (2002)
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
• Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
• Small Time Crooks (2000)
• Company Man (2000)
• Antz (1998)
• The Impostors (1998)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
• The Sunshine Boys (1995)
• Don't Drink the Water (1994)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
• Husbands and Wives (1992)
• Shadows and Fog (1992)
• Scenes from a Mall (1991)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
• New York Stories (1989)
• King Lear (1987)
• Radio Days (1987)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
• A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
• Stardust Memories (1980)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Annie Hall (1977)
• The Front (1976)
• Love and Death (1975)
• Sleeper (1973)
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
• Play It Again, Sam (1972)
• Bananas (1971)
• Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About? (1971)
• Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)
• "Hot Dog" (1970)
• Take the Money and Run (1969)
• Casino Royale (1967)
• "Dusty" (1 episode, 1966)
• What's New, Pussycat (1965)
• "Hullabaloo" (1 episode, 1965)

Awards

• Catalan International Film Festival Best Film "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" 2001
• BAFTA Fellowship 1996
• Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement 1996
• Venice Film Festival Golden Lion 1995
• BAFTA Best Original Screenplay "Husbands and Wives" 1992
• BAFTA Best Original Screenplay "Hannah and Her Sisters" 1986
• Cesar Best Foreign Film "The Purple Rose of Cairo" 1986
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Screenplay "Hannah and Her Sisters" 1986
• National Board of Review Best Director "Hannah and Her Sisters" 1986
• New York Film Critics Circle Best Director "Hannah and Her Sisters" 1986
• Oscar Best Original Screenplay "Hannah and Her Sisters" 1986
• BAFTA Best Original Screenplay "The Purple Rose of Cairo" 1985
• Cannes Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize for Non-Competing Film "The Purple Rose of Cairo" 1985
• Golden Globe Best Screenplay "The Purple Rose of Cairo" 1985
• New York Film Critics Circle Best Screenplay "The Purple Rose of Cairo" 1985
• BAFTA Best Original Screenplay "Broadway Danny Rose" 1984
• Venice Film Festival Italian Critics Pasinetti Prize "Zelig" 1983
• Cesar Best Foreign Film "Manhattan" 1980
• BAFTA Best Screenplay "Manhattan" 1979
• National Society of Film Critics Best Director "Manhattan" 1979
• New York Film Critics Circle Best Director "Manhattan" 1979
• O. Henry Award Best Short Story "The Kugelmass Episode" 1978
• BAFTA Best Screenplay "Annie Hall" 1977
• BAFTA Best Director "Annie Hall" 1977
• Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film "Annie Hall" 1977
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Screenplay "Annie Hall" 1977
• National Society of Film Critics Best Screenplay "Annie Hall" 1977
• New York Film Critics Circle Best Screenplay "Annie Hall" 1977
• New York Film Critics Circle Best Director "Annie Hall" 1977
• Oscar Best Director "Annie Hall" 1977
• Oscar Best Original Screenplay "Annie Hall" 1977
• Berlin Film Festival Special Silver Bear 1975
• National Board of Review Special Citation Best Screenplay "Sleeper" 1973