Woody Allen

American filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and comedian (born 1935)

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About

Woody Allen, born Allan Stewart Konigsberg in the Bronx, New York, is a major figure in American cinema for over six decades. He began his career writing jokes for television before becoming a stand-up comedian. His first screenplay was 'What's New Pussycat?' (1965), and he moved to directing with 'What's Up, Tiger Lily?' (1966). Allen is known for his intelligent, often neurotic comedies like 'Annie Hall' (1977) and 'Manhattan' (1979), but also for dramas such as 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' (1989). He has won four Academy Awards, including Best Director for 'Annie Hall'. In addition to film, he has written plays, published humor collections, and played clarinet in jazz clubs.

* 1935-11-28

Major works

Annie Hall (1977)film
Manhattan (1979)film
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)film
Midnight in Paris (2011)film
Apropos of Nothing (2020)memoir

Key milestones

1977Wins Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for 'Annie Hall'.
2011Wins Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for 'Midnight in Paris'.
2014Receives the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.

Themes

Romantic relationshipsNeuroses and anxietyIntellectualismDeath and moralityNew York City

Sources: oxfordreference.com · britannica.com

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”

— Woody AllenTheme · Philosophy

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“Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

— Woody AllenTheme · Success

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“The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.”

— Woody AllenTheme · Happiness

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“80% of success is showing up.”

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“I was nauseous and tingly all over. . . . I was either in love or I had smallpox.”

— Woody AllenTheme · Love

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“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.”

— Woody AllenTheme · Love

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“I am not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”

— Woody AllenTheme · Humor

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