Woody Allen

	Born: December 1, 1935
	Born as: Allen Stewart Konigsber

Most of the time I don't have much fun.
The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all

Biography:

Konigsberg started writing comedy material for television stars while still an adolescent. In 1961 he began performing his own material in Greenwich village cafés. Woody broke into films in 1965 as both screenwriter and performer in What's new pussycat?.

In the seventies Allen wrote, directed and acted in a string of highly successful comedies. 1977's Annie Hall (Academy Award)¹ was a breakthrough movie and from that point on, Woody's films became more serious, starting with Interiors (1978), a heavy, Ingmar Bergman-influenced drama.

Allen has a history of casting his significant others for his films; Louise Lasser in the sixties, Diane Keaton in the seventies and Mia Farrow in the eighties.

Farrow and Allen became international gossip fodder in 1992 when he was forced to admit a romantic liaison with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn². This unprecedented publicity gave unexpected notoriety to Allen's concurrently released Husbands and Wives (1992) because of the dialogue between Allen and Farrow.

Selected Movies:

• Annie Hall (1977)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Love and Death (1975)
• Zelig (1983)
• Play It Again, Sam (1972)
• Sleeper (1973)

Academy awards:

1998 Nominated Best Writing for: Deconstructing Harry (1997)
1996 Nominated Best Writing for: Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
1995 Nominated Best Director for: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
1995 Nominated Best Writing for: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
1993 Nominated Best Writing for: Husbands and Wives (1992)
1991 Nominated Best Writing for: Alice (1990)
1990 Nominated Best Director for: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
1990 Nominated Best Writing for: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
1988 Nominated Best Writing for: Radio Days (1987)
1987 Won Oscar Best Writing for: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
1987 Nominated Best Director for: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
1986 Nominated Best Writing for: The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
1985 Nominated Best Director for: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
1985 Nominated Best Writing for: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
1980 Nominated Best Writing for: Manhattan (1979)
1979 Nominated Best Director for: Interiors (1978)
1979 Nominated Best Writing for: Interiors (1978)
1978 Won Oscar Best Director for: Annie Hall (1977)
1978 Won Oscar Best Writing for: Annie Hall (1977)
1978 Nominated Best Actor for: Annie Hall (1977)

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