Woody Allen
Author of Without Feathers
About the Author
Allen's favorite personality-the bemused neurotic, the perpetual worrywart, the born loser-dominates his plays, his movies, and his essays. A native New Yorker, Allen attended local schools and despised them, turning early to essay writing as a way to cope with his Since his apprenticeship, writing show more gags for comedians such as Sid Caesar and Garry Moore, the image he projects-of a "nebbish from Brooklyn"-has developed into a personal metaphor of life as a concentration camp from which no one escapes alive. Allen wants to be funny, but isn't afraid to be serious either-even at the same time. His film Annie Hall, co-written with Marshall Brickman and winner of four Academy Awards, was a subtle, dramatic development of the contemporary fears and insecurities of American life. In her review of Love and Death, Judith Christ wrote that Allen was more interested in the character rather than the cartoon, the situation rather than the set-up, and the underlying madness rather than the surface craziness. Later Allen films, such as Crimes and Misdemeanors or Husbands and Wives, take on a far more somber and philosophic tone, which has delighted some critics and appalled others. In Allen's essays and fiction reprinted from the New Yorker, Getting Even New Yorker, (1971), Without Feathers (1975), and Side Effects (1980), the situations and characters don't just speak to us, they are us. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Credit: Colin Swan, 2006, New York City
Works by Woody Allen
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask [1972 film] (1972) 93 copies, 1 review
Radio Days: Selections from the Original Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (2007) — Editor — 10 copies, 1 review
Manhattan | Annie Hall | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1997) 6 copies
The Woody Allen Collection, Set 1 (Annie Hall/Manhattan/Sleeper/Bananas/Interiors/Stardust Memories/Love and… (2000) 6 copies
The Kugelmass Episode 6 copies
The Woody Allen Collection (Hannah and Her Sisters / The Purple Rose of Cairo / Broadway Danny Rose / Zelig / A… (2001) 4 copies
Death Knocks 4 copies
Woody Allen binnenstebuiten 4 copies
Getting Even | Side Effects 4 copies
Het feilloze falen van Woody Allen — Author — 3 copies
The Woody Allen Collection, Volume 3 3 copies
My Apology [short story] 2 copies
The Woody Allen Collection, Volume 2 2 copies
Count Dracula [short story] 2 copies
Husbands and wives 2 copies
Midnight in Paris [screenplay] 2 copies
Si la cosa funciona 1 copy
Kész anarchia 1 copy
La maldición de jade 1 copy
Desmontando a Harry 1 copy
Wonder Wheel [DVD] [2018] 1 copy
Όλα τα γραπτά του 1 copy
Vicky Cristina Barcelona 1 copy
Poderosa Afrodita 1 copy
Granujas de medio pelo 1 copy
Coup de Chance [DVD] 1 copy
Woody Allen Interview 1 copy
Midnight in Paris 1 copy
Pura anarquia 2007 1 copy
Maris et femmes 1 copy
Cassandra's dream 1 copy
Nightclub Years 1964-1968 1 copy
Interiors [DVD] (1978) — Director — 1 copy
Bir Hırsızın İtirafları 1 copy
Elementi di Paesaggio 1 copy
An Apology 1 copy
The Rejection [short story] 1 copy
Woody Allen with Strings 1 copy
بی بال و پر 1 copy
More Movie Music 1 copy
Vicky cristina barcelona 1 copy
Minuit à Paris 1 copy
Scoop by Woody Allen 1 copy
Melinda und Melinda 1 copy
The Woody Allen Collection, Set 2 (Shadows and Fog / September / Crimes and Misdemeanors / Another Woman / Alice) (2000) 1 copy
The ultimate humour book 1 copy
Associated Works
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 1,147 copies, 3 reviews
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contributor — 716 copies, 6 reviews
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink (2007) — Contributor — 547 copies, 10 reviews
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contributor — 251 copies, 3 reviews
Vampires, Wine and Roses: Chilling Tales of Immortal Pleasure (1997) — Contributor — 159 copies, 2 reviews
More Wandering Stars: Outstanding Stories of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction (1981) — Contributor — 94 copies
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural (2011) — Contributor — 43 copies, 1 review
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 53. Die Trägheit des Auges. (1979) — Contributor, some editions — 11 copies
Big Business / Scenes from a Mall (Double Feature) [Blu-ray] — Actor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Allen, Heywood (1952)
- Other names
- Konigsberg, Allan Stewart (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1935-11-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- New York University
City College of New York - Occupations
- actor
jazz musician
comedian
playwright
filmmaker - Relationships
- Previn, Soon-Yi (spouse)
Farrow, Ronan (son) - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (American Honorary, 1987)
- Awards and honors
- Premio Príncipe de Asturias (Arts, 2002)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
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Statistics
- Works
- 225
- Also by
- 43
- Members
- 14,791
- Popularity
- #1,558
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 247
- ISBNs
- 625
- Languages
- 27
- Favorited
- 41