Born in Brooklyn in 1935, Allan Stewart Konigsberg became Woody Allen as a teenage joke writer, then a stand-up comedian, playwright and film-maker. His early comedies, such as Take the Money and Run and Sleeper, were slapstick, but Annie Hall (1977), which won the Oscar for best picture and best director, turned to autobiographical romance and a more literary style. Manhattan (1979), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) are some of his most admired works. He has been nominated for more writing Oscars than anyone else, and has been the subject of allegations by Dylan Farrow, which he denies and which led to no charges.
Filmography
- Take the Money and Run (1969)
- Bananas (1971)
- Sleeper (1973)
- Love and Death (1975)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Interiors (1978)
- Manhattan (1979)
- Stardust Memories (1980)
- Zelig (1983)
- Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- Husbands and Wives (1992)
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
- Match Point (2005)
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
- Midnight in Paris (2011)
- Blue Jasmine (2013)