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 Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.Allen broke into show business at 15 years when he started writing jokes for a local paper, receiving $200 a week. He later moved on to write jokes for talk shows but felt that his jokes were being wasted. His agents, Charles Joffe and Jack Rollins, convinced him to start doing stand-up and telling his own jokes. Reluctantly he agreed and, although he initially performed with such fear of the audience that he would cover his ears when they applauded his jokes, he eventually became very successful at stand-up. After performing on stage for a few years, he was approached to write a script for Warren Beatty to star in: What's New Pussycat (1965) and would also have a moderate role as a character in the film. During production, Woody gave himself more and better lines and left Beatty with less compelling dialogue. Beatty inevitably quit the project and was replaced by Peter Sellers, who demanded all the best lines and more screen-time.It was from this experience that Woody realized that he could not work on a film without complete control over its production. Woody's theoretical directorial debut was in What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966); a Japanese spy flick that he dubbed over with his own comedic dialogue about spies searching for the secret recipe for egg salad. His real directorial debut came the next year in the mockumentary Take the Money and Run (1969). He has written, directed and, more often than not, starred in about a film a year ever since, while simultaneously writing more than a dozen plays and several books of comedy.While best known for his romantic comedies Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979), Woody has made many transitions in his films throughout the years, transitioning from his "early, funny ones" of Bananas (1971), Love and Death (1975) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972); to his more storied and romantic comedies of Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); to the Bergmanesque films of Stardust Memories (1980) and Interiors (1978); and then on to the more recent, but varied works of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Husbands and Wives (1992), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Celebrity (1998) and Deconstructing Harry (1997); and finally to his films of the last decade, which vary from the light comedy of Scoop (2006), to the self-destructive darkness of Match Point (2005) and, most recently, to the cinematically beautiful tale of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Although his stories and style have changed over the years, he is regarded as one of the best filmmakers of our time because of his views on art and his mastery of filmmaking.
Bio:
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.Allen broke into show business at 15 years when he started writing jokes for a local paper, receiving $200 a week. He later moved on to write jokes for talk shows but felt that his jokes were being wasted. His agents, Charles Joffe and Jack Rollins, convinced him to start doing stand-up and telling his own jokes. Reluctantly he agreed and, although he initially performed with such fear of the audience that he would cover his ears when they applauded his jokes, he eventually became very successful at stand-up. After performing on stage for a few years, he was approached to write a script for Warren Beatty to star in: What's New Pussycat (1965) and would also have a moderate role as a character in the film. During production, Woody gave himself more and better lines and left Beatty with less compelling dialogue. Beatty inevitably quit the project and was replaced by Peter Sellers, who demanded all the best lines and more screen-time.It was from this experience that Woody realized that he could not work on a film without complete control over its production. Woody's theoretical directorial debut was in What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966); a Japanese spy flick that he dubbed over with his own comedic dialogue about spies searching for the secret recipe for egg salad. His real directorial debut came the next year in the mockumentary Take the Money and Run (1969). He has written, directed and, more often than not, starred in about a film a year ever since, while simultaneously writing more than a dozen plays and several books of comedy.While best known for his romantic comedies Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979), Woody has made many transitions in his films throughout the years, transitioning from his "early, funny ones" of Bananas (1971), Love and Death (1975) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972); to his more storied and romantic comedies of Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); to the Bergmanesque films of Stardust Memories (1980) and Interiors (1978); and then on to the more recent, but varied works of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Husbands and Wives (1992), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Celebrity (1998) and Deconstructing Harry (1997); and finally to his films of the last decade, which vary from the light comedy of Scoop (2006), to the self-destructive darkness of Match Point (2005) and, most recently, to the cinematically beautiful tale of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Although his stories and style have changed over the years, he is regarded as one of the best filmmakers of our time because of his views on art and his mastery of filmmaking.
Tivia:
Manages his one-film-per-year schedule by setting strict budgets. Actors--famous or otherwise--receive the same salary.Writes his scripts on a typewriter. He does not own a personal computer, and has his e-mail account managed by assistants.According to Mia Farrow's biography, "What Falls Away", Frank Sinatra offered to have Allen's legs broken when he was found to be having an affair with her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn.Does not allow his films to be edited for airlines and television broadcasts.Since October 2005 he plays clarinet every Monday night at the Caf�� Carlyle in Manhattan.Suspended from New York University.In December 2005 he told a reporter that he has earned more money from two real estate transactions than he has from all of his movies combined--he sold his long-held Fifth Avenue penthouse (which he had purchased for $600,000) for a profit of $17 million and a renovated townhouse for a profit of some $7 million.Refuses to watch any of his movies once released.He has more Academy Award nominations (16) for writing than anyone else, all of them are in the Written Directly for the Screen category.The oldest Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay (aged 76 in 2012 for Midnight in Paris (2011)).Although depicting himself as a nerd in his movies, he was a popular student and an adept baseball and basketball player in high school.In 2002 he made his first appearance at the Oscars in Hollywood to make a plea for producers to continue filming their movies in New York after the 9/11 tragedy.Got hooked on movies when he was three years old when his mother took him him to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). From that day, he said, theaters became his second home.His variety of neuroses include: arachnophobia (spiders), entomophobia (insects), heliophobia (sunshine), cynophobia (dogs), altophobia (heights), demophobia (crowds), carcinophobia (cancer), thanatophobia (death), misophobia (germs). He admits to being terrified of hotel bathrooms.His and Mia Farrow's 12-year relationship ended in a custody battle over their three children in which she accused him of sexually molesting their daughter Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow, though the judge dismissed the claims because they were not substantiated. Farrow ultimately won custody of the children. Allen was denied visitation rights with Dylan and could only see his biological son, Ronan Farrow, under supervision. Moses Farrow chose not to see his father. In later years, Woody Allen and Moses reconciled, and the latter cut off all ties with the Farrow family.Although he was granted visitation rights for his son Ronan Farrow, after a custody battle with Mia Farrow, their relationship is estranged (similar to Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow). Ronan stated that he cannot have a morally consistent relationship with a man who is his father and his brother-in-law.Among his biggest idols are Ingmar Bergman, Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Cole Porter and Anton Chekhov.He would offer the part to actors he admires by sending them a letter and asking politely if they are interested in being in one of his movies.His biological son Ronan Farrow graduated from college at 15 and was accepted into Yale Law School.Match Point (2005) was his first film to make money in seven years.His top ten films of all time are: The Grand Illusion (1937), Citizen Kane (1941), Bicycle Thieves (1948), Rashomon (1950), The Seventh Seal (1957), Paths of Glory (1957), The 400 Blows (1959), 8? (1963), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and I Remember (1973).Plays his clarinet at a jazz club where the house rule is that he cannot be addressed by any member of the audience. If someone does speak to him, they are automatically ejected from the club.Although he is barely interested in awards, he's one of the Academy's favorites--his 16 Oscar Nominations for Best Original Screenplay as of 2014 are a record for that category. This puts him ahead of Billy Wilder, who had 19 combined Oscar nominations for Writing and Directing. With 24 nominations in the combination of the top-three categories--acting, directing and writing--he holds the record there as well.Legally changed his name to Heywood Allen. Goes by "Woody" in honor of Woody Herman.Directed 17 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Maureen Stapleton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest (twice), Martin Landau, Judy Davis, Chazz Palminteri, Jennifer Tilly, Mira Sorvino, Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Pen��lope Cruz, Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins and himself. Keaton, Caine, Wiest (both times), Sorvino, Cruz, and Blanchett won Oscars for their performances in one of his movies.Wrote the concept for the film Hollywood Ending (2002) on the back of a matchbook. Years later, he found the matchbook with the notes for the film on it and made the film.Stated in an interview that he was "not interested in all that extra stuff on DVDs" and that he hopes his films would speak for themselves. Allen has never recorded an audio commentary or even so much has been interviewed for a DVD of any films with which he had been involved.He loves Venice, and helped to raise funds to rebuild the Venetian theater La Fenice, which was destroyed by a fire. He and Soon-Yi Previn were married in Venice in 1997.In the book "Start to Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking" long-time Allen chronicler Eric Lax shadowed him through the making of Irrational Man (2015). He writes that Allen doesn't rehearse or prepare. He does the minimum number of takes and camera setups, never does reshoots, and likes to be finished by six every evening. He barely gives his actors any instructions at all.Dated Mia Farrow from 1980 to 1992. They adopted two children, Moses Farrow (b. 1978) and Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow (b. 1985), and had one son, Ronan Farrow (b. 1987). Mia Farrow became Allen's mother-in-law in 1997 when he married Soon-Yi Previn, the adoptive daughter of Farrow and second husband Andr�� Previn. In 2013, Mia sensationally claimed that Ronan may possibly be the biological offspring of her first husband Frank Sinatra, rather than Allen.Responded to renewed allegations of child abuse by his estranged and grown daughter Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow by writing an op-ed to the New York Times published Feb 7, 2014 which he concluded by declaring it would be the last time he would ever comment on the matter.One of the most prolific American directors of his generation, he has written, directed and--more often than not--starred in a film just about every year since 1969.Many big-name actors are so eager to work with him that they usually work for a fraction of their usual salaries.Every film directed by Allen since Love and Death (1975) through Caf�� Society (2016), was cast by longtime friend and New York casting director Juliet Taylor.According to Eric Lax's book, Allen's favorites of his films are (in order): Match Point (2005), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Stardust Memories (1980), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993).Despite having the most nominations for ''Best Original Screenplay'', he almost never attends the Academy Awards.Despite the advancement of sound technology, all of his films are mixed and released in monaural sound, although later ones have a mono Dolby Digital mix.Accused British interviewer Michael Parkinson of having a morbid interest in his private life and rejected questions about the custody battle for his children during his appearance on the BBC's Parkinson (1971) in 1999.Claims he watches TV only before bed or when he's exercising.He has only directed one film in which both of his longtime companions Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow appear: Radio Days (1987).Married to Mia Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, from her second marriage with Andr�� Previn.As a boy growing up in Brooklyn, he spent most of his time alone in his room practicing magic tricks or his clarinet.Five actresses have won Academy Awards for his films: Diane Keaton won Best Actress for Annie Hall (1977), Dianne Wiest won Best Supporting Actress for both Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994). Mira Sorvino won Best Supporting Actress for Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Pen��lope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for Blue Jasmine (2013).Generally avoids giving complete scripts to actors appearing in his films, unless they're playing the lead. Everyone else receives only the pages concerning their characters.As an homage to Gordon Willis, his long-time friend and cinematographer, he includes a scene where you hear the actors talking outside the shot. Willis encouraged him to do this when they were shooting Annie Hall (1977).Ranked #4 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time.Was once invited to appear with the Royal Shakespeare Company.Stanley Kubrick considered casting him in Sydney Pollack's part in Eyes Wide Shut (1999).Was originally attached to co-star with Jim Carrey in The Farrelly Brothers comedy Stuck on You (2003), but decided to pass on the idea.He considers Match Point (2005) to be his best film. |
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Woody Allen |
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Writer,Director,Actor (IMDB) |
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| Biography: |
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clar |
| Trivia: |
Manages his one-film-per-year schedule by setting strict budgets. Actors--famous or otherwise--receive the same salary.Writes his scripts on a typewriter. He does not own a personal computer, and has his e-mail account managed by assistants.According to Mia Farrow's biography, "What Falls Away", Frank Sinatra offered to have Allen's legs broken when he was found to be having an affair with her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn.Does not allow his films to be edited for airlines and television broadcasts.Since October 2005 he plays clarinet every Monday night at the Caf�� Carlyle in Manhattan.Suspended from New York University.In December 2005 he told a reporter that he has earned more money from two real estate transactions than he has from all of his movies combined--he sold his long-held Fifth Avenue penthouse (which he had purchased for $600,000) for a profit of $17 million and a renovated townhouse for a profit of some $7 million.Refuses to watch any of his movies once released.He has more Academy Award nominations (16) for writing than anyone else, all of them are in the Written Directly for the Screen category.The oldest Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay (aged 76 in 2012 for Midnight in Paris (2011)).Although depicting himself as a nerd in his movies, he was a popular student and an adept baseball and basketball player in high school.In 2002 he made his first appearance at the Oscars in Hollywood to make a plea for producers to continue filming their movies in New York after the 9/11 tragedy.Got hooked on movies when he was three years old when his mother took him him to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). From that day, he said, theaters became his second home.His variety of neuroses include: arachnophobia (spiders), entomophobia (insects), heliophobia (sunshine), cynophobia (dogs), altophobia (heights), demophobia (crowds), carcinophobia (cancer), thanatophobia (death), misophobia (germs). He admits to being terrified of hotel bathrooms.His and Mia Farrow's 12-year relationship ended in a custody battle over their three children in which she accused him of sexually molesting their daughter Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow, though the judge dismissed the claims because they were not substantiated. Farrow ultimately won custody of the children. Allen was denied visitation rights with Dylan and could only see his biological son, Ronan Farrow, under supervision. Moses Farrow chose not to see his father. In later years, Woody Allen and Moses reconciled, and the latter cut off all ties with the Farrow family.Although he was granted visitation rights for his son Ronan Farrow, after a custody battle with Mia Farrow, their relationship is estranged (similar to Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow). Ronan stated that he cannot have a morally consistent relationship with a man who is his father and his brother-in-law.Among his biggest idols are Ingmar Bergman, Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Cole Porter and Anton Chekhov.He would offer the part to actors he admires by sending them a letter and asking politely if they are interested in being in one of his movies.His biological son Ronan Farrow graduated from college at 15 and was accepted into Yale Law School.Match Point (2005) was his first film to make money in seven years.His top ten films of all time are: The Grand Illusion (1937), Citizen Kane (1941), Bicycle Thieves (1948), Rashomon (1950), The Seventh Seal (1957), Paths of Glory (1957), The 400 Blows (1959), 8? (1963), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and I Remember (1973).Plays his clarinet at a jazz club where the house rule is that he cannot be addressed by any member of the audience. If someone does speak to him, they are automatically ejected from the club.Although he is barely interested in awards, he's one of the Academy's favorites--his 16 Oscar Nominations for Best Original Screenplay as of 2014 are a record for that category. This puts him ahead of Billy Wilder, who had 19 combined Oscar nominations for Writing and Directing. With 24 nominations in the combination of the top-three categories--acting, directing and writing--he holds the record there as well.Legally changed his name to Heywood Allen. Goes by "Woody" in honor of Woody Herman.Directed 17 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Maureen Stapleton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest (twice), Martin Landau, Judy Davis, Chazz Palminteri, Jennifer Tilly, Mira Sorvino, Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Pen��lope Cruz, Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins and himself. Keaton, Caine, Wiest (both times), Sorvino, Cruz, and Blanchett won Oscars for their performances in one of his movies.Wrote the concept for the film Hollywood Ending (2002) on the back of a matchbook. Years later, he found the matchbook with the notes for the film on it and made the film.Stated in an interview that he was "not interested in all that extra stuff on DVDs" and that he hopes his films would speak for themselves. Allen has never recorded an audio commentary or even so much has been interviewed for a DVD of any films with which he had been involved.He loves Venice, and helped to raise funds to rebuild the Venetian theater La Fenice, which was destroyed by a fire. He and Soon-Yi Previn were married in Venice in 1997.In the book "Start to Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking" long-time Allen chronicler Eric Lax shadowed him through the making of Irrational Man (2015). He writes that Allen doesn't rehearse or prepare. He does the minimum number of takes and camera setups, never does reshoots, and likes to be finished by six every evening. He barely gives his actors any instructions at all.Dated Mia Farrow from 1980 to 1992. They adopted two children, Moses Farrow (b. 1978) and Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow (b. 1985), and had one son, Ronan Farrow (b. 1987). Mia Farrow became Allen's mother-in-law in 1997 when he married Soon-Yi Previn, the adoptive daughter of Farrow and second husband Andr�� Previn. In 2013, Mia sensationally claimed that Ronan may possibly be the biological offspring of her first husband Frank Sinatra, rather than Allen.Responded to renewed allegations of child abuse by his estranged and grown daughter Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow by writing an op-ed to the New York Times published Feb 7, 2014 which he concluded by declaring it would be the last time he would ever comment on the matter.One of the most prolific American directors of his generation, he has written, directed and--more often than not--starred in a film just about every year since 1969.Many big-name actors are so eager to work with him that they usually work for a fraction of their usual salaries.Every film directed by Allen since Love and Death (1975) through Caf�� Society (2016), was cast by longtime friend and New York casting director Juliet Taylor.According to Eric Lax's book, Allen's favorites of his films are (in order): Match Point (2005), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Stardust Memories (1980), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993).Despite having the most nominations for ''Best Original Screenplay'', he almost never attends the Academy Awards.Despite the advancement of sound technology, all of his films are mixed and released in monaural sound, although later ones have a mono Dolby Digital mix.Accused British interviewer Michael Parkinson of having a morbid interest in his private life and rejected questions about the custody battle for his children during his appearance on the BBC's Parkinson (1971) in 1999.Claims he watches TV only before bed or when he's exercising.He has only directed one film in which both of his longtime companions Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow appear: Radio Days (1987).Married to Mia Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, from her second marriage with Andr�� Previn.As a boy growing up in Brooklyn, he spent most of his time alone in his room practicing magic tricks or his clarinet.Five actresses have won Academy Awards for his films: Diane Keaton won Best Actress for Annie Hall (1977), Dianne Wiest won Best Supporting Actress for both Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994). Mira Sorvino won Best Supporting Actress for Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Pen��lope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for Blue Jasmine (2013).Generally avoids giving complete scripts to actors appearing in his films, unless they're playing the lead. Everyone else receives only the pages concerning their characters.As an homage to Gordon Willis, his long-time friend and cinematographer, he includes a scene where you hear the actors talking outside the shot. Willis encouraged him to do this when they were shooting Annie Hall (1977).Ranked #4 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time.Was once invited to appear with the Royal Shakespeare Company.Stanley Kubrick considered casting him in Sydney Pollack's part in Eyes Wide Shut (1999).Was originally attached to co-star with Jim Carrey in The Farrelly Brothers comedy Stuck on You (2003), but decided to pass on the idea.He considers Match Point (2005) to be his best film. |
| Trademarks: |
Frequently plays a neurotic New Yorker
Frequently casts himself, Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow and Judy Davis
A lot of his movies feature at least one character who is a writer. This is often Woody himself.
Nearly all of his films start and end with white-on-black credits, set in the Windsor typeface, set to jazz music, without any scrolling.
Films his dialog using long, medium-range shots instead of the typical intercut close-ups |
| Quotes: |
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying.
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I'm not afraid of dying . . . I just don't want to be there when it happens.
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[in 1977] This year I'm a star, but what will I be next year? A black hole?
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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
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[asked if he liked the idea of living on on the silver screen] I'd rather live on in my apartment. |
| Salaries: |
Deconstructing Harry (1998) - $2,500,000
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Bullets Over Broadway (1995) - $1,500,000
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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - $500,000 +15% first-dollar gross
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966 |
| Job title: |
Writer,Director,Actor |
| Others works: |
(2000) TV commercial: Telecom
(1980) Book: "Side Effects", Random House, Inc., New York. First NEL paperback edition, October 1981. Reprinted January 1982, November 1982, September 1983, March 1985, 1986. 0-450-05235-4
(1975) Book (sketches, s |
| Spouse: |
Soon-Yi Previn (December 22, 1997 - present) (2 children)Louise Lasser (February 2, 1966 - January 1970) (divorced)Harlene Susan Rosen (March 15, 1956 - November 1962) (divorced) |
| Children: |
Bechet Dumaine AllenMoses FarrowDylan O'Sullivan FarrowRonan FarrowManzie AllenBechet AllenMoses Farrow |
| Parents: |
Martin Konigsberg
Nettie Konigsberg |
| Relatives: |
Letty Aronson (Sibling)
Erika Aronson (Niece or Nephew) |
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