Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright. Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have made him a notable American director. He is also distinguished by his rapid rate of production and his very large body of work. Allen writes and directs his movies and has also acted in the majority of them. For inspiration, Allen draws heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema, among a wealth of other fields of interest. Allen developed a passion for music early on and is a celebrated jazz clarinetist. What began as a teenage avocation has led to regular public performances at various small venues in his hometown of Manhattan, with occasional appearances at various jazz festivals. Allen joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the New Orleans Funeral Ragtime Orchestra in performances that provided the film score for his 1973 comedy Sleeper, and performed in a rare European tour in 1996, which became the subject of the documentary Wild Man Blues.
Directed 55
2020s
- 2023
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
Crisis in Six Scenes
Director
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
The Concert for New York City
Director
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
Don't Drink the Water
Director
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1975
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Director
1960s
- 1969
- 1966
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Director
Wrote 67
2020s
- 2025
Second Chance
Original Film Writer
- 2024
Death Knocks
Writer
- 2023
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
Crisis in Six Scenes
Writer
- 2015
- 2014
Après tout, si ça marche...
Original Film Writer
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
The Concert for New York City
Writer
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
Don't Drink the Water
Theatre Play, Screenplay
- 1993
- 1992
Une aspirine pour deux
Theatre Play
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1975
- 1973
- 1972
Play It Again, Sam
Theatre Play, Screenplay
- 1971
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Writer
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Don't Drink the Water
Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Woody Allen Special
Writer
- 1967
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
Writer
- 1966
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Writer
- 1965
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
Writer
1950s
- 1958
Acted in 54
2020s
- 2021
How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
Movie
2010s
- 2016
Crisis in Six Scenes
Sidney J. Munsinger · 6 episodes
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Movie
- 2010
Life Is Bearable at Times...
Movie
2000s
- 2006
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
CyberWorld
Z-4195 (voice)
Company Man
Lowther (uncredited)
1990s
- 1999
Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is
Movie
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
The Sunshine Boys
Al Lewis
- 1995
- 1994
Don't Drink the Water
Walter Hollander
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
Scenes from a Mall
Nick Fifer
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
King Lear
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
- 1987
- 1986
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1973
- 1972
Play It Again, Sam
Allan Felix
- 1971
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Harvey Wallinger
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1965
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
Philip Marlowe
TV
Sound 1
1970s
- 1973
Produced 1
1960s
- 1966
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Associate Producer
Created 1
2010s
- 2016
Crisis in Six Scenes
Creator
Appearances89
2020s
- 2026
V-Town News
Himself (uncredited)
- 2025
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Twiggy
Self (archival footage)
- 2024
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
Self - Filmmaker
- 2022
Groucho & Cavett
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Self
- 2018
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
- 2017
This Is Bob Hope...
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
- 2016
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
Self (archive footage)
- 2015
- 2014
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
narrator (English)
- 2013
The Unbelievers
Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
Self
The Battle of Amfar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2012
Casting By
Self
- 2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
- 2010
… But Film Is My Mistress
Self
2000s
- 2009
Vittorio D.
Self
- 2007
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Self
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Self
A City Runs Through the Festival
Self
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
Himself
- 2006
- 2005
The Outsider
Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
- 2004
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Self
Words in Progress
Self (archive footage)
- 2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Himself
- 2002
Woody Allen: A Life in Film
Self
The Magic of Fellini
Self
Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
Self
- 2001
- 2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
Himself
- 1997
Scene by Scene
Self · 1 episode
The Language Master
Himself
Wild Man Blues
Self
- 1995
1980s
- 1986
Meetin' WA
Self
- 1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Self
- 1980
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
Himself
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1979
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
Self
- 1978
- 1977
Woody Allen: An American Comedy
Himself
- 1975
- 1974
- 1971
Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
1960s
- 1969
The Woody Allen Special
Self / Various
- 1968
- 1967
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
Self - Host
- 1966
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist
- 1965
Hullabaloo
Self · 2 episodes
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
Himself
- 1962
1950s
- 1958
- 1957
- 1953
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
