Woody AllenBy Esbeidy Granados

Biography• Woody Allen was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on

December 1, 1935, in The Bronx, New York.• As a kid he became intrigued with magic tricks and

playing the clarinet, two things that he still does today.

• Allen spent eight years in Hebrew School.• Older brother of Letty Aronson whom he casts in

many of his movies.• He married Harlene Susan Rosen(15 March 1956 -

November 1962), Louise Lasser(2 February 1966 - January 1970), and is currently married to Soon-Yi Previn (22 December 1997 - present) Mia Farrow’s adopted daughter.

• 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.

Debut• At the age of 15, he began writing jokes

for a local paper for $200 a week.• At the age of 19, he started writing

scripts for The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, and he also did specials for Sid Caesar post-Caesar's Hour (1954–1957).

• Was convinced to do stand up comedy by Warren Beatty.

• What’s Up Tiger Lily?” A Japanese spy flick that he dubbed over with his own comedic dialogue about spies searching for the secret recipe for egg salad was considered his theoretical debut.

• His actual directorial debut came in the mockumentary "Take the Money and Run."

Filmography• Woody Allen is best known for his romantic comedies• 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.• His films are almost all set in New York City• Films his dialog using long, medium-range shots instead of the

typical intercut close-ups

Frequently Cast Actresses

• Woody Allen frequently casts himself, Diane Keaton, Mia

Farrow, and Scarlett Johansson.

Annie Hall (1977)• Stars: Woody Allen, Diane

Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane

• Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzHphcc2Jw

Manhattan (1979)• Stars: Woody Allen, Diane

Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy

• A divorced New Yorker currently dating a high-schooler brings himself to look for love in the mistress of his best friend instead. (96 mins.)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuU6XU0_Gfs

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) • Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne

Wiest, Michael Caine, Barbara Hershey

• Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtgw38Yq2Qs

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

• Stars: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein, Claire Bloom

• An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wXqwL3akhw

Midnight in Paris (2011)• Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel

McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller

• While on a trip to Paris with his fiancé's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atLg2wQQxvU

Oscar Wins/Nominations• He won 4 Oscars for:• Annie Hall – Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (2)• Hannah and Her Sisters – Best Original Screenplay• Midnight in Paris – Best Original Screenplay

• Woody Allen also received 23 Academy award nominations.

Quotes• If my film makes one more person miserable, I'll feel I've done

my job.• Join the army, see the world, meet interesting people - and kill

'em.• I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want

to achieve it by not dying.