
Woody Allen
Directing
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.
TV Shows(29)

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Self (archive footage)
2024

Allen v. Farrow
Self (archive footage)
2021

Crisis in Six Scenes
Sidney J. Munsinger
2016

Thirteen Talks
Self
2016

El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006

The Culture Show
Self
2004
Sternstunde Kunst
Self
1998

Vivement dimanche
Self
1998

Parkinson
Self
1998

Scene by Scene
Self
1997

HARDtalk
1997

Just Shoot Me!
Himself (uncredited)
1997
Please Turn the Page
Self
1977

PBS News Hour
Self
1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975

Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971

The Mod Squad
1968

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968

Hullabaloo
Self
1965

The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

The Roaring 20's
1960

Philip Marlowe
1959

Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957

The Oscars
Self
1953

What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(117)

Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2025

Twiggy
Self (archival footage)
2025

Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
Self - Filmmaker
2024

Groucho & Cavett
Self (archive footage)
2022

How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
2021

Very Ralph
Self
2019

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
2019

Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Self
2019

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
2018

Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018

This Is Bob Hope...
Self
2017

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
2017

Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
Self (archive footage)
2016

Café Society
Narrator (voice)
2016

The Last Laugh
Self
2016

Best of Enemies
Self (archival)
2015

Barcelona, la rosa de foc
narrator (English)
2014

The Unbelievers
Self
2013

David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
2013

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
2013

Fading Gigolo
Murray
2013

Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013
Ain't Misbehavin
Self (archive footage)
2013

Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
Self
2013

The Battle of Amfar
self
2013

Casting By
Self
2012

Paris-Manhattan
Woody Allen
2012

To Rome with Love
Jerry
2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012

Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011

Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011

… But Film Is My Mistress
Self
2010

Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010

Vittorio D.
Self
2009

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Self
2007
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
Self
2007

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Self
2007

A City Runs Through the Festival
Self
2007

100 Greatest Stand-Ups
Himself
2007

Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006

Scoop
Sid Waterman
2006

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Self (Archival footage)
2006

The Outsider
Self
2005

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
2005

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005

Antz 2
Z
2005

François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Self
2004

Words in Progress
Self (archive footage)
2004

Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
2003

Anything Else
David Dobel
2003

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self
2003

Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Himself
2003

Woody Allen: A Life in Film
Self
2002

Hollywood Ending
Val
2002

The Magic of Fellini
Self
2002

Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
Self
2002

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
CW Briggs
2001

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
2001

CyberWorld
Z-4195 (voice)
2000

Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Self
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
Himself
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
Himself
2000

Picking Up the Pieces
Tex Cowley
2000

Small Time Crooks
Ray
2000

Company Man
Lowther (uncredited)
2000

Buñuel in Hollywood
Self
2000

Sweet and Lowdown
Himself
1999

Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is
1999

Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
Himself
1998

Antz
Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
1998

The Impostors
Audition Director (uncredited)
1998

Deconstructing Harry
Harry Block
1997

The Language Master
Himself
1997

Wild Man Blues
Self
1997

Everyone Says I Love You
Joe Berlin
1996

The Sunshine Boys
Al Lewis
1996

Mighty Aphrodite
Lenny
1995

Don't Drink the Water
Walter Hollander
1994

Manhattan Murder Mystery
Larry Lipton
1993

Husbands and Wives
Gabe Roth
1992

Shadows and Fog
Kleinman
1991

Scenes from a Mall
Nick Fifer
1991

Crimes and Misdemeanors
Cliff Stern
1989

New York Stories
Sheldon
1989

King Lear
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
1988

Radio Days
Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited)
1987

Meetin' WA
Self
1986

Hannah and Her Sisters
Mickey Sachs
1986

Broadway Danny Rose
Danny Rose
1984

Zelig
Leonard Zelig
1983

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Andrew
1982

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Self
1982

Stardust Memories
Sandy Bates
1980

To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
Himself
1980

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1980

Manhattan
Isaac Davis
1979

Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
Self
1979

Woody Allen: An American Comedy
Himself
1977

Annie Hall
Alvy Singer
1977

The Front
Howard Prince
1976

Love and Death
Boris Grushenko
1975

Sleeper
Miles Monroe
1973

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm
1972

Play It Again, Sam
Allan Felix
1972

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Harvey Wallinger
1971

Bananas
Fielding Mellish
1971

Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
1971
Woody Allen: Granada 1971
Himself
1971

The Woody Allen Special
Self / Various
1969

Take the Money and Run
Virgil Starkwell
1969

Woody Allen Looks at 1967
Self - Host
1967

Casino Royale
Jimmy Bond (Dr. Noah)
1967

What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist
1966

What's New Pussycat?
Victor Shakapopulis
1965

Woody Allen: Standup Comic
Himself
1965
Mr. Fischer's Chair
Narrator