Woody Allen

Biography

Born 12/01/1935

With over 40 films to his name and at least four distinct “style phases” evident throughout his long career, Woody Allen was one of very few American filmmakers who could rightly be labeled an auteur. From the irreverent absurdity of his early satires to his chronicles of neurotic New York...
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Awards

  • In 2009, received Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
  • In 2002, received Cannes Film Festival Palme des Palmes for Special Lifetime Achievement
  • In 1997, received BAFTA Academy Fellowship

Highlights

  • In 2009, Returned to New York with the offbeat comedy "Whatever Works" starring Larry David
  • In 2008, Directed Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor in "Cassandra's Dream"
  • In 2008, Directed "Gianni Schicchi," the comic third part of Puccini's "Trittico" in Los Angeles

Family & Companions

  • Diane Keaton: lived together for three years in the 1970s
  • Mia Farrow: began relationship in 1980; mother of Allen's son Satchel/Seamus; separated in 1992 after Allen admitted to a romantic involvement with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn in the winter of 1991
  • Stacey Nelkin: reportedly had relationship when she was a teenager around the time of the filming of "Annie Hall"; thought to be model for character played by Mariel Hemingway in "Manhattan"; later married to actor Barry Bostwick fron 1987 to 1991

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