Woody Allen filmography

Allen at the Cannes Film Festival, 2015

Woody Allen is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, author, jazz musician, comedian and playwright. He has contributed to many projects as either writer, director, actor, or a combination of the three. Allen has also written four plays for the stage, and written sketches for the Broadway revue From A to Z, and the Broadway productions Don't Drink the Water (1966) and Play It Again, Sam (1969).[1]

His first film was the 1965 comedy What's New Pussycat?, which featured him as both writer and performer. His directorial debut was the 1966 film What's Up, Tiger Lily?, in which a dramatic Japanese spy movie was re-dubbed in English with completely new, comic dialog. He continued to write, direct, and star in comedic slapstick films, such as Bananas (1971) and Sleeper (1973), before he found widespread critical acclaim for his romantic comedies Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979); he won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for the former.

Influenced by European art cinema, he has also ventured into more dramatic territory, with Interiors (1978) and Another Woman (1988) being prime examples of this transition. Despite this, he has continued to direct several comedies and, although Match Point (2005), Midnight in Paris (2011), and Blue Jasmine (2013) were well-received by critics, many of his recent efforts have received mixed to negative reviews.

In addition to works of fiction, Allen has appeared as himself in many documentaries and other works of non-fiction, including Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Wild Man Blues, and The Concert for New York City. He has also been the subject of and appeared in three documentaries about himself, To Woody Allen, From Europe with Love in 1980, Woody Allen: A Life in Film in 2001, and a 2011 PBS American Masters documentary, Woody Allen: a Documentary (directed by Robert B. Weide). He also wrote for and contributed to a number of television series early in his career, including The Tonight Show as guest host.

According to Box Office Mojo, Allen's films have grossed a total of more than $575 million, with an average of $14 million per film (domestic gross figures as a director.) Currently, all of the films he directed for American International Pictures, United Artists and Orion Pictures between 1965 and 1992 are owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which acquired all the studios in separate transactions. The films he directed by ABC Pictures are now propierty of American Broadcasting Company, who in turn licensed their home video rights to MGM.

Films

Theatrical feature films

Year Film Credited as Grossed Rotten Tomatoes Ref(s)
Director Writer Actor Role
1965 What's New Pussycat? Yes Yes Victor Shakapopulis N/A 31% [2]
1966 What's Up, Tiger Lily? Yes Yes Yes Narrator N/A 83% [3]
1967 Casino Royale Yes Dr. Noah / Jimmy Bond 29% [4]
1969 Don't Drink the Water Yes N/A [3]
1969 Take the Money and Run Yes Yes Yes Virgil Starkwell N/A 90% [3]
1971 Bananas Yes Yes Yes Fielding Mellish N/A 88% [3]
1972 Play It Again, Sam Yes Yes Allan Felix 97% [I]
1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) Yes Yes Yes Victor Shakapopulis / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm #1 $83,934,700 89% [3]
1973 Sleeper Yes Yes Yes Miles Monroe $82,084,900 100% [3]
1975 Love and Death Yes Yes Yes Boris Grushenko $77,746,400 100% [3]
1976 The Front Yes Howard Prince 75% [5]
1977 Annie Hall Yes Yes Yes Alvy Singer $135,852,600 98% [3]
1978 Interiors Yes Yes $35,309,500 77% [3]
1979 Manhattan Yes Yes Yes Isaac Davis $126,047,200 98% [3]
1980 Stardust Memories Yes Yes Yes Sandy Bates $30,587,700 72% [3]
1980 To Woody Allen, From Europe with Love Yes Himself
1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Yes Yes Yes Andrew $24,453,100 74% [3]
1983 Zelig Yes Yes Yes Leonard Zelig $29,665,100 100% [3]
1984 Broadway Danny Rose Yes Yes Yes Danny Rose $24,986,900 100% [3]
1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo Yes Yes $23,718,300 91% [3]
1986 50 Years of Action! Yes Himself
1986 Meetin' WA Yes Himself
1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Yes Yes Yes Mickey Sachs $85,057,900 93% [3]
1987 Radio Days Yes Yes Yes Narrator $29,963,900 88% [3]
1987 September Yes Yes $985,300 58% [3]
1987 King Lear Yes Mr. Alien 50%
1988 Another Woman Yes Yes $3,109,700 65% [3]
1989 New York Stories Yes Yes Yes Sheldon $21,472,700 73% [6]
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors Yes Yes Yes Cliff Stern $36,417,400 93% [3]
1990 Alice Yes Yes $13,791,700 77% [3]
1991 Scenes from a Mall Yes Nick Fifer 32% [5]
1991 Shadows and Fog Yes Yes Yes Kleinman $2,735,731 50% [3]
1992 Husbands and Wives Yes Yes Yes Gabe Roth 100% [3]
1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery Yes Yes Yes Larry Lipton $21,676,500 93% [3]
1994 Bullets over Broadway Yes Yes $25,358,700 96% [3]
1995 Mighty Aphrodite Yes Yes Yes Lenny Weinrib $25,985,927 77% [3]
1996 Everyone Says I Love You Yes Yes Yes Joe Berlin $34,588,635 79% [3]
1997 Deconstructing Harry Yes Yes Yes Harry Block $18,046,900 71% [3]
1997 Wild Man Blues Yes Himself 86% [7]
1998 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Yes Himself
1998 Celebrity Yes Yes $6,153,836 41% [3]
1998 The Impostors Yes Audition Director 62%
1998 Antz Yes Z (voice) $171,757,863 96% [5]
1999 Sweet and Lowdown Yes Yes Yes Narrator $6,231,400 78% [3]
2000 Company Man Yes American Ambassador 14% [5]
2000 Small Time Crooks Yes Yes Yes Ray $29,934,477 67% [3]
2000 Light Keeps Me Company Yes Himself 83%
2000 Picking Up the Pieces Yes Tex Crowley [5]
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion Yes Yes Yes C.W. Briggs $18,496,522 45% [3]
2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures Yes Himself 85%
2002 Hollywood Ending Yes Yes Yes Val Waxman $14,839,383 47% [3]
2003 100 Years of Hope & Humor Yes Himself
2003 Anything Else Yes Yes Yes David Dobel $13,203,044 40% [3]
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Yes Himself 95%
2004 François Truffaut, une Autobiographie Yes Himself
2004 Melinda and Melinda Yes Yes $19,826,280 53% [3]
2005 The Ballad of Greenwich Village Yes Himself 38%
2005 The Outsider Yes Himself 69%
2005 Match Point Yes Yes $87,989,926 76% [3]
2006 Scoop Yes Yes Yes Sid Waterman $40,107,018 40% [3]
2006 Home Yes Himself
2007 Cassandra's Dream Yes Yes $22,539,685 46% [3]
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Yes Yes $104,504,817 81% [3]
2009 Whatever Works Yes Yes $35,106,706 49% [3]
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Yes Yes $34,275,987 46% [3]
2011 Midnight in Paris Yes Yes $162,942,835 93% [8]
2012 Paris Manhattan Yes Himself 38%
2012 To Rome with Love Yes Yes Yes Jerry $74,363,777[9] 44% [3]
2013 Blue Jasmine Yes Yes $102,912,961 91% [10]
2014 Fading Gigolo Yes Murray $13,369,873 54% [11]
2014 Magic in the Moonlight Yes Yes $33,909,396 52% [3]
2015 Irrational Man Yes Yes $24,735,518 42% [3]
2016 Untitled Woody Allen film Yes Yes [12]

Television films

Year Film Credited as
Director Writer Actor Role
1994 Don't Drink the Water Yes Yes Yes Walter Hollander
1996 The Sunshine Boys Yes Al Lewis

Short films

Year Film Credited as
Director Writer Actor Role
1971 Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story[13] Yes Yes Yes Harvey Wallinger
2001 Sounds from a Town I Love Yes Yes

Television

Year Title Credit
1950–1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour Writer
1956 Caesar's Hour Writer
1964, 1967 The Tonight Show Guest host
1970–1971 Hot Dog[14] Co-host
2002 Woody Allen: A Life in Film Subject of TCM documentary
2002 The Magic of Fellini Interviewee in documentary about filmmaker Fellini
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary
American Masters (PBS & WNET)[15]		 Subject of a film in two parts
directed by Robert B. Weide
2013 David Blaine: Real or Magic Himself
2016 Untitled Woody Allen TV series[16] Creator, writer, actor, director

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "Woody Allen: Biography and works". BooksFactory.com. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  2. ↑ Crowther, Bosley. "The Screen: 'What's New Pussycat?':Wild Comedy Arrives at Two Theaters". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Collin, Robbie; Robey, Tim. "Every Woody Allen film, ranked from worst to best". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Higgins, Bill. "Hollywood Flashback: In 1967, Woody Allen Played James Bond's Nemesis". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Villapaz, Luke. "8 Films That Woody Allen Acted In But Didn't Direct". International Business Times.
  6. ↑ Ebert, Roger (March 3, 1989). "New York Stories". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ Ebert, Roger (May 15, 1998). "Wild Man Blues". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ Fernandez, Jay A. "Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen join 'Paris'". Hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  9. ↑ "Woody Allen - Box Office - The Numbers". Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  10. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (January 8, 2013). "Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Woody Allen’s 'Blue Jasmine'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Woody Allen starts 'Fading Gigolo'". New York Post. November 13, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  12. ↑ Douglas, Edward. "Steve Carell Reunites with Woody Allen for 2016 Film". Coming Soon. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Stewart, Barbara (1997-12-04). "Showering Shtick On the White House: The Untold Story; Woody Allen Spoofed Nixon in 1971, But the TV Film Was Never Shown". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Venable, Nick. "Woody Allen Is Coming To TV, Get The Details". Cinemablend. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  15. ↑ PBS.org American Masters, Woody Allen: A Documentary – About the Film, 21 July 2011; Note: the two part film first aired on November 20 & 21, 2011.
  16. ↑ http://deadline.com/2016/01/woody-allen-miley-cyrus-elaine-may-amazon-series-1201690130/

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