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"If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right."

"Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of
meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue."

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."

— Woody Allen

Woody Allen entry at Wikipedia
Woody Allen credits [since 1950] at Internet Movie Database
Woody Allen credits [since 1960] at Internet Broadway Database

                      
Woody Allen has won four Oscars® —
two for "Annie Hall" [1977] {Best Picture & Best Original Screenplay},
for "Hannah and Her Sisters" [1986] {Best Original Screenplay}
and for "Midnight In Paris"" [2011] {Best Original Screenplay}
— out of 23 Oscar nominations [1978-2011]

He has also received
20 W.G.A. Award nominations [1966-2012] with five wins, 1985-2012
two Fotogramas de Plata Awards, 1974 & 1986
SF&F Writers of America Nebula Award, 1975
nine B.A.F.T.A. Awards, 1978-1993
seven nominations & 2 César Awards of France, 1978-2006
two Guild of German Art House Cinemas awards, 1979 & 1981
three Sant Jordi Awards, 1979, 2006 & 2009
the D.G.A. Award [1978] and four nominations, 1980-2012
the Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Award, 1983
five David di Donatello Awards, 1984-2006
the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Festival in France, 1985
the American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture, 1987
the American Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, 1987
Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1987
W.G.A. Laurel Award, 1987
PEN Center USA West Literary Award for Original Screenplay, 1990
the Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion, 1995
D.G.A. Lifetime Achievement Award, 1996
B.A.F.T.A. Academy Fellowship, 1997
five Turia Awards, 1998-2010
the San Sebastián Film Festival Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004
a Goya Award for Best European Film, 2006
and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay, 2009

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Woody Allen entry at Wikipedia
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Woody Allen credits [since 1960] at Internet Broadway Database
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	"Love, Sex, Death, and The Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen" [1990] by Foster Hirsch Da Capo Press 8½x5½ 2nd edition pb [7/2001] for $16.95 Limelight Editions 8x5¼ pb [1/90] out of print/used
	"Reconstructing Woody: Art, Love & Life In The Films of Woody Allen" [1998] by Mary P. Nichols Rowman & Littlefield 9x6 pb [9/2000] for $21.95 Rowman & Littlefield 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/98] for $22.95
	"The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen" [2000] by Peter J. Bailey Univ Press of KY 8¾x5¾ pb [4/2003] for $19.95 Univ Press of KY 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2000] for $50.00
	"The Films of Woody Allen" [orig 1993, rev 2002] by Sam B. Girgus Cambridge Univ Press 9½x6½ pb [11/2002] for $24.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2002] for $80.00
	"The Soundtracks of Woody Allen: A Complete Guide To The Songs & Music In Every Film, 1969-2005" [2007] by Adam Harvey McFarland & Co. pb [3/2007] for $45.00

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"The Woody Allen Collection, Sets 1-3" DVD Box Set
M.G.M. widescreen DVD set [3/2008] 19 disks - SOLD OUT!

	"The Woody Allen Collection, Set 1" includes "Annie Hall" [1977] co-starring Diane Keaton; "Bananas" [1971] co-starring Louise Lasser; "Every-thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask" [1972]; "Interiors" [1978]; "Love and Death" [1975] co-starring Diane Keaton; "Manhattan" [1979] co-starring Diane Keaton, Mariel Hem-ingway & Meryl Streep; "Sleeper" [1973] co-starring Diane Keaton; and "Stardust Memories" [1980] M.G.M./U.A. widescreen color DVD set [7/2000] 8 disks for $139.89 M.G.M. color VHS box set [7/2000] 8 tapes / out of prodn/used
	"The Woody Allen Collection, Set 2" includes "Alice" [1990] starring Mia Farrow; "Another Woman" [1988] starring Mia Farrow & Gena Rowlands; "Crimes and Misdemeanors" [1989] co-starring Mia Farrow & Martin Landau; "September" [1987] starring Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Denholm Elliott & Sam Waterston; and "Shadows and Fog" [1992] co-starring Mia Farrow, Jodie Foster & Madonna M.G.M./U.A. widescreen color DVD set [6/2001] 5 disks for $50.57
	"The Woody Allen Collection, Set 3" includes "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" [1982]; "Broadway Danny Rose" [1984] co-starring Mia Farrow; "Hannah and Her Sisters" [1986] co-starring Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey & Dianne Wiest; "The Purple Rose of Cairo" [1985] starring Mia Farrow & Jeff Daniels; "Radio Days" [1987] starring Michael Tucker, Mia Farrow & Diane Keaton; and "Zelig" [1983] co-starring Mia Farrow M.G.M./U.A. widescreen color DVD set [11/2001] out of prodn/scarce

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"What's  New,  Pussycat"  [United Artists June 1965]
Directed by Clive Donner; written by Woody Allen; starring Peter Sellers,
Peter O'Toole & Woody Allen; full credits from IMDb

"What's  Up,  Tiger  Lily?"  [Toho/A.I.P. Nov 1966]
Original film by Senkichi Taniguchi; produced & re-directed by Woody Allen;
original music by The Lovin' Spoonful; full credits from IMDb

"Casino  Royale"  [Columbia/Famous Artists April 1967]
Starring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Orson Welles & Woody Allen; full credits from IMDb

M.G.M.'s official moviesite

"Take  The  Money  and  Run"  [A.B.C./Palomar Aug 1969]
Co-written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; full credits from IMDb

"Don't  Drink  The  Water"  [AVCO-Embassy Nov 1969]
Directed by Howard Morris; co-written by Woody Allen, based on his play;
starring Jackie Gleason & Estelle Parsons; full credits from IMDb

"Pussycat,  Pussycat,  I  Love  You"
[United Artists March 1970]
Co-written & directed by Rodney Amateau; co-written by Woody Allen; full credits from IMDb

"Bananas"  [United Artists April 1971]
Co-written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; co-starring Louise Lasser &
Carlos Montalbán; full credits from IMDb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyqm-wWnX0A

M.G.M.'s official moviesite

"Play  It  Again,  Sam"  [Paramount May 1972]
Directed by Herbert Ross; adapted by Woody Allen, based on his play; starring Woody Allen,
Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Susan Anspach & Jerry Lacy (as Humphrey Bogart); full credits from IMDb

"Everything  You  Always  Wanted  To  Know  About  Sex
*  But  Were  Afraid  To  Ask"  [United Artists Aug 1972]
Adapted & directed by and starring Woody Allen; all-star cast; full credits from IMDb

"Sleeper" aka 'Woody et Le Robots'  [United Artists Dec 1973]
Co-written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; co-written by Marshall Brickman;
co-starring Diane Keaton; full credits from IMDb

"Love  and  Death"  [United Artists June 1975]
Woody's loving parody of the bleak existentialist works of Ingmar Bergman, Fyodor Dostoyevsky & Leo Tolstoy
Written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; co-starring Diane Keaton; full credits from IMDb

M.G.M.'s official moviesite

"The Front"  [Columbia Pictures Sept 1976]

An apolitical restaurant worker agrees to 'front' for a series of blacklisted writers, to sell their screenplays under his name. But a new girlfriend and increasing awareness of Joe McCarthy's witch-hunt open his eyes, and then he is called in front of Congress's Un-American Activities Committee ... Written by Walter Bernstein [B]; directed by Martin Ritt [B]; starring Woody Allen, Zero Mostel [B], Herschel Bernardi [B], Lloyd Gough [B] & Joshua Shelley [B]. {NOTE: Blacklisted members of the cast & crew are indicated with '[B]'. widescreen DVD [2/2004] for $22.46 Columbia/TriStar color VHS [8/95] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb tv documentary "The Making of 'The Front'" [1976]

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"Annie Hall"  [Rollins-Joffe/United Artists April 1977]

One of Woody's masterpieces, the essential film about relationships in the 1970s. Co-written & directed by & starring Woody Allen; co-written by Marshall Brickman; also starring Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts & Carol Kane; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress & Best Original Script; also won 5 BAFTA Awards, DGA, 3 NSFC, & WGA awards M.G.M./U.A. widescreen color DVD [7/2000] for $16.99 M.G.M./U.A. color VHS [1/94] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb M.G.M.'s official moviesite

"Annie Hall" [1996] critical text by Peter Cowie British Film Institute 7½x5½ pb [9/96] out of print/used

"Interiors"  [United Artists Aug 1978]
Written & directed by Woody Allen; starring E.G. Marshall, Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Diane
Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Sam Waterston & Richard Jordan; nominated for 5 Oscars; full credits from IMDb

M.G.M.'s official moviesite

"Manhattan"  [United Artists March 1979]
Co-written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; co-written by Marshall Brickman; co-starring Diane Keaton,
Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Karen Ludwig, Michael Murphy & Anne Byrne Hoffman; full credits from IMDb

"Stardust  Memories"  [United Artists Sept 1980]

An homage to "Fellini's 8½" [1963] with Woody's character an insecure movie director beseiged by fans and co-workers and former mistresses at a film festival. Written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; b&w cinematography by Gordon Willis; co-starring Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern, Amy Wright & Sharon Stone {debut} M.G.M. Home Video b&w DVD [7/2000] for $13.49 M.G.M. Home Video b&w VHS [7/2000] out of prodn/many used script? Tusquets Editor pb [2000] for $9.80 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

Woody's last film for United Artists; the primary executives at U.A. quit over new owner Transamerica's
heavy-handed control and formed Orion Pictures, and Woody quickly signed with Orion.

"A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy"
[Orion Pictures July 1982]
Written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; co-starring Mary Steenburgen, Tony Roberts,
Julie Hagerty, José Ferrer & Mia Farrow • full credits from IMDb

"Zelig" [Orion Pictures July 1983]
Written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; co-starring Mia Farrow • full credits from IMDb

"Broadway Danny Rose"  [Orion Pictures Jan 1984]
Written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; co-starring Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo
Forte, Paul Greco, Frank Renzulli & Edwin Bordo • full credits from IMDb

"The Purple Rose of Cairo"  [Orion Pictures March 1985]

A Depression-era waitress goes to the movies for escape, and discovers that the hero of the movie has walked off the screen to escape into the real world • Written & directed by Woody Allen; starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Gil Shepherd, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest & Edward Herrmann; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (5/2005) Anchor bay color VHS [9/90] out of stock/used MGM/UA widescreen DVD [11/2001] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb

"Hannah and Her Sisters"  [Orion Pictures Feb 1986] Written & directed by and starring Woody Allen; co-starring Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Max von Sydow & Daniel Stern; won Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Set Decoration & Best Editing; 8 BAFTA noms, won for Best Direction & Best Original Screenplay; won Donatello Award & WGA Award for Best Foreign Screenplay, nominated for DGA Award; full credits from IMDb

"Radio Days"  [Orion Pictures Jan 1987]

A nostalgic look at life in Far Rockaway, New York before World War II, when entertainment and outside news came from the radio. Written & directed by Woody Allen; starring Michael Tucker, Mia Farrow, Diane Keaton, Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Dianne Wiest, Josh Mostel, Danny Aiello & Jeff Daniels; Oscar & WGA nominations for Best Screenplay; 7 BAFTA noms, won 2 M.G.M. widescreen color DVD [11/2001] for $12.99 H.B.O. color VHS [undated] out of prodn/used R.C.A. soundtrack CD [5/92] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb • M.G.M. official movie site

Godard's "King Lear"  [Cannon France 1987, USA Jan 1988]

Godard's intellectually-challenging Lear takes place in a post-Chernobyl parallel universe, more gonzo cinema than Shakespearean drama. Written & directed by and starring Jean-Luc Godard; very loosely based on the play by William Shakespeare; also starring Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Woody Allen, Norman Mailer, Kate Mailer, Julie Delpy, Freddy Buache, Leos Carax, Suzanne Lanza & Michèle Pétin Cinematheque Collection color VHS [10/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99

"September"  [Orion Pictures Dec 1987]
Written & directed by Woody Allen; starring Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest,
Elaine Stritch, Jack Warden & Denholm Elliott; full credits from IMDb

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