Biography
Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning more than seven decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. As a screenwriter, Allen holds the record of most wins (3) and nominations (16) for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In addition to his four Academy Awards, he has also received numerous other accolades, including ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and nominations for an Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He also received an Honorary Golden Lion in 1995, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1997, an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2002, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2014. Two of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2012
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 2012
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Screenplay · 2009
- honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University · 2007
- David di Donatello — Best European Film · 2006
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- Goya Award — Best European Film · 2006
- Sant Jordi Prize · 2006
- Donostia Award · 2004
- Princess of Asturias Award — the Arts · 2002
- BAFTA Fellowship · 1997
- Butaca Awards · 1997
- Butaca Awards · 1996
- Golden Lion — Lifetime Achievement · 1995
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1993
- David di Donatello — best foreign screenplay · 1990
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1989
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1987
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1987
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1987
- Bodil Awards · 1987
- David di Donatello — best foreign screenplay · 1987
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 1987
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1986
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1986
- Bodil Awards · 1986
- César Award · 1986
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 1986
- The President's Memorial Award · 1986
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1985
- David di Donatello — best foreign screenplay · 1985
- FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes · 1985
- Bodil Awards · 1984
- David di Donatello — Best Foreign Actor · 1984
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1980
- Bodil Awards · 1980
- César Award · 1980
- Sant Jordi Prize · 1979
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1978
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1978
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1978
- BAFTA Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1978
- Bodil Awards · 1978
- O. Henry Award · 1978
- Silver Bear · 1975
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1974
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- Writers Guild of America Award
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2014 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Book of a Musical · 2014 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2012 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2012 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2006 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1998 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 1998 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1996 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1995 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1995 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1988 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1987 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1987 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1985 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1985 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1979 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1979 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1978 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Short Fiction · 1978 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
This Is Bob Hope...
Light Keeps Me Company
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Manhattan
Annie Hall
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Midnight in Paris
Hannah and Her Sisters
Love and Death
Play It Again, Sam
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Match Point
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Crimes and Misdemeanors
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Zelig
Deconstructing Harry
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal
Whatever Works
Bullets Over Broadway
Radio Days
Broadway Danny Rose
Groucho & Cavett
The Last Laugh
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
Blue Jasmine
Husbands and Wives
The Front
What's My Line?
Casting By
Stardust Memories
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sweet and Lowdown
Another Woman
Interiors
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Always at The Carlyle
Mighty Aphrodite
Shadows and Fog
Bananas
Trespassing Bergman
Scoop
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Just Shoot Me!
A Rainy Day in New York
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel