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Woody Allen

1935 - Today

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Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans eight decades (from 1950s to 2020s). Allen has received many accolades, including the most nominations (16) for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has won four Academy Awards, ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a Emmy Award and a Tony Award. Allen was awarded 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Woody Allen is the 14th most popular film director (down from 9th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from United States (down from 77th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Film Director.

Woody Allen is most famous for his comedy films, which he writes, directs, and stars in.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Woody Allen ranks 14 out of 2,041. Before him are Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Sergei Eisenstein, Roman Polanski, D. W. Griffith, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. After him are Pedro Almodóvar, Leni Riefenstahl, Ridley Scott, Bernardo Bertolucci, Luchino Visconti, and Luis Buñuel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Woody Allen ranks 9. Before him are Salman of Saudi Arabia, Luciano Pavarotti, 14th Dalai Lama, José Mujica, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hussein of Jordan. After him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Luis Suárez, Donald Sutherland, Kenzaburō Ōe, and Faisal II of Iraq.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Woody Allen ranks 139 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Douglas (1944), Noam Chomsky (1928), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Liliʻuokalani (1838), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), and John Adams (1735). After him are Jimi Hendrix (1942), Robert McNamara (1916), Harrison Ford (1942), Chuck Norris (1940), Patti Smith (1946), and Meryl Streep (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Woody Allen ranks 6. Before him are Steven Spielberg (1946), Martin Scorsese (1942), David Lynch (1946), Stanley Kubrick (1928), and D. W. Griffith (1875). After him are Francis Ford Coppola (1939), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), George Lucas (1944), Michael Mann (1943), Quentin Tarantino (1963), and John Ford (1894).

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