History Creator / WOODYALLEN

He's also [[KavorkaMan notorious]] for being a heavy womanizer and an accused pedophile. He has been involved with Harlene Rosen, Louise Lasser, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/StaceyNelkin, Creator/MiaFarrow -- and [[ParentalIncest Soon-Yi Previn]]. Woody had adopted Dylan and Moses Farrow, two of Mia's adopted children and was the step-father of Soon-Yi. With who Mia Farrow has [[https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/people.com/movies/mia-farrow-encouraged-woody-allen-to-bond-with-daughter-soon-yi-previn/%3famp=true since spoken out]] about having attempted to encourage time spent together to achieve a parental bond between her and Allen, along with the “little ones” especially as Soon-Yi was so shy. Allen would go on to engage in an affair with Soon-Yi when she was 19, resulting in and outcry and a bitter and public legal battle. In addition to going on to marry his step-daughter, he has also been accused of sexually assaulting his [[ParentalIncest adoptive daughter]] Dylan Farrow when she was [[WouldHurtAChild ''seven'']]. Dylan maintains this happened, while Allen denies it. His [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/movies/mia-farrow-woody-allen-abuse.html other adopted child]], Moses Farrow, has since parted ways with Mia Farrow and befriended Woody whom he insists that is innocent. Meanwhile, Allen's son with Farrow, Ronan Farrow, supports Dylan and Mia and denounces Woody. Ronan would also later become famous for his investigative journalism work in uncovering sexual abuse allegations in Hollywood.

He's also [[KavorkaMan notorious]] for being a heavy womanizer. He has been involved with Harlene Rosen, Louise Lasser, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/StaceyNelkin, Creator/MiaFarrow -- and Soon-Yi Previn, Mia's adopted daughter with former husband Andre Previn. Woody had adopted Dylan and Moses Farrow, two of Mia's adopted children but had no contact with Soon-Yi for most of her life. He engaged in an affair with Soon-Yi when she was 19, and the resulting outcry led to a bitter and public legal battle and media circus that still defines his image. During this period, he was also accused of sexually assaulting Mia Farrow's other daughter Dylan Farrow when she was ''seven''. Dylan still maintains the accusations, while Allen denies them. His [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/movies/mia-farrow-woody-allen-abuse.html other adopted child]], Moses Farrow, has since parted ways with Mia Farrow and befriended Woody with whom he was estranged during the controversy, and has supported Allen's side of the argument against Mia Farrow and Dylan Farrow, insisting that Woody is innocent. Meanwhile, Allen's[[note]][[MamasBabyPapasMaybe Or]] Creator/FrankSinatra's[[/note]] son with Farrow, Ronan Farrow, supports Dylan and Mia and denounces Woody. Fittingly enough, Ronan would later become famous for his journalism work uncovering sexual abuse allegations in Hollywood.

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->''"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love; but then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer, to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy; therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness — I hope you're getting this down."''

Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American [[RenaissanceMan film director, screenwriter, actor, comedian, playwright, story writer, essayist and musician]]. He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Most of his films are set in [[BigApplesauce New York]] and feature Jewish or AmbiguouslyJewish characters, often with himself or an AuthorAvatar in the lead role.

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* ''Rifkin's Festival'' (2020 international, TBA United States) - A couple fall in love amidst the backdrop of the annual San Sebastián Film Festival.

* ''Film/ARainyDayInNewYork'' (2019 international, 2020 United States) - Two young people (Creator/TimotheeChalamet, Music/SelenaGomez) arrive in New York for a weekend where they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

* ''A Rainy Day in New York'' (2019 international, 2020 United States) - Two young people (Creator/TimotheeChalamet, Music/SelenaGomez) arrive in New York for a weekend where they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

* ''Interiors'' (1978) - Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control after their parents' divorce. Allen's first straight drama and the first film he directed without starring in it. Basically Allen's first attempt at doing an Creator/IngmarBergman film.

Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American director, screenwriter, actor, comedian, playwright, story writer, essayist and musician. He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Most of his films are set in [[BigApplesauce New York]] and feature Jewish or AmbiguouslyJewish characters, often with himself or an AuthorAvatar in the lead role.

He started directing movies in 1965. Since then, he has directed 41 movies that range from ScrewballComedy to {{Drama}}. He was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward twenty-four times, including a record fifteen nominations for Best Screenplay. He has won four UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s -- three for Best Screenplay (''Film/AnnieHall''; ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' and ''Film/MidnightInParis'') and one for Best Director (''Film/AnnieHall''). His ''Film/AnnieHall'' famously [[AwardSnub beat]] ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' for the Best Picture Oscar. Allen himself is not really interested in awards; he showed up at the Oscars ceremony only once in 2002, when he encouraged producers to continue filming their movies in New York after 9/11.

* ''Oedipus Wrecks'' (1989) - A short film (part of ''Film/NewYorkStories'') about a lawyer who makes his LargeHam JewishMother disappear in an illusionist act. [[spoiler:She reappears, floating in the sky over Manhattan, and she's not happy.]]

* ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' (2012) – An anthology film set in Rome, it stars Creator/JesseEisenberg, Creator/ElliotPage, Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/PenelopeCruz, and Allen himself in his first acting role since ''Scoop''.

* ''A Rainy Day in New York'' (2018) - Two young people (Creator/TimotheeChalamet, Music/SelenaGomez) arrive in New York for a weekend where they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

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* ''Wonder Wheel'' (2017) - A drama set on Coney Island in the 1950s surrounding Ginny (Creator/KateWinslet), her mobster husband Humpty (Creator/JamesBelushi), lifeguard Mickey (Music/JustinTimberlake) and Humpty's runaway daughter Carolina (Creator/JunoTemple) and their lives intertwine and unravel.

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* ''Café Society'' (2016) - A 1930s romance that follows Bronx-born Bobby Dorfman (Creator/JesseEisenberg) to Hollywood, where he has a love affair with Vonnie (Creator/KristenStewart), and back to New York, where he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.

* ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' (2012) - An anthology film set in Rome, it stars Creator/JesseEisenberg, Creator/EllenPage, Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/PenelopeCruz, and Allen himself in his first acting role since ''Scoop''.

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He's also [[KavorkaMan notorious]] for being a heavy womanizer. He has been involved with Harlene Rosen, Louise Lasser, Creator/DianeKeaton, Stacey Nelkin, Creator/MiaFarrow -- and Soon-Yi Previn, Mia's adopted daughter with former husband Andre Previn. Woody had adopted Dylan and Moses Farrow, two of Mia's adopted children but had no contact with Soon-Yi for most of her life. He engaged in an affair with Soon-Yi when she was 19, and the resulting outcry led to a bitter and public legal battle and media circus that still defines his image. During this period, he was also accused of sexually assaulting Mia Farrow's other daughter Dylan Farrow when she was ''seven''. Dylan still maintains the accusations, while Allen denies them. His [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/movies/mia-farrow-woody-allen-abuse.html other adopted child]], Moses Farrow, has since parted ways with Mia Farrow and befriended Woody with whom he was estranged during the controversy, and has supported Allen's side of the argument against Mia Farrow and Dylan Farrow, insisting that Woody is innocent. Meanwhile, Allen's[[note]][[MamasBabyPapasMaybe Or]] Creator/FrankSinatra's[[/note]] son with Farrow, Ronan Farrow, supports Dylan and Mia and denounces Woody. Fittingly enough, Ronan would later become famous for his journalism work uncovering sexual abuse allegations in Hollywood.

Woody Allen (born December 1, 1935 in New York City, New York) is an American director, screenwriter, actor, comedian, playwright, story writer, essayist and musician. He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Most of his films are set in [[BigApplesauce New York]] and feature Jewish or AmbiguouslyJewish characters, often with himself or an AuthorAvatar in the lead role.

Woody Allen (born Allen Konigsberg, December 1, 1935 in New York City, New York) is an American director, screenwriter, actor, comedian, playwright, story writer, essayist and musician. He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Most of his films are set in [[BigApplesauce New York]] and feature Jewish or AmbiguouslyJewish characters, often with himself or an AuthorAvatar in the lead role.

Heywood "Woody" Allen (born December 1, 1935 in New York City, New York) is an American director, screenwriter, actor, comedian, playwright, story writer, essayist and musician. He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Most of his films are set in [[BigApplesauce New York]] and feature Jewish or AmbiguouslyJewish characters, often with himself or an AuthorAvatar in the lead role.

Heywood "Woody" Allen (born December 1, 1935) is an American director, screenwriter, actor, comedian, playwright, story writer, essayist and musician. He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Most of his films are set in [[BigApplesauce New York]] and feature Jewish or AmbiguouslyJewish characters, often with himself or an AuthorAvatar in the lead role.

* ''Film/MidnightInParis'' (2011) - Set in Paris, the film stars Creator/RachelMcAdams, Owen Wilson, Creator/AdrienBrody and supermodel/actress Carla Bruni (the wife of [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance French President]] Nicolas Sarkozy). Allen's biggest critical hit in years, surpassing even the success of ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona''. It's also his best-performing film financially, taking in over $56 million at the US box office (his previous record was the $40 million-grossing ''Hannah and Her Sisters'').

* ''Wonder Wheel'' (2017) - A drama set on Coney Island in the 1950s surrounding Ginny (Creator/KateWinslet), her mobster husband Humpty (Jim Belushi), lifeguard Mickey (Music/JustinTimberlake) and Humpty's runaway daughter Carolina (Juno Temple) and their lives intertwine and unravel.

* MayDecemberRomance: He likes relationships with great age gaps.

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-->--'''Sonja''', ''Film/{{Love and Death}}''

* ''Interiors'' (1978) - Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control after their parents' divorce. Allen's first straight drama and the first film he directed without starring in it.