FILM DIRECTOR

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 more than six decades. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Woody Allen has received more than 28,151,913 page views. His biography is available in 110 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 107 in 2019). Woody Allen is the 9th most popular film director, the 77th most popular biography from United States (up from 81st in 2019) and the 4th 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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  • 28M

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  • 77.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 110

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Woody Allen ranks 9 out of 2,041. Before him are Ingmar Bergman, Hayao Miyazaki, Alfred Hitchcock, Federico Fellini, Stanley Kubrick, and Akira Kurosawa. After him are Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergei Eisenstein, Luis Buñuel, and Andrei Tarkovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Woody Allen ranks 7. Before him are Alain Delon, Elvis Presley, Mahmoud Abbas, Luciano Pavarotti, 14th Dalai Lama, and Salman of Saudi Arabia. After him are José Mujica, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Kenzaburō Ōe, Donald Sutherland, Françoise Sagan, and Isao Takahata.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Woody Allen ranks 77 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Keller (1880), Jack London (1876), Toni Morrison (1931), Patrick Swayze (1952), Bill Clinton (1946), and Theodore Roosevelt (1858). After him are Al Capone (1899), Abraham Maslow (1908), Robin Williams (1951), Stephen King (1947), Morgan Freeman (1937), and Larry Ellison (1944).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Woody Allen ranks 4. Before him are Steven Spielberg (1946), Martin Scorsese (1942), and Stanley Kubrick (1928). After him are Francis Ford Coppola (1939), George Lucas (1944), Quentin Tarantino (1963), Tim Burton (1958), John Ford (1894), David Lynch (1946), Oliver Stone (1946), and Brian De Palma (1940).

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Filmography

Midnight in Paris
Director
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
May 11o 20117.531 / 10
Match Point
Director
Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe falls in love with Chris. But Chris has his eye on Tom's fiancee Nola.
Oct 26o 20057.361 / 10
Annie Hall
Director
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Apr 19o 19777.744 / 10