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{{Short description|American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Woody Allen
| image              = Woody Allen Cannes 2016.jpg
| alt                = Headshot photo of Allen
| caption            = Allen in 2016
| birth_name         = Allan Stewart Konigsberg
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1935|11|30}}{{efn|name="birth date"|}}
| birth_place        = New York City, U.S.
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| education          =
| occupation         = {{hlist|Filmmaker|writer|actor|comedian|musician}}
| years_active       = 1955–present
| spouse             = {{Unbulleted list
| {{marriage|Harlene Susan Rosen|1956|1962|reason=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Louise Lasser]]|1966|1970|reason=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Soon-Yi Previn]]|1997}}
 }}
| partner            = [[Mia Farrow]] (1980–1992)
| children           = 5, including [[Ronan Farrow]] and [[Moses Farrow]]
| relatives          = [[Letty Aronson]] (sister)
| works              = [[Woody Allen filmography|Full list]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen|Full list]]
| website            = {{URL|https://woodyallen.com/}}
| signature          = Woody Allen signature.svg
}}

'''Woody Allen'''<!--We always list the subject's legal name first before any other names they might have had. Birth names are usually included adjacent. If a subject has had more than one name, a note citation is added. i.e. John Wayne (Refer to: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)).--> (born '''Allan Stewart Konigsberg'''; November 30, 1935){{efn|Despite most references listing his birth date as December 1, in his 2020 autobiography, ''Apropos of Nothing'', Allen writes that he was actually born on November 30: "Actually, I was born on the thirtieth of November very close to midnight, and my parents pushed the date so I could start off on a day one."{{sfn|Allen|2020|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=81HYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11 11]}} The discrepancy first came to light in 2015, when author [[David Evanier]] addressed it in his book ''Woody Allen: The Biography''.{{sfn|Evanier|2015|p=66}}<ref>Horgan, Richard (December 14, 2015). [https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/woody-allen-david-evanier-biography "Woody Allen's Bronx Bump"]. ''Adweek''. "Woody's birthday is not really December 1; it is November 30."</ref><ref>[https://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2015/12/revisiting-woody-allens-highs-lows-on-his-80th-birthday "Revisiting Woody Allen's Highs, Lows On His 80th Birthday"]. ''MetroFocus''. December 1, 2015. "Today on Dec. 1, film legend Woody Allen celebrates his 80th birthday. However, it's not his real birthday. He was born on Nov. 30 but chose the first of December as his birthday so he could be no. 1."</ref><ref>Evanier, David (November 9, 2015). [https://time.com/4100521/woody-allen-biography "How Woody Allen Got His Nickname"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228002149/https://time.com/4100521/woody-allen-biography/ |date=December 28, 2023 }}. ''Time''.</ref> Since Allen's confirmation, various sources have corrected the date in their databases.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Woody-Allen "Woody Allen | Biography, Movies, & Facts"]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved January 11, 2024.</ref><ref>Leonte, Tudor  (November 28, 2022). [https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity-actor-director-birthdays-week-163947283.html "Celebrity Actor & Director Birthdays This Week: Woody Allen Turns 87"]. ''Y! Entertainment''.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef3006f|title= Woody Allen|work=British Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903021451/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef3006f|archive-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>[https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ds3nh6 "Woody Allen - Social Networks and Archival Context"]. ''snaccooperative.org''. 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[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/30/metro/today-history-november-30-wto-protesters-police-clash-seattle "Today in History: November 30, WTO protesters and police clash in Seattle"]. ''The Boston Globe''.</ref><ref>Roche, Calum (November 30, 2025). [https://en.as.com/entertainment/woody-allen-turns-90-today-these-are-the-movie-directors-must-watch-films-f202511-n/ "Woody Allen turns 90 today: these are the movie director's must-watch films"]. ''AS USA''.</ref>|name="birth date"|}} is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning eight decades, he has written for film, television, and theater, and has published several short stories, a novel, and a memoir. Allen has received many [[List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen|accolades]], including the most nominations (16) for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]]. He has won four [[Academy Awards]], ten [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]], two [[Golden Globe Awards]] and a [[Grammy Award]], as well as nominations for a [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] and a [[Tony Award]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/tonys/la-et-cm-tony-awards-2014-season-20140608-story.html|title=Woody Allen Will Be a No Show, Per Tradition|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date= March 21, 2020}}</ref> Allen has also received numerous honors, including an [[Golden Lion|Honorary Golden Lion]] in 1995, the [[BAFTA Fellowship]] in 1997, an [[Palme d'Or|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]].

Allen began his career as part of a team of comedy writers for several [[Sid Caesar]] specials,{{efn|Allen wrote alongside [[Mel Brooks]], [[Carl Reiner]], [[Larry Gelbart]], and [[Neil Simon]]}} and later wrote numerous humor pieces for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' as well as several [[Broadway (theater)|Broadway]] plays, such as ''[[Don't Drink the Water (play)|Don't Drink the Water]]'' (1966) and ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]'' (1969). He transitioned to working as a stand-up comedian in [[Greenwich Village]], where he developed a [[monologue]] style{{efn|(rather than traditional jokes)}} and the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful [[wikt:nebbish|nebbish]].{{sfn|Gross|2012|p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}} He released three comedy albums, earning a [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album]] nomination for ''[[Woody Allen (album)|Woody Allen]]'' (1964).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/woody-allen|title=Woody Allen – Artist|date=November 19, 2019|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> Allen also published several books of short stories, such as ''[[Getting Even (Allen book)|Getting Even]]'' (1971), ''[[Without Feathers]]'' (1975), and ''[[Side Effects (Allen book)|Side Effects]]'' (1980).

Allen then established himself as prominent director of the [[New Hollywood]] era of auteur filmmakers. After writing, directing, and starring in a string of [[slapstick film|slapstick comedies]], such as ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]'' (1969), ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'' (1971), ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' (1973), and ''[[Love and Death]]'' (1975), he directed his seminal work ''[[Annie Hall]]'' (1977), a romantic comedy-drama featuring Allen and his frequent collaborator [[Diane Keaton]]. The film received widespread acclaim and won four Academy Awards: [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for Keaton.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/annie-hall-beats-out-star-wars-for-best-picture|title= "Annie Hall" beats out "Star Wars" for Best Picture|website= [[History Channel]]|date= November 13, 2009|accessdate= May 7, 2023}}</ref> Allen has since directed many films set in New York City, including ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' (1979), ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' (1986), and ''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' (1989).

Since becoming a filmmaker, Allen has made one almost every year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Newton |first=Michael |title=Woody Allen: cinema's great experimentalist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/13/woody-allen-michael-newton |url-status=live |quote=In the 1970s, Allen looked irreverent, hip, a part of the New Hollywood generation. In an age of 'auteurs', he was the auteur personified, the writer, director and star of his films, active in the editing, choosing the soundtrack, initiating the projects |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=January 13, 2012 |access-date=April 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180119152036/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/13/woody-allen-michael-newton |archive-date=January 19, 2018}}</ref> They include ''[[Interiors]]'' (1978), ''[[Stardust Memories]]'' (1980), ''[[Zelig]]'' (1983), ''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]'' (1984), ''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'' (1985), ''[[Radio Days]]'' (1987), ''[[Husbands and Wives]]'' (1992), ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]'' (1994), ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]'' (1997), ''[[Match Point]]'' (2005), ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]'' (2008), ''[[Midnight in Paris]]'' (2011), and ''[[Blue Jasmine]]'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/news/general/midnight-in-paris-is-woody-allens-biggest-hit-passes-1986s-hannah-and-her-sisters-40-million-185232/|title= Midnight in Paris Is Woody Allen's Biggest Hit, Passes 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters $40 Million|website= [[IndieWire]]|date= July 19, 2011|accessdate= May 7, 2023}}</ref> In 2014, he returned to Broadway, adapting [[Bullets Over Broadway|his 1994 film]] into the musical ''[[Bullets Over Broadway (musical)|Bullets Over Broadway]]''. He wrote the [[Amazon Prime Video]] series ''[[Crisis in Six Scenes]]'' (2016), and released a memoir, ''[[Apropos of Nothing]]'' (2020), and a novel, ''[[What's With Baum?]]'' (2025).

From 1980 to 1992, Allen had a professional and personal relationship with actress [[Mia Farrow]]. They collaborated on 13 films. The couple separated after he began a relationship in 1991 with Farrow's and [[Andre Previn]]'s 21-year-old adopted daughter [[Soon-Yi Previn]]. In 1992, Farrow [[Woody Allen sexual abuse allegation|publicly accused]] him of sexually abusing their adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/woody-allen-timeline.html |title=''Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Soon-Yi Previn, Dylan Farrow: A Timeline''|author-link1=Sopan Deb|first1=Sopan|last1=Deb|first2=Deborah|last2=Leiderman|first3=Sarah|last3=Bahr|date=February 22, 2021| work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Flanagan|first=Caitlin|date=June 8, 2021|title=What Mia Farrow Knew|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/woody-allen-mia-farrow-dylan-documentary/619123/|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=The Atlantic|language=en}}</ref> The allegation gained substantial media attention, but Allen was never charged with a crime and has denied the allegation. Allen married Previn in 1997 and they have adopted two children.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soon Yi- Previn on Mia Farrow and Woody Allen |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/09/soon-yi-previn-speaks.html |access-date=April 6, 2021 |website=Vulture}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
[[File:Woody Allen HS Yearbook.jpeg|thumb|Allen as a senior at [[Midwood High School]] in [[Brooklyn]] in 1953]]
Allen was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg{{sfn|Lax|1992 |p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}} at [[Mount Eden Hospital]] in [[The Bronx|Bronx]], New York City, on November 30, 1935,{{efn|name="birth date"|}}<ref name="MtEdenBabyWoody.NYT">[[The New York Times]]: {{cite book |isbn=0-684-83374-3
|title=The Unruly life of Woody Allen
|author=[[Marion Meade]] |publisher=Scribner
|url=https://movies2.nytimes.com/books/first/m/meade-woody.html
|quote=decided to deliver the baby in the Bronx, at Mt. Eden Hospital.
|year=2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/woody-allen| title = Jewish Virtual Library}}</ref> to Nettie (''née'' Cherry; 1906–2002), a bookkeeper at her family's delicatessen, and Martin Konigsberg (1900–2001),<ref name="MartinObit">{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/martin-konigsberg-1117791920/ |title= Martin Konigsberg |date= January 16, 2001 |access-date= October 22, 2014 |magazine= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> a jewelry engraver and waiter.<ref name="filmreference">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/33/Woody-Allen.html |title=Woody Allen Biography (1935–) |publisher= Filmreference.com |access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref> His grandparents were [[Jews|Jewish]] immigrants to the U.S. from [[history of the Jews in Austria|Austria]] and [[Panevėžys]], [[history of the Jews in Lithuania|Lithuania]].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}<!--<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/nyregion/curse-of-the-jaded-audience-woody-allen-in-art-and-life.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618023603/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/nyregion/curse-of-the-jaded-audience-woody-allen-in-art-and-life.html |archive-date=June 18, 2009 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Curse of the Jaded Audience: Woody Allen, in Art and Life |access-date=January 16, 2008 |author1=Newman, Andy |author2=Kilgannon, Corey |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 5, 2002 |quote='I think he's slacked off the last few movies', said Norman Brown, 70, a retired draftsman from Mr. Allen's old neighborhood, Midwood, Brooklyn, who said he had seen nearly all of Mr. Allen's 33 films.}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2024}}--> They spoke [[German language|German]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], and [[Yiddish]].{{sfn|Baxter|1998|p=11}}{{sfn|Norwood|Pollack|2008|p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}} He and his younger sister, film producer [[Letty Aronson]], were raised in [[Brooklyn]]'s [[Midwood]] neighborhood. Their parents were both born and raised on the [[Lower East Side]] of [[Manhattan]].{{sfn|Lax|1992 |pp=12–13}}

Allen's parents did not get along, and he had an [[Family estrangement|estranged]] relationship with his mother.<ref name="MeadeNYT">{{cite news |last1=Meade |first1=Marion |title=The Unruly Life of Woody Allen |url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/first/m/meade-woody.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> He spoke German in his early years.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} While attending Hebrew school for eight years, he also attended Public School 99, now the Isaac Asimov School for Science and Literature,{{sfn|Meade|2000|p=[https://archive.org/details/unrulylifeofwood00mead/page/31 31]}} and then [[Midwood High School]], from which he graduated in 1953. Unlike his comic persona, he was more interested in baseball than school and was picked first for teams.<ref name="Fresh Air">{{cite news |title=Woody Allen on Life, Films and Whatever Works |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105400872|publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |date=June 15, 2009}}</ref>{{sfn|Lax|1992 |p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}} He impressed students with his talent for [[Card manipulation|cards]] and [[Magic (illusion)|magic tricks]].<ref name="zone">{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy-zone.net/standup/comedian/a/allen-woody.htm |title=Woody Allen: Comedian Profile|publisher=Comedy-Zone.net |access-date=January 16, 2008}}</ref>

Allen began to call himself Woody in high school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woody Allen {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Woody-Allen |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |date=September 7, 2025}}</ref>{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=525}} Some reports say he legally changed his name to Heywood Allen when he was 17;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Mickey Rose, TV Writer and Woody Allen Collaborator, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/arts/television/mickey-rose-tv-writer-and-woody-allen-collaborator-dies-at-77.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 1, 2025 |date=April 13, 2013}}</ref> this claim may be based on a misunderstanding or joke. According to Allen, his first published joke read: "Woody Allen says he ate at a restaurant that had O.P.S. prices—over people's salaries."<ref name="timemag">{{cite magazine |title=Woody Allen: Rabbit Running |magazine=Time |date=July 7, 1972}}</ref> He was soon earning more than both of his parents combined.<ref name="Fresh Air" /> After high school, he attended [[New York University]], studying communication and film in 1953, before dropping out after failing the course "Motion Picture Production". He briefly attended [[City College of New York]] in 1954, dropping out during his first semester.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schmitz|first=Paul|title=Lessons from famous college dropouts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/30/opinion/schmitz-college/index.html |work=CNN|access-date=September 2, 2013 |date=December 31, 2011}}</ref> He taught himself rather than studying in the classroom.{{sfn|Lax|1992 |p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}} He later taught at [[The New School]] and studied with writing teacher [[Lajos Egri]].{{sfn|Lax|1992 |p=74}}

== Career ==

Note: For a list of Allen's films, see [[Woody Allen filmography]].

=== 1955–1959: Comedy writer and television work ===
Allen began writing short jokes when he was 15,<ref name=Kelley /> and the next year began offering them to various [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] writers for sale.{{rp|539}} One of them, [[Abe Burrows]], co-author of ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', wrote, "Wow! His stuff was dazzling." Burrows wrote Allen letters of introduction to [[Sid Caesar]], [[Phil Silvers]], and [[Peter Lind Hayes]], who immediately sent Allen a check for just the jokes Burrows included as samples.{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=541}} As a result of the jokes Allen mailed to various writers, he was invited, then age 19, to join the NBC Writer's Development Program in 1955, followed by a job on ''The NBC Comedy Hour'' in Los Angeles, then a job as a full-time writer for humorist [[Herb Shriner]], initially earning $25 a week.<ref name="timemag" /> He began writing scripts for ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', ''[[Tonight Starring Steve Allen|The Tonight Show]]'', specials for Sid Caesar post-''[[Caesar's Hour]]'' (1954–1957), and other television shows.{{sfn|Lax|1992 |p=111}} By the time he was working for Caesar, he was earning $1,500 a week. He worked alongside [[Mel Brooks]], [[Carl Reiner]], [[Larry Gelbart]], and [[Neil Simon]]. He also worked with [[Danny Simon]], whom Allen credits for helping form his writing style.<ref name="timemag" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/27/AR2005072702568_pf.html |title=TV Comedy Writer Danny Simon Dies |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Adam |last=Bernstein |access-date=January 17, 2008}}</ref> In 2021, Brooks said of working with Allen, "Woody was so young then. I was about 24 when I started, but Woody must have been 19, but so wise, so smart. He had this tricky little mind and he'd surprise you, which is the trick of being a good comedy writer."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/04/mel-brooks-on-losing-the-loves-of-his-life-people-know-how-good-carl-reiner-was-but-not-how-great|title= Mel Brooks on losing the loves of his life: 'People know how good Carl Reiner was, but not how great'|website= [[The Guardian]]|date= December 4, 2021|accessdate= June 9, 2024|last1= Freeman|first1= Hadley}}</ref> In 1962 alone, he estimated that he wrote 20,000 jokes for various comics.{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=533}} Allen also wrote for ''[[Candid Camera]]'' and appeared in several episodes.<ref name="O'Connor">{{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=John J. |title='Candid Camera' Marks 40 Years with a Special |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/17/arts/tv-reviews-candid-camera-marks-40-years-with-a-special.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=February 17, 1987}}</ref>

Allen wrote jokes for the [[Buddy Hackett]] sitcom ''[[Stanley (1956 TV series)|Stanley]]'' and ''The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom,'' and in 1958 he co-wrote a few Sid Caesar specials with [[Larry Gelbart]].{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=542}} Composer [[Mary Rodgers]] said he was gaining a reputation. When given an assignment for a show, he would leave and come back the next day with "reams of paper", according to producer [[Max Liebman]].{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=542}} Similarly, after he wrote for [[Bob Hope]], Hope called him "half a genius".{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=542}} [[Dick Cavett]] said: "He can go to a typewriter after breakfast and sit there until the sun sets and his head is pounding, interrupting work only for coffee and a brief walk, and then spend the whole evening working."{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=551}} Allen once estimated that to prepare for a 30-minute show, he spent six months of intensive writing.{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=551}} He enjoyed writing, despite the work: "Nothing makes me happier than to tear open a ream of paper. And I can't wait to fill it!"{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=551}}

Allen started writing short stories and cartoon captions for magazines such as ''[[The New Yorker]]''; he was inspired by the tradition of ''New Yorker'' humorists [[S. J. Perelman]], [[George S. Kaufman]], [[Robert Benchley]], and [[Max Shulman]], whose material he modernized.{{sfn|Allen|Luttazzi|2004|p=7|ps= "Daniele Luttazzi's preface to the Italian translation of Allen's trilogy ''Complete Prose''"}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C346426__422878%2C00.html |title=Deconstructing Woody|first=Ty|last=Burr| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=May 19, 2017 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819085531/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C346426__422878%2C00.html |archive-date=August 19, 2007}}</ref><ref name="appreciate">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Woody |title=I Appreciate George S. Kaufman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/books/review/24COVERAL.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407202952/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/books/review/24COVERAL.html |archive-date=April 7, 2005 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=October 24, 2004}}</ref><ref name="rabbit">{{cite magazine |title=Woody Allen: Rabbit Running |magazine=Time |date=July 7, 1972 |pages=5–6 |quote=I never had a teacher who made the least impression on me. If you ask me who are my heroes, the answer is simple and truthful: George S. Kaufman and the Marx Brothers.}}</ref>{{sfn|Kakutani|1995|p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}}{{sfn|Galef|2003|pp=146–160{{page range too broad|date=January 2022}}}} His collections of short pieces include ''[[Getting Even (Allen book)|Getting Even]]'', ''[[Without Feathers]]'', ''[[Side Effects (Allen book)|Side Effects]]'', and ''[[Mere Anarchy]]''. In 2010 Allen released audio versions of his books in which he read 73 selections entitled, ''The Woody Allen Collection''. He was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album]].<ref name="goes digital">{{cite news |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |title=Immortalized by Not Dying: Woody Allen Goes Digital |url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/immortalized-by-not-dying-woody-allen-goes-digital/ |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

=== 1960–1969: Stand-up comedian ===
[[File:Johnny Carson Woody Allen The Tonight Show 1964.jpg|thumb|left|Allen on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' in June 1964]]
From 1960 to 1969 Allen performed as a comedian in various places around [[Greenwich Village]], including [[The Bitter End]] and [[Cafe Au Go Go]], alongside such contemporaries as [[Lenny Bruce]], the team of [[Mike Nichols]] and [[Elaine May]], [[Joan Rivers]], [[George Carlin]], [[Richard Pryor]], [[Dick Cavett]], [[Bill Cosby]] and [[Mort Sahl]] (his personal favorite), as well as such other artists of the day as [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Barbra Streisand]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/nyregion/19rose.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824125231/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/nyregion/19rose.html |archive-date=August 24, 2007 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title= Singing a Sad Song for Their Piano Bar|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date= July 19, 2007|access-date= October 25, 2020|last1= Ramirez|first1= Anthony}}</ref> Comedian [[Milton Berle]] claims to have suggested to Allen to go into standup comedy and even introduced him at the [[Village Vanguard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRNw38UT7tA|title= Milton Berle on meeting Woody Allen|website= EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG|accessdate= February 19, 2022}}</ref> Comedy historian [[Gerald Nachman (journalist)|Gerald Nachman]] writes, "He helped turn it into biting, brutally honest satirical commentary on the cultural and psychological tenor of the times."{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=525}}

Allen's new manager, [[Jack Rollins (producer)|Jack Rollins]], suggested he perform his written jokes as a stand-up. "I'd never had the nerve to talk about it before. Then [[Mort Sahl]] came along with a whole new style of humor, opening up vistas for people like me."{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=545}} Allen made his professional stage debut at the [[The Blue Angel (New York nightclub)|Blue Angel]] nightclub in [[Manhattan]] in October 1960, where comedian [[Shelley Berman]] introduced him as a young television writer who would perform his own material.{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=545}}

In his early stand-up shows, Allen did not improvise: "I put very little premium on improvisation", he told [[Studs Terkel]].{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=532}} His jokes were created from life experiences, and typically presented with a dead serious demeanor that made them funnier: "I don't think my family liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib."{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=533}} And although he was described as a "classic [[wikt:nebbish|nebbish]]", he did not tell the standard Jewish jokes of the period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bh.org.il/blog-items/stars-of-david-10-jewish-hollywood-icons/|title=Let There Be Laughter – Jewish Humor Around the World|date=February 6, 2017|publisher=Beit Hatfutsot|access-date=October 10, 2019|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613223454/https://www.bh.org.il/blog-items/stars-of-david-10-jewish-hollywood-icons/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Comedy screenwriter [[Larry Gelbart]] compared Allen's style to [[Elaine May]]'s: "He just styled himself completely after her".{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=546}}

Cavett recalled seeing the Blue Angel audience mostly ignore Allen's [[monologue]]: "I resented the fact that the audience was too dumb to realize what they were getting."{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=550}} It was his subdued stage presence that eventually became one of Allen's strongest traits, Nachman argues: "The utter absence of showbiz veneer and shtick was the best shtick any comedian had ever devised. This uneasy onstage naturalness became a trademark."{{sfn|Nachman|2003|p=530}} Allen brought innovation to the comedy monologue genre.<ref name="LuttazziScanzi2002">{{cite magazine | title=''Man on the moon'', interview with comedian Daniele Luttazzi | first=Andrea |last= Scanzi | magazine = [[Il Mucchio Selvaggio]] | year= 2002 | language= it }}</ref>
[[File:Woody Allen Polly Bergen Andy Williams Andy Williams Show 1965.JPG|thumb|right|Allen, [[Polly Bergen]], and [[Andy Williams]] on ''[[The Andy Williams Show]]'' in December 1965]]

Allen first appeared on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' on November 1, 1963, and over nine years his guest appearances included 17 in the host's chair. He subsequently released three LP albums of live nightclub recordings: the self-titled ''[[Woody Allen (album)|Woody Allen]]'' (1964), ''Volume 2'' (1965), and ''The Third Woody Allen Album'' (1968), recorded at a fund-raiser for Senator [[Eugene McCarthy]]'s presidential run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/1968-presidential-race-democrats/|title=1968 Presidential RaceDemocrats |publisher=The Pop History Dig|language=en-US|access-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> In 1965, Allen filmed a half-hour standup special in England for [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]], titled ''[[The Woody Allen Show]]'' in the UK and ''Woody Allen: Standup Comic'' in the U.S.<ref name=Benedictus>{{Cite news|last=Benedictus|first=Leo|date=October 24, 2013|title=Comedy gold: The Woody Allen Show|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/24/comedy-gold-woody-allen-show-standup|access-date=February 23, 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It is the only complete standup show of Allen's on film.<ref name=Benedictus /> The same year, Allen, along with [[Nichols and May]], Barbra Streisand, [[Carol Channing]], [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Julie Andrews]], [[Carol Burnett]], and [[Alfred Hitchcock]], took part in [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s inaugural gala in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 1965. First Lady [[Lady Bird Johnson]] described Allen and the event in her published diary, ''[[A White House Diary]]'', writing in part, "Woody Allen, that forlorn, undernourished little comedian, stopped shooting a movie in Paris and flew across the Atlantic for about five minutes of jokes".{{sfn|Johnson|2007|p=223}}

In 1966, Allen wrote an hour-long musical comedy television special for [[CBS]], ''Gene Kelly in New York City''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2014/08/votw-woody-allen-on-gene-kelly-1966-tv-special/ |title = VOTW: Woody Allen on Gene Kelly 1966 TV Special|publisher=WoodyAllenPages.com|date = August 10, 2014}}</ref> It focused on [[Gene Kelly]] in a musical tour around [[Manhattan]], dancing along such landmarks as [[Rockefeller Center]], [[the Plaza Hotel]] and [[the Museum of Modern Art]], which serve as backdrops for the show's production numbers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2011-03-26/gene-kelly-television |title = Gene Kelly on Television |publisher= UCLA Film & Television Archive}}</ref> Guest stars included choreographer [[Gower Champion]], British musical comedy star [[Tommy Steele]], and singer [[Damita Jo DeBlanc]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Film and Television Archive|url=https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2011-03-26/gene-kelly-television|publisher=UCLA|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref> In 1967, Allen hosted a TV special for [[NBC]], ''[[Woody Allen Looks at 1967]]''. It featured [[Liza Minnelli]], who acted alongside Allen in some skits; [[Aretha Franklin]], the musical guest; and conservative writer [[William F. Buckley]], the featured guest.<ref>Billy Graham on Woody Allen Show, 1967</ref> In 1969, Allen hosted his first American special for [[CBS]] television, ''The Woody Allen Special'', which included skits with [[Candice Bergen]], a musical performance by [[the 5th Dimension]], and an interview between Allen and [[Rev. Billy Graham|Billy Graham]].{{sfn|Finch|Cox|Giles|2003|p=113}}<ref>William F. Buckley on Woody Allen Show, 1967</ref>

Allen also performed standup comedy on other series, including ''The [[Andy Williams Show]]'' and ''The [[Perry Como]] Show'', where he interacted with other guests and occasionally sang.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} In 1971, he hosted one of his final ''Tonight Shows'', with guests [[Bob Hope]] and [[James Coco]].<ref>Woody Allen guest hosts ''The Tonight Show'', 1971</ref> Hope praised Allen on the show, calling him "one of the finest young talents in show business and a great delight".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7SzaFF7KaY|title= Woody Allen Bob Hope Tonight Show 1971|website= Youtube|date= December 19, 2015|accessdate= April 29, 2021}}</ref> ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine put Allen on the cover of its March 21, 1969, issue.<ref name="neat">{{cite web |title=Life 1969 |url=https://2neat.com/magazine/product-category/life-magazine-1936-2000/life-1969/ |publisher=2Neat.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116211138/https://2neat.com/magazine/product-category/life-magazine-1936-2000/life-1969/ |access-date=January 28, 2025 |archive-date=November 16, 2018 }}</ref>

=== 1965–1976: Broadway debut and early films ===
[[File:Woody Allen - Sam.JPG|thumb|left|Allen with the Broadway cast of ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]'' in 1969]]
Allen's first movie was the [[Charles K. Feldman]] production ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'' (1965)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_VF0ZZvmUk|title= Woody Allen Interview Annie Hall 1978 Brian Linehan's City Lights|website= Youtube|date= June 20, 2016|accessdate= June 9, 2024}}</ref> Allen was disappointed with the final product, which led him to direct every film he wrote thereafter except ''[[Play It Again, Sam (film)|Play It Again, Sam]]''.<ref name="PBSdocumentary" /> Allen's first directorial effort was ''[[What's Up, Tiger Lily?]]'' (1966, co-written with [[Mickey Rose]]).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95458/whats-up-tiger-lily#credits|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201020081802/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95458/whats-up-tiger-lily#credits|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 20, 2020|title= What's Up Tiger Lily? (1966)|website= [[Turner Classic Movies]]|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> That same year, Allen wrote the play ''[[Don't Drink the Water (play)|Don't Drink the Water]]'', starring [[Lou Jacobi]], [[Kay Medford]], [[Anita Gillette]], and Allen's future movie co-star [[Tony Roberts (actor)|Tony Roberts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Don't Drink the Water – Broadway Play – Original|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/don't-drink-the-water-3347|publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=July 18, 2016}}</ref> In 1994 Allen directed and starred in a [[Don't Drink the Water (1994 film)|second version]] for television, with [[Michael J. Fox]] and [[Mayim Bialik]].{{sfn|Leonard|1994|p=92–}}

The next play Allen wrote for Broadway was ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]'', which opened on February 12, 1969, starring Allen, [[Diane Keaton]] and Roberts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Play It Again, Sam – Broadway Play – Original|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/play-it-again-sam-2849|publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=July 18, 2016}}</ref> The play received a positive review from [[Clive Barnes]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'', who wrote, "Not only are Mr. Allen's jokes—with their follow-ups, asides, and twists—audaciously brilliant (only [[Neil Simon]] and [[Elaine May]] can equal him in this season's theater) but he has a great sense of character".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/13/77439685.html?pageNumber=52|title= Theater: Woody Allen in Fantasyland|work= The New York Times|accessdate= June 9, 2024}}</ref> The play was significant to Keaton's budding career, and she has said she was in "awe" of Allen even before auditioning for her role, which was the first time she met him.<ref name="O'Grady">{{cite magazine |last1=O'Grady |first1=Megan |title=Diane Keaton: The Big Picture |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/diane-keaton-the-big-picture |magazine= [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=October 19, 2011}}</ref> In 2013, Keaton said that she "fell in love with him right away", adding, "I wanted to be his girlfriend so I did something about it."<ref name=Keaton>{{cite web |title = Actress Diane Keaton Talks About Woody Allen, Her Career and Personal Life |date = June 2, 2013 |website = Netquake |url = http://www.netquake.net/2013/06/actress-diane-keaton-talks-about-woody-allen-her-career-and-personal-life/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131017112522/http://www.netquake.net/2013/06/actress-diane-keaton-talks-about-woody-allen-her-career-and-personal-life/ |archive-date = October 17, 2013}}</ref> For her performance she was nominated for a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1969/category/any/show/any/|title= 1969 Tony Award nominees|website= American Theatre Wing|accessdate= June 9, 2024}}</ref> After co-starring alongside Allen in the subsequent [[Play It Again, Sam (film)|film version of ''Play It Again, Sam'']], she acted in seven more of his films. including ''Sleeper'', ''Love and Death'', ''Annie Hall'', ''Interiors'', and ''Manhattan''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/99743%7C38291/Diane-Keaton#overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110809060124/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/99743%7C38291/Diane-Keaton/#overview|url-status= dead|archive-date= August 9, 2011|title= Diane Keaton|website= [[Turner Classic Movies]]|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> Keaton said of their collaboration: "He showed me the ropes and I followed his lead. He is the most disciplined person I know. He works very hard".<ref name=Keaton />

[[File:Woody Allen - Kup.JPG|thumb|right|170px|Allen in the early 1970s]]
In 1969, Allen directed, starred in, and co-wrote with Mickey Rose the [[mockumentary]] crime comedy ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]'', in which he plays the low-level thief Virgil Starkwell.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22804/take-the-money-and-run#credits|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121011040422/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22804/Take-the-Money-and-Run/#credits|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 11, 2012|title= Take the Money and Run (1969)|website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> The film received positive reviews; critic [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Allen has made a movie that is, in effect, a feature-length, two-reel comedy—something very special and eccentric and funny."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/19/archives/by-and-with-woody-allen-take-the-money-and-run.html|title= By and With Woody Allen: 'Take the Money and Run'|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date= August 19, 1969|access-date= September 14, 2020|last1= Canby|first1= Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby}}</ref> In 1971, Allen wrote and directed the slapstick comedy film ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'', in which he plays Fielding Mellish, a bumbling New Yorker who becomes involved in a revolution in a country in [[Latin America]]. The film also starred [[Louise Lasser]] as his romantic interest.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bananas|title= Bananas|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> In an interview with [[Roger Ebert]], Allen said, "The big, broad laugh comedy is a form that's rarely made these days and sometimes I think it's the hardest kind of movie to make{{nbsp}}... with a comedy like ''Bananas'', if they're not laughing, you're dead, because laughs are all you have."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/woody-allen-goes-bananas|title= Woody Allen goes 'Bananas'|website= Rogerebert.com|date= December 14, 2012|accessdate= July 16, 2023}}</ref>

The next year, Allen made the film ''[[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)|Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)]]'', starring Allen, [[Gene Wilder]], [[Lou Jacobi]], [[Anthony Quayle]], [[Tony Randall]], and [[Burt Reynolds]], which received mixed reviews. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote, "the jokes are well-worn, and good, manic ideas are congealing into formulas".<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878031,00.html|title= Flailings and Failings|magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate= July 16, 2023|archive-date= July 21, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130721085053/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878031,00.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> Allen reunited with Keaton in ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' (1973), the first of four screenplays co-written by Allen and [[Marshall Brickman]].<ref name="Liebenson">{{cite magazine |last1=Liebenson |first1=Donald |title=The Annie Hall That Might Have Been: Inside Woody Allen's Anhedonia |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/annie-hall-40th-anniversary-woody-allen-carol-kane-marshall-brickman |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=April 20, 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Stevens|Johnson|2016|pp=37–}}

Allen collaborated again with Keaton in the comedy ''[[Love and Death]]'' (1975), set during the [[Napoleonic era]] and a satire of [[Russian literature]] and film.<ref name="PBSdocumentary" /> At the time of its release, Vincent Canby of ''The New York Times'' called the film Allen's "grandest work".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/11/archives/film-love-and-death-is-grand-woody-allen.html|title= Film: 'Love and Death' Is Grand Woody Allen|work= The New York Times|date= June 11, 1975|accessdate= July 20, 2024|last1= Canby|first1= Vincent}}</ref> In 1976, Allen starred as cashier Howard Prince in the [[Hollywood blacklist]] comedy-drama ''[[The Front]],'' directed by [[Martin Ritt]] and co-starring [[Zero Mostel]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/front|title= The Front|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref>

===1977–1989: Established career===
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In 1977 Allen wrote, directed, and starred in the romantic comedy film ''[[Annie Hall]]'', which became his seminal and most personal work.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/37565e9a-6847-5a43-abea-6659ef2cce22/annie-hall|title= Annie Hall (1977)|website= BFI|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> He played Alvy Singer, a comic evaluating his past relationship with Annie Hall, portrayed by [[Diane Keaton]]. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] praised the film, saying Allen had "developed{{nbsp}}... into a much more thoughtful and{{nbsp}}... more mature director".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/annie-hall-1977|title= Annie Hall movie review|website= Rogerebert.com|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> Vincent Canby of ''The New York Times'' praised Allen's direction, specifically citing his hiring of actors in the film such as [[Shelley Duvall]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Carol Kane]], [[Colleen Dewhurst]], and [[Christopher Walken]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/annie-re.html?scp=5&sq=Walken&st=cse|title= Allen at His Best|website= The New York Times |accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> In an interview with journalist [[Katie Couric]], Keaton did not deny that Allen wrote the part for and about her.<ref name=Couric>{{YouTube|blGicJHQZdo|"Annie Hall Interview with Diane Keaton by Katie Couric"}}, video interview, 2 min.</ref> The film won four [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role]] for Keaton, [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for Allen.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978|title= 50th Academy Awards|website= [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|date= October 5, 2014|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> It was ranked 35th on the ''[[American Film Institute]]''{{'s}} "100 Best Movies"<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies-10th-anniversary-edition/|title= AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition|website= [[American Film Institute]]|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> and fourth on the AFI list of the "100 Best Comedies".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-laughs/|title= AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs|website= AFI|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> The screenplay was also named the funniest ever written by the [[Writers Guild of America]] in its list of the "101 Funniest Screenplays".<ref>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=McNary |title='Annie Hall' Named Funniest Screenplay by WGA Members |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/annie-hall-funniest-screenplay-writers-guild-1201639002/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 11, 2015 |access-date=December 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222103723/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/annie-hall-funniest-screenplay-writers-guild-1201639002/ |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1992, the [[Library of Congress]] selected the film for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031213743/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1979, Allen paid tribute at the [[Film at Lincoln Center|Film Society at Lincoln Center]] to one of his comedy idols, [[Bob Hope]], who said of the honor: "It's great to have your past spring up in front of your eyes, especially when it's done by Woody Allen, because he's a near genius. Not a whole genius, but a near genius".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/08/archives/bob-hope-honored-at-film-society-gala-2-theories-on-oversight.html|title= Bob Hope Honored at Film Society Gala|newspaper=The New York Times|date= May 8, 1979|access-date= May 10, 2020|last1= Taxel|first1= Judy Klemesrud Barney}}</ref> With ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' (1979), Allen directed a comic homage to [[New York City]], focused on the complicated relationship between middle-aged Isaac Davis (Allen) and 17-year-old Tracy ([[Mariel Hemingway]]), co-starring Keaton and [[Meryl Streep]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/manhattan|title= Manhattan|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> Keaton, who has made eight movies with Allen, has said, "He just has a mind like nobody else. He's bold. He's got a lot of strength, a lot of courage in terms of his work. And that is what it takes to do something really unique."<ref name=Couric />

''[[Stardust Memories]]'' was based on ''[[8½]]'', which it parodies, and ''[[Wild Strawberries (film)|Wild Strawberries]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/8-12-films-inspired-8-12|title= 8½ films inspired by 8½|website= [[BFI]]|date= April 29, 2015|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/wild-strawberries-ingmar-bergman-influenced|title= Wild Strawberries: 5 films inspired by Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece|website= BFI|date= December 22, 2017|accessdate= July 20, 2024}}</ref> Allen's comedy ''[[A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy]]'' was adapted from ''[[Smiles of a Summer Night]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/25/movies/film-view-woody-allen-shunning-mastery.html|title= FILM VIEW; WOODY ALLEN: SHUNNING MASTERY?|work= The New York Times|date= July 25, 1982|accessdate= July 20, 2024|last1= Maslin|first1= Janet}}</ref> ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'', ''[[Another Woman (1988 film)|Another Woman]]'' and ''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' have elements reminiscent of ''[[Wild Strawberries (film)|Wild Strawberries]].''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilmington|first1=Michael|title=Commentary: Woody Allen Keeps the Faith: 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' tears down the wall between his serious and comic sides |page=2|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-22-ca-984-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 13, 2016|date=October 22, 1989|archive-date=November 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124014539/https://articles.latimes.com/1989-10-22/entertainment/ca-984_1_woody-allen-movie/2|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''Stardust Memories'' (1980), Allen's character says, "I don't want to make funny movies anymore" and a running gag has various people (including visiting space aliens) telling him that they appreciate his films, "especially the early, funny ones".<ref name="triviana">{{cite web |url=https://triviana.com/film/sfilm/stmem.htm |title=Stardust Memories review|publisher=Triviana.com |access-date=January 17, 2008}}</ref> Allen considers it one of his best films.<ref>{{cite news |author= Kamp, David |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/books/review/Kamp-t.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117160225/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/books/review/Kamp-t.html |archive-date=November 17, 2007 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Woody Talks |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 18, 2007 |access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref> In 1981, Allen's play ''[[The Floating Light Bulb]]'', starring [[Danny Aiello]] and [[Bea Arthur]], premiered on Broadway and ran for 65 performances.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Floating Light Bulb – Broadway Play – Original|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-floating-light-bulb-4112|publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=July 18, 2016}}</ref> ''New York Times'' critic Frank Rich gave the play a mild review, writing, "there are a few laughs, a few well-wrought characters, and, in Act II, a beautifully written scene that leads to a moving final curtain".<ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/28/theater/stage-light-bulb-by-woody-allen.html?pagewanted= |title = Stage: 'Light Bulb,' by Woody Allen|newspaper = The New York Times|date = April 28, 1981|last1 = Rich|first1 = Frank}}</ref> Allen has written several off-Broadway one-act plays, including ''Riverside Drive'', ''Old Saybrook'' (at the [[Atlantic Theater Company]]), and ''A Second Hand Memory'' (at the Variety Arts Theatre).<ref name="nytimes.com" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sullivan|first1=Dan|title=Stage Review : Few Laughs In Allen's 'Light Bulb'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-12-ca-3041-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=January 12, 1987}}</ref>

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''A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy'' (1982) was the first movie Allen made with [[Mia Farrow]], who stepped into [[Diane Keaton]]'s role when Keaton was shooting ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Morgan|first1=David|title=The films of Woody Allen|date=August 3, 2013 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-films-of-woody-allen/19/|publisher=[[CBS News]]|access-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref> He next directed ''[[Zelig]]'', in which he starred as a man whose appearance transforms to match that of those around him.<ref name="continues">{{cite news |last1=Canby |first1=Vincent |authorlink=Vincent Canby|title=Woody Allen Continues to Refine His Cinematic Art |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/17/movies/woody-allen-continues-to-refine-his-cinematic-art.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=July 17, 1983}}</ref> ''[[Radio Days]]'', a film about his childhood in Brooklyn and the importance of the radio, co-starred Farrow in a part Allen wrote for her.{{sfn|Björkman|1993|p=133}} ''Time'' magazine called ''The Purple Rose of Cairo'' one of the 100 best films of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Corliss|first1=Richard|title=Best Movies of All Time |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/the-purple-rose-of-cairo-1985/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=April 13, 2016|date=January 15, 2010 }}</ref> Allen has called it one of his three best films, with ''Stardust Memories'' and ''[[Match Point]]''.<ref name=premiere-interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiere.com/article.asp?section_id=6&article_id=2539&page_number=1&print_page=y|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317120401/http://www.premiere.com/article.asp?section_id=6&article_id=2539&page_number=1&print_page=y |archive-date=March 17, 2006 |title=Woody Allen Speaks! |author=Matloff, Jason |work=Premiere|access-date=December 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1989, Allen and directors [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Martin Scorsese]] made ''[[New York Stories]]'', an [[anthology film]] about New Yorkers. Vincent Canby called Allen's contribution, ''[[New York Stories|Oedipus Wrecks]]'', "priceless".<ref name="wrecks">{{cite news |last1=Canby |first1=Vincent |authorlink=Vincent Canby|title=Anthologies Can Be A Bargain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/12/movies/film-view-anthologies-can-be-a-bargain.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=March 12, 1989}}</ref>

=== 1990–2004: Continued work ===
Allen's 1991 film ''[[Shadows and Fog]]'' is a black-and-white homage to the [[German expressionist cinema|German expressionists]] and features the music of [[Kurt Weill]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dowd |first1=A.A. |title=Woody does German Expressionism in Shadows and Fog |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/woody-does-german-expressionism-in-ishadows-and-fo-100754 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=April 3, 2016|date=July 26, 2013}}</ref> Allen then made his critically acclaimed comedy-drama ''[[Husbands and Wives]]'' (1992), which received two Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress for [[Judy Davis]] and Best Original Screenplay for Allen. ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]'' (1993) combined suspense with dark comedy and marked the return of [[Diane Keaton]], [[Alan Alda]] and [[Anjelica Huston]].

He returned to lighter fare such as the showbiz comedy involving mobsters ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]'' (1994), which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, followed by a musical, ''[[Everyone Says I Love You]]'' (1996). The singing and dancing scenes in ''Everyone Says I Love You'' are similar to musicals starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]]. The comedy ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]'' (1995), in which Greek drama plays a large role, won an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for [[Mira Sorvino]]. Allen's 1999 jazz-based comedy-drama ''[[Sweet and Lowdown]]'' was nominated for two Academy Awards, for [[Sean Penn]] (Best Actor) and [[Samantha Morton]] (Best Supporting Actress). In contrast to these lighter movies, Allen veered into darker satire toward the end of the decade with ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]'' (1997) and ''[[Celebrity (1998 film)|Celebrity]]'' (1998).

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On March 8, 1995, Allen's one-act play ''Central Park West''<ref name="concordtheatricals/12825">{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Woody |title=Central Park West |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/12825/central-park-west |website=Concord Theatricals |access-date=October 26, 2023 |language=en |quote=A well to do psychiatrist has just discovered that her best friend is having an affair with her husband}}</ref> opened<ref name="nytimes/1995/urban-neuroses">{{cite news |last1=Canby |first1=Vincent |author1-link=Vincent Canby |title=THEATER REVIEW: DEATH DEFYING ACTS; Really a Jungle Out There, a Jungle of Urban Neuroses |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/07/theater/theater-review-death-defying-acts-really-jungle-there-jungle-urban-neuroses.html |access-date=October 26, 2023 |work=T[[he New York Times]] |date=March 7, 1995}}</ref> off-Broadway as a part of a larger piece titled ''Death Defying Acts'',<ref name="concordtheatricals/2909">{{cite web |title=Death Defying Acts |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/2909/death-defying-acts |website=Concord Theatricals |access-date=October 26, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> with two other one-act plays, one by [[David Mamet]] and one by [[Elaine May]]. Critics described Allen's contribution as "the longest and most substantial of the evening".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0310/10121.html |title = 'Death Defying Acts' Falls Short of Exhilarating|newspaper = The Christian Science Monitor|date = March 10, 1995}}</ref> During this decade Allen also starred in the television film ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1996 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]'' (1995), based on the [[Neil Simon]] [[The Sunshine Boys|play of the same name]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=Review: 'The Sunshine Boys' |url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/the-sunshine-boys-4-1200452126/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 3, 2016 |date=December 21, 1997}}</ref> and made a [[sitcom]] "appearance" via telephone in a 1997 episode, "My Dinner with Woody", of ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'' that paid tribute to several of his films. He provided the voice of Z in [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]]' first animated film, ''[[Antz]]'' (1998), which featured many actors he had worked with; Allen's character was similar to his earlier roles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clinton |first1=Paul |title=Review: Woody Allen still Woody in 'Antz'|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9810/02/review.antz/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416064414/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9810/02/review.antz/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2016|work=CNN|access-date=April 3, 2016|date=October 2, 1998}}</ref>

''[[Small Time Crooks]]'' (2000) was Allen's first film with the [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] studio and represented a change in direction: he began giving more interviews and made an attempt to return to his slapstick roots. The film is similar to the 1942 film ''Larceny, Inc.'' (from a play by S. J. Perelman).<ref name=TCM>[[Robert Osborne]] of [[Turner Classic Movies]] on June 15, 2006</ref> Allen never commented on whether this was deliberate or if his film was in any way inspired by it. ''Small Time Crooks'' was a relative financial success, grossing over $17&nbsp;million domestically, but Allen's next four films foundered at the box office, including Allen's most costly film, ''[[The Curse of the Jade Scorpion]]'' (with a budget of $26&nbsp;million). ''[[Hollywood Ending]]'', ''[[Anything Else]]'', and ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]'' have "rotten" ratings on film-review website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and each earned less than $4&nbsp;million domestically.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/woody_allen |title=Woody Allen – Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=January 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625200602/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/woody_allen/ |archive-date=June 25, 2007 }}</ref> Some critics claimed that Allen's early 2000s films were subpar and expressed concern that his best years were behind him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.qwipster.net/melindamelinda.htm |title=Melinda and Melinda review (2004) Woody Allen – Qwipster's Movie Reviews |access-date=January 17, 2008}}</ref> Others were less harsh; reviewing the little-liked ''Melinda and Melinda'', [[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "I cannot escape the suspicion that if Woody had never made a previous film, if each new one was Woody's Sundance debut, it would get a better reception. His reputation is not a dead shark but an albatross, which with admirable economy Allen has arranged for the critics to carry around their own necks."{{sfn|Ebert|2006|p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}}

=== 2005–2014: Career resurgence ===
[[File:Woody Allen (2006).jpeg|thumb|left|170px|Allen in January 2006]]
"In the United States things have changed a lot, and it's hard to make good small films now", Allen said in a 2004 interview. "The avaricious studios couldn't care less about good films—if they get a good film they're twice as happy but money-making films are their goal. They only want these $100 million pictures that make $500 million."<ref name="Garfield">{{cite web |last1=Garfield |first1=Simon |title=Why I Love London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/aug/08/features.review |website=The Guardian |access-date=November 14, 2018 |language=en |date=August 8, 2004}}</ref> Allen traveled to London, where he made ''[[Match Point]]'' (2005), one of his most successful films of the decade, garnering positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/match-point|title=Match Point Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=December 30, 2011}}</ref> Set in London, it starred [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]] and [[Scarlett Johansson]]. It is markedly darker than Allen's first four films with DreamWorks SKG. In ''Match Point'' Allen shifts focus from the intellectual upper class of New York to the moneyed upper class of London. The film earned more than $23 million domestically (more than any of his films in nearly 20 years) and over $62 million in international box office sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=woodallen.html |title=Box Office Mojo – People Index |access-date=January 17, 2008}}</ref> It earned Allen his first Academy Award nomination since 1998, for Best Writing – Original Screenplay, with directing and writing nominations at the Golden Globes, his first Globe nominations since 1987. In a 2006 interview with ''[[Premiere Magazine]]'' he said it was the best film he had ever made.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Matloff |first=Jason |date=February 2006 |title=Woody Allen's European Vacation |magazine=[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]] |volume=19 |issue=5 |pages=98–101 |quote=I think it turned out to be the best film I've ever made. |url=http://jasonmatloff.com/selected-articles/woody-allens-european-vacation/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210547/http://jasonmatloff.com/selected-articles/woody-allens-european-vacation/|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>

Allen reached an agreement to film ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]'' in [[Avilés]], Barcelona, and [[Oviedo]], Spain, where shooting started on July 9, 2007. The movie featured [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Javier Bardem]], [[Rebecca Hall]] and [[Penélope Cruz]].<ref name="Friedman">{{cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Roger |title=Woody Allen's Next Star: Penelope Cruz |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/woody-allens-next-star-penelope-cruz |website=Fox News |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=March 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hopewell">{{cite web |last1=Hopewell |first1=John |title=Spain woos Woody |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/spain-woos-woody-1117935397/ |website=Variety |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=January 3, 2006}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]] to rapturous reviews, and became a box office success. ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' won [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] at the Golden Globe awards. Cruz received the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]].

In April 2008 he began filming ''[[Whatever Works]]'',<ref name="Harris">{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Mark |title=Twilight of the Tummlers |url=https://nymag.com/movies/features/56930/ |website=NYMag.com |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=May 24, 2009}}</ref> a film aimed more toward older audiences, starring [[Larry David]], [[Patricia Clarkson]], and [[Evan Rachel Wood]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/02/larry-david-to.html?xid=rss-cnn-todayslatest-20080206-Allen+casts+Larry+David%2C+Evan+Rachel+Wood |title=Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood to star in Woody Allen's next movie |work=Hollywood Insider |access-date=February 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218035906/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/02/larry-david-to.html?xid=rss-cnn-todayslatest-20080206-Allen+casts+Larry+David%2C+Evan+Rachel+Wood |archive-date=February 18, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Released in 2009 and described as a dark comedy, it follows the story of a botched suicide attempt turned messy love triangle. Allen wrote ''Whatever Works'' in the 1970s, and David's character was written for [[Zero Mostel]], who died the year ''Annie Hall'' came out. Allen was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2001.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref> ''[[You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger]]'', filmed in London, stars [[Antonio Banderas]], [[Josh Brolin]], [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Anupam Kher]], [[Freida Pinto]] and [[Naomi Watts]]. Filming started in July 2009. It was released theatrically in the U.S. on September 23, 2010, following a Cannes debut in May 2010, and a screening at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 12, 2010.

Allen announced that his next film would be titled ''[[Midnight in Paris]],''<ref name="McNary">{{cite web |last1=McNary |first1=Dave |title=Woody Allen reveals details of upcoming pic |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/woody-allen-reveals-details-of-upcoming-pic-1118018163/ |website=Variety |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=April 22, 2010}}</ref> starring [[Owen Wilson]], [[Marion Cotillard]], [[Rachel McAdams]], [[Michael Sheen]], [[Corey Stoll]], [[Allison Pill]], [[Tom Hiddleston]], [[Adrien Brody]], [[Kathy Bates]], and [[Carla Bruni]], the First Lady of France at the time of production. The film follows a young engaged couple in Paris who see their lives transformed. It debuted at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 12, 2011. Allen said he wanted to "show the city emotionally" during the press conference. "I just wanted it to be the way I saw Paris—Paris through my eyes", he said.<ref name="Bagnetto">{{cite web |last1=Bagnetto |first1=Laura Angela |title=Woody Allen's film featuring Carla Bruni opens Cannes Film Festival |url=http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20110512-woody-allens-film-featuring-carla-bruni-opens-cannes-film-festival |website=RFI |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=May 12, 2011}}</ref> The film was almost universally praised, receiving a 93% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/midnight_in_paris|title=Midnight in Paris (2011)|date=June 10, 2011 |via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> ''Midnight in Paris'' won the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and became his highest-grossing film, making $151 million worldwide on a $17 million budget.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |title=Midnight in Paris (2011) – Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=midnightinparis.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=November 14, 2018 }}</ref>

On October 20, 2011, Allen's one-act play ''Honeymoon Motel'' opened on Broadway as part of a larger piece titled ''[[Relatively Speaking (2011 play)|Relatively Speaking]]'', with two other one-act plays by [[Ethan Coen]] and [[Elaine May]].<ref name="Isherwood">{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title='Relatively Speaking' at Brooks Atkinson Theater — Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/theater/reviews/relatively-speaking-at-brooks-atkinson-theater-review.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027011943/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/theater/reviews/relatively-speaking-at-brooks-atkinson-theater-review.html |archive-date=October 27, 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=October 10, 2011}}</ref> In February 2012, Allen appeared on a panel at the [[92nd Street Y]] in New York City with moderators [[Dick Cavett]] and [[Annette Insdorf]], discussing his films and career.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2012/02/woody-allens-kind-of-crowd-patrons-of-the-92nd-st-y-pull-up-chairs-for-a-nostalgia-trip-067223|title= Woody Allen's kind of crowd, patrons of the 92nd St. Y, pull up chairs for a nostalgia trip|magazine= [[Politico]]|access-date= December 30, 2020}}</ref> His next film, ''[[To Rome with Love (film)|To Rome with Love]]'' (2012), is a Rome-set comedy starring [[Jesse Eisenberg]], [[Elliot Page]], [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Penelope Cruz]], [[Greta Gerwig]], and [[Judy Davis]]. The film is structured in four vignettes featuring dialogue in both Italian and English. It marked Allen's return to acting since his last role in ''Scoop''.<ref>{{cite news | author = Hickman, Angela | date = May 9, 2011 |url=https://nationalpost.com/arts/woody-allen-adds-himself-to-the-cast-of-his-next-picture | archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110512000655/http%3A//arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/09/woody%2Dallen%2Dadds%2Dhimself%2Dto%2Dthe%2Dcast%2Dof%2Dhis%2Dnext%2Dpicture/ | url-status=live | archive-date = May 12, 2011 | title = Woody Allen adds himself to the cast of his next picture | work = [[National Post]] | access-date = June 18, 2015 }}</ref> Bob Mondello gave it a mixed review, writing, "''To Rome with Love'' is just froth—a romantic sampler with some decent jokes and gorgeous Roman backdrops. It goes down easily, but I have to say it's interesting less for what it is than for how it is."<ref>{{cite web|last1= Mondello|first1= Bob|url= https://www.npr.org/2012/06/21/155513257/time-in-to-rome-with-love-it-doesnt-make-sense|title= 'To Rome With Love': Eternal City, Scrambled Time|website= NPR|date= June 21, 2012|accessdate= August 7, 2023}}</ref>

Allen's next film, ''[[Blue Jasmine]]'', debuted in July 2013.<ref name="jasmine">{{cite magazine |last1=Brody |first1=Richard |title=Woody Allen's ''Blue Jasmine'' |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/woody-allens-blue-jasmine |magazine=The New Yorker |date=July 25, 2013 |access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> The film is set in San Francisco and New York, and stars [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Louis C.K.]], [[Andrew Dice Clay]], [[Sally Hawkins]], and [[Peter Sarsgaard]].<ref>{{cite news|work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |title=Believe It: Woody Allen's Next Movie Features Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay |author=Kilday, Gregg |date=June 4, 2012 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-newest-cast-cate-blanchett-alec-baldwin-332720 |access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> It opened to critical acclaim, with Eric Kohn of ''[[IndieWire]]'' calling it "his most significant movie in years".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/culture/review-why-woody-allens-blue-jasmine-starring-cate-blanchett-is-his-most-significant-movie-in-years-36528/|title= Review: Why Woody Allen's 'Blue Jasmine,' Starring Cate Blanchett, Is His Most Significant Movie In Years|website= IndieWire|date= July 19, 2013|accessdate= August 7, 2023}}</ref> The film earned Allen another Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)|Best Original Screenplay]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blue_jasmine/|title=Blue Jasmine (2013)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=July 26, 2013 |access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref> and Blanchett received the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite news |date=March 2, 2014 |title=The 86th Academy Awards |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] <!--|access-date=2014-05-22-->}}</ref> Allen co-starred with [[John Turturro]] in ''[[Fading Gigolo]],'' written and directed by Turturro, which premiered in September 2013.<ref>Bailey, Cameron (undated). [http://tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/2013-programmes/specialpresentations/fading-gigolo "''Fading Gigolo''"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509121141/http://tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/2013-programmes/specialpresentations/fading-gigolo |date=May 9, 2015}}. [[Toronto International Film Festival]]. Retrieved June 18, 2015.</ref> Also in 2013, Allen shot the romantic comedy ''[[Magic in the Moonlight]]'' with [[Emma Stone]] and [[Colin Firth]] in Nice, France. The film is set in the 1920s on the [[French Riviera]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Miller, William |url=http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2013/08/woody-allen-2014-film-update-more-images-from-antibes-and-nice-france-eileen-atkins/ |title=Woody Allen 2014 Film Update: More Images from Antibes and Nice, France |publisher=The Woody Allen Pages |date=August 4, 2013 |access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> It was a modest financial success, earning $51 million on a $16 million budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=magicinthemoonlight.htm |title=Magic In the Moonlight box office ('Foreign' Tab) |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= March 3, 2019 }}</ref> For the [[BBC]], Owen Gleiberman wrote, "''Magic in the Moonlight'' is Allen's most gratifyingly airy concoction in a while, but it's also a comedy that insists, in the end, on making an overly rational case for the power of the irrational."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140718-is-woody-allens-latest-magical|title= Review: Woody Allen's Magic in the Moonlight|website= BBC|date= July 18, 2014|accessdate= August 7, 2023}}</ref>

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On March 11, 2014, Allen's musical ''[[Bullets Over Broadway (musical)|Bullets over Broadway]]'' opened on Broadway at the [[St. James Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/175403/dont-speak-sing-bullets-over-broadway-starring-zach-braff-opens-on-the-great-white-way/|title=Don't Speak, Sing! Bullets Over Broadway, Starring Zach Braff, Opens on the Great White Way|publisher=Broadway.com}}</ref> It was directed and choreographed by [[Susan Stroman]] and starred [[Zach Braff]], [[Nick Cordero]], and [[Betsy Wolfe]]. The production received mixed reviews, with ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' writing, "this frothy show does provide dazzling art direction and performances, as well as effervescent ensemble numbers." Allen received a [[Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]]. The show received six Tony nominations.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tony-awards-nominations-2014-complete-699555|title= Tony Awards Nominations: The Complete List|magazine= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date= May 14, 2020}}</ref>

In July and August 2014, Allen filmed the mystery drama ''[[Irrational Man (film)|Irrational Man]]'' in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], Rhode Island, with [[Joaquin Phoenix]], Emma Stone, [[Parker Posey]] and [[Jamie Blackley]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goldstein|first1=Meredith|last2=Shanahan|first2=Mark|title=Emma Stone stays in Rhode Island for Woody Allen film|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2014/07/07/emma-stone-stays-rhode-island-for-woody-allen-film/kSc6tJuk7vMXG6UhGhMQaI/story.html|access-date = June 18, 2015 | work = [[The Boston Globe]] |date = July 8, 2014}}</ref> Allen said that this film, as well as the next three he had planned, had the financing and full support of [[Sony Pictures Classics]].<ref name=Itzkoff>{{cite news|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|title=A Master of Illusion Endures|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/movies/for-woody-allens-next-trick-shrugging-off-bad-publicity.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A5%22%7D|access-date= July 23, 2014| work = [[The New York Times]] |date= July 20, 2014}}</ref> Jonathan Romney of ''[[Film Comment]]'' gave the film a mixed review, praising Stone's performance but calling the film "disconcertingly impersonal—all the more so as it overtly carries certain traditional marks of his patented brand, being a light-highbrow comedy of manners, peppered with bookish in-jokes."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.filmcomment.com/article/review-irrational-man-woody-allen/|title= Review: Irrational Man|website= Film Comment|accessdate= August 7, 2023}}</ref>

=== 2015–2019: Streaming projects and fluctuations ===
[[File:Woody Allen Cannes 2015.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Allen at the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
On January 14, 2015, [[Amazon Studios]] announced a full-season order for a half-hour [[Amazon Prime Instant Video]] series that Allen would write and direct, marking the first time he has developed a television show. Allen said of the series, "I don't know how I got into this. I have no ideas and I'm not sure where to begin. My guess is that Roy Price [the head of Amazon Studios] will regret this."<ref name="Weinstein0113">{{cite magazine |last=Weinstein |first=Shelli |title=Woody Allen to Create His First Television Series for Amazon |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 13, 2015 |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/woody-allen-to-create-his-first-television-series-for-amazon-1201403742/ |access-date = June 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113175142/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/woody-allen-to-create-his-first-television-series-for-amazon-1201403742/ |url-status=live |archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Steel0113">{{cite news|last=Steel |first=Emily |title=Amazon Signs Woody Allen to Write and Direct TV Series |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 13, 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/business/amazon-signs-woody-allen-to-write-and-direct-tv-series.html |access-date=January 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120000736/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/business/amazon-signs-woody-allen-to-write-and-direct-tv-series.html?_r=0 |archive-date=January 20, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Massa0113">{{cite news |first1=Annie|last1=Massa |first2=Spencer|last2=Soper |first3=Chris |last3=Palmeri|title= Amazon's Woody Allen Hiring Underscores Video Risk |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=January 13, 2015 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-13/woody-allen-to-create-his-first-tv-show-for-amazon.html |access-date = June 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113165610/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-13/woody-allen-to-create-his-first-tv-show-for-amazon.html |url-status=live|archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> At the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]], Allen said of his upcoming Amazon show: "It was a catastrophic mistake. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm floundering. I expect this to be a cosmic embarrassment."<ref>{{cite news|first=Steven|last=Zeitchik|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-cannes-woody-allen-irrational-man-premiere-emma-stone-20150515-story.html|title=Cannes 2015: Woody Allen Sings a Bleak Tune|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 15, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> On September 30, 2016, [[Amazon Video]] debuted Allen's first television series production, ''[[Crisis in Six Scenes]]''. The series is a comedy set during the 1960s. It focuses on the life of a suburban family after a surprise visitor creates chaos among them. It stars Allen, [[Elaine May]], and [[Miley Cyrus]], with the latter playing a radical hippie fugitive who sells marijuana.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Chi|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/miley-cyrus-woody-allen-amazon|title=Miley Cyrus Explains Why She's in Awe of Woody Allen: 'He's Never Fake'|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|location=New York City|date=September 16, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-first-clip-from-woody-allens-crisis-in-six-scenes-tv-show-w433176|title=Watch First Clip From Woody Allen's 'Crisis in Six Scenes' TV Show|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] LLC|location=New York City|date=August 8, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>

Allen's next film, ''[[Café Society (2016 film)|Café Society]]'', starred an ensemble cast, including [[Jesse Eisenberg]], [[Kristen Stewart]], and [[Blake Lively]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Jesse Eisenberg, Bruce Willis, Kristen Stewart To Star In Next Woody Allen Pic|url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/jesse-eisenberg-bruce-willis-kristen-stewart-woody-allen-1201388945/|access-date=January 28, 2016|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref> [[Bruce Willis]] was set to co-star, but was replaced by [[Steve Carell]] during filming.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jaafar|first1=Ali|last2=Hipes|first2=Patrick|title=Steve Carell Replacing Bruce Willis In Woody Allen Movie|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/steve-carell-replaces-bruce-willis-woody-allen-movie-1201509364/|access-date=January 28, 2016|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 28, 2015}}</ref> The film is distributed by [[Amazon Studios]], and opened the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 11, 2016, the third time Allen has opened the festival.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chang|first1=Justin|last2=Keslassy|first2=Elsa|title=Cannes: Woody Allen's 'Cafe Society' to Open Film Festival|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/woody-allen-cafe-society-to-open-cannes-film-festival-1201740815/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 3, 2016|date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> Peter Bradshaw of ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the film a positive review, writing, "The film looks ravishing, with shots of New York which recall images in Allen's great work, Manhattan, but however wonderfully composed, there is something almost touristy in both them, and in his evocation of golden age Tinseltown, like his homages to Paris and Rome. Allen brings it all together in his closing moments which conjure something unexpectedly melancholy and shrewdly judged. It has entertainment and charm."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/11/cafe-society-review-woody-allen-kristen-stewart-jesse-eisenberg|title= Café Society review – Woody Allen's amiable, if insubstantial, tribute to golden-age Hollywood|website= The Guardian|date= May 11, 2016|accessdate= August 7, 2023|last1= Bradshaw|first1= Peter}}</ref>

[[File:Cannes 2015 4.jpg|thumb|right|[[Emma Stone]], Allen, and [[Parker Posey]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2015]]
In September 2016 Allen started filming the drama film ''[[Wonder Wheel (film)|Wonder Wheel]]'', set in the 1950s in [[Coney Island]], and starring [[Kate Winslet]], [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Juno Temple]], and [[Jim Belushi]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Rebecca|last=Ford|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kate-winslet-joining-woody-allens-905062|title=Kate Winslet Joining Woody Allen's Next Film|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=June 21, 2016|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> The film served as the closing night selection at the 55th [[New York Film Festival]] on October 15, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2017/daily/woody-allens-wonder-wheel-will-close-nyff55/|title=Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel Will Close NYFF55|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> and was theatrically released on December 1, 2017,<ref name="a">{{cite news | last=Lang | first=Brent | date=June 12, 2017 | title=Woody Allen's 'Wonder Wheel' Scores December Release | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=Los Angeles, California|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/woody-allen-wonder-wheel-justin-timberlake-1202462903/ | access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> as the first movie self-distributed to theaters by [[Amazon Studios]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Lang | first=Brent | date=July 27, 2017 | title=Amazon Moves Into Self-Distribution With Woody Allen's 'Wonder Wheel' | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/markets-festivals/amazon-self-distribution-woody-allen-wonder-wheel-1202508413/ |location=Los Angeles, California|access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews, with critics praising Winslet's leading performance. Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "''Wonder Wheel'' isn't a comedy—on the contrary, it often feels like the most earnest kitchen-sink drama that Clifford Odets never wrote. It may or may not turn out to be an awards picture, but it's a good night out, and that's not nothing."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/wonder-wheel-review-kate-winslet-justin-timberlake-1202588390/|title= Film Review: 'Wonder Wheel'|website= Variety|date= October 13, 2017|accessdate= August 7, 2023}}</ref> In 2017, Allen received a standing ovation when he made a rare public appearance at the [[AFI Life Achievement Award|45th Annual Life Achievement Tribute]] award ceremony for [[Diane Keaton]]. Before presenting her with the award he spoke about their longtime collaboration and friendship, saying, "From the minute I met her, she was a great, great inspiration to me. Much of what I have accomplished in my life I owe for sure to her".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-makes-rare-la-appearance-at-diane-keaton-afi-event-1011793|title= Woody Allen Makes Rare L.A. Appearance at Diane Keaton AFI Event|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= June 8, 2017|access-date= May 10, 2020}}</ref>

Allen returned to filming in New York City with the romantic film ''[[A Rainy Day in New York]]'', starring [[Timothée Chalamet]], [[Selena Gomez]], [[Elle Fanning]], [[Jude Law]], [[Diego Luna]], [[Liev Schreiber]] and [[Rebecca Hall]]. The production in New York began in September 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/diego-luna-liev-schreiber-join-woody-allens-new-movie-1037620|title=Diego Luna, Liev Schreiber Join Woody Allen's New Movie|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref> During the film's release, Chalamet, Gomez, and Hall announced, in the light of the [[Me Too movement]], that they would donate their salaries to various charities.<ref>{{cite news|first=Benjamin|last=Lee|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/04/woody-allen-dylan-farrow-metoo-movement-poster-boy|title=Woody Allen: 'I should be the poster boy for the #MeToo movement'|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews but earned praise for its performances. In February 2019 it was announced that Amazon Studios had dropped ''A Rainy Day in New York'' and would no longer finance, produce, or distribute films with Allen. He filed a lawsuit for $68 million, alleging Amazon gave "vague reasons" to terminate the contract, dropped the film over "a 25-year old, baseless allegation", and did not make payments.<ref>{{cite web|first=Eriq|last=Gardner|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/woody-allen-sues-amazon-terminating-movie-deal-1183763|title=Woody Allen Sues Amazon for Terminating Movie Deal|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/global/woody-allen-teams-spain-mediapro-next-film-1203145968/|title=Woody Allen Teams With Spain's Mediapro for Next Film|first1=John|last1=Hopewell|date=February 22, 2019}}</ref> The case was later settled and dismissed.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vigdor|first=Neil|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/arts/woody-allen-amazon-lawsuit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110011005/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/arts/woody-allen-amazon-lawsuit.html |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Woody Allen and Amazon Settle Breach of Contract Lawsuit|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 9, 2019|access-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Maddaus|first=Gene|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/woody-allen-amazon-settlement-1203399424/|title=Woody Allen Settles $68 Million Suit Against Amazon|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 9, 2019|access-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref> It was released throughout Europe beginning in July 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kinoswiat.pl/film/w-deszczowy-dzien-w-nowym-jorku/|title=W DESZCZOWY DZIEŃ W NOWYM JORKU|website=Kino Świat|access-date=June 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/movies/woody-allens-rainy-day-europe-release-date.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509210433/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/movies/woody-allens-rainy-day-europe-release-date.html |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Amazon Dropped Woody Allen's Latest Film. Europe Has Picked It Up.|last=Marshall|first=Alex|date=May 9, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 11, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> receiving mixed reviews and grossing $20 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Rainy Day in New York|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_rainy_day_in_new_york|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-rainy-day-in-new-york|title=A Rainy Day in New York Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7139936/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=A Rainy Day in New York|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> After over a year's delay, the film was released in the U.S. on October 9, 2020, by [[MPI Media Group]] and Signature Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/woody-allens-a-rainy-day-in-new-york-to-hit-us-theaters-next-month/|title=Woody Allen's 'A Rainy Day in New York' to Hit US Theaters Next Month|website=[[TheWrap]]|first=Thom|last=Geier|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>

In May 2019, it was announced that Allen's next film would be titled ''[[Rifkin's Festival]]'', and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety magazine]]'' confirmed that its cast would include [[Christoph Waltz]], [[Elena Anaya]], [[Louis Garrel]], [[Gina Gershon]], [[Sergi López (actor)|Sergi López]], and [[Wallace Shawn]], and that it would be produced by Gravier Productions.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Nate|last=Nickolai|title=Woody Allen to Begin Filming New Movie This Summer|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 4, 2019|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/woody-allen-christoph-waltz-gina-gershon-spain-1203232841/}}</ref> The film was produced with Mediapro, an independent Spanish TV-film company.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Gene|last=Maddaus|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/woody-allen-amazon-lawsuit-1203131466/|title=Woody Allen Files $68 Million Suit Against Amazon for Film Deal Breach|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|location=New York City|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref> ''Rifkin's Festival'' completed filming in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-sets-new-film-christoph-waltz-gina-gershon-1215543|title=Woody Allen Sets New Feature With Christoph Waltz, Gina Gershon|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=October 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2019/12/everything-we-know-about-rifkins-festival-woody-allens-2020-film/|title=Everything We Know About Rifkin's Festival Woody Allens 2020 film|website=Woody Allen Pages|date=December 28, 2019|access-date=March 10, 2020}}</ref> On September 18, 2020, it premiered at the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]. It received mixed reviews, though Jessica Kiang of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "to the ravenous captive, like finding an unexpected stash of dessert".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/movies/rifkins-festival-review.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918230006/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/movies/rifkins-festival-review.html |archive-date=September 18, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title= 'Rifkin's Festival' Review: Woody Allen Travels to Movie Memory Lane|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date= September 18, 2020|access-date= October 21, 2020|last1= Kiang|first1= Jessica}}</ref>

===2020–present===

On March 2, 2020, it was announced that [[Grand Central Publishing]] would release Allen's autobiography, ''[[Apropos of Nothing]]'', on April 7, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/woody-allen-autobiography-apropos-of-nothing-to-be-published-in-april/|title=Woody Allen Memoir to be Published in April|date=March 2, 2020|work=The Wrap Magazine|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/movies/woody-allen-memoir.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502213215/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/movies/woody-allen-memoir.html |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Woody Allen Pitched a Memoir. Publishers Weren't Interested.|website=[[The New York Times]]|first1=Alexandra|last1=Alter|first2=Cara|last2=Buckley|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/woody-allen-memoir-release-date-1203521094/|title=Woody Allen Memoir Gets Release Date|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Klartiza|last=Rico|date=March 2, 2020|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref> According to the publisher, the book is a "comprehensive account of Allen's life, both personal and professional, and describes his work in films, theater, television, nightclubs, and print...Allen also writes of his relationships with family, friends, and the loves of his life."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-memoir-sets-april-debut-1282124|title=Woody Allen Memoir Sets April Debut|date=March 2, 2020|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/books/hachette-woody-allen-apropos-nothing.html|title = Hachette Says It Won't Publish Woody Allen's Book|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = March 6, 2020|last1 = Williams|first1 = John}}</ref> The decision to publish the book was criticized by Dylan and [[Ronan Farrow]], the latter of whom cut ties with the publisher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/ronan-farrow-cuts-ties-with-hachette-over-woody-allen-memoir.html|title=Ronan Farrow Cuts Ties With Hachette Over Woody Allen Memoir|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|first=Charu|last=Sinha|date=March 3, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/05/812687472/after-woody-allens-memoir-was-signed-book-publisher-s-employees-walk-out|title=After Woody Allen's Memoir Was Signed, Book Publisher's Employees Walk Out|website=[[NPR]]|first=Anastasia|last=Tsioulcas|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> The announcement also incited criticism from the publisher's employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/03/woody-allen-memoir-causes-hachette-walkout-1202215780/|title=Woody Allen Memoir Incites Walkout of Dozens of Publisher's Employees|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Ryan|last=Lattanzio|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/woody-allen-memoir-walkout-ronan-farrow-hachette-book-group-1202875514/|title=Woody Allen Memoir Publication Spurs Hachette Employee Walkout; "In Solidarity" With Ronan Farrow|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Dominic|last=Patten|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> On March 6, the publisher announced that it had canceled the book's release, saying in part, "The decision to cancel Mr. Allen's book was a difficult one."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-memoir-dropped-by-hachette-staff-walk-1282978|title=Woody Allen Memoir Dropped by Hachette After Staff Walk-Out|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Sharareh |last=Drury|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> Hachette's decision also drew criticism from novelist [[Stephen King]], Executive director of [[PEN America]] [[Suzanne Nossel]], and others.<ref name=grondiad>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/08/stephen-kings-attacks-axing-woody-allen-memoir|title=Stephen King attacks axing of Woody Allen book|last=Helmore|first=Edward|date=March 8, 2020 |website=[[The Observer]]|access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=John|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/books/hachette-woody-allen-apropos-nothing.html|title=Hachette Says It Won't Publish Woody Allen's Book|work=The New York Times|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> On March 6, 2020, Manuel Carcassonne of Hachette's French branch, the publishing company [[Stock (publishing house)|Stock]], announced it would publish the book if Allen permitted it.<ref name=grondiad/> On March 23, 2020, [[Arcade Publishing|Arcade]] published the memoir.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/6e7f6ad6a0daf117ec54c765bdf838b2|title=AP Exclusive: Allen has new publisher, memoir out Monday|last=Italie|first=Hillel|date=March 23, 2020|website=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NYT20200323">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/books/woody-allen-apropos-of-nothing-autobiography-arcade.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323154004/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/books/woody-allen-apropos-of-nothing-autobiography-arcade.html |archive-date=March 23, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Woody Allen's Memoir Is Published|last1=Alter|first1=Alexandra|last2=Williams|first2=John|date=March 23, 2020|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Autobiografia di Woody Allen, l'ebook in anteprima mondiale |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/libri/2020/03/22/autobiografia-woody-allen-ebook-in-anteprima-mondiale_d46cc2a3-8c0f-4848-97da-39a3c725e694.html |access-date=March 23, 2020 |agency=ANSA |date=March 22, 2020}}</ref>

In June 2020, Allen appeared on [[Alec Baldwin]]'s podcast ''Here's the Thing'' and talked about his career as a standup comedian, comedy writer, and filmmaker, and his life during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/alec-Baldwin-defends-woody-allen-podcast-episode-on-blackout-tuesday/|title= Alec Baldwin Defends Promoting a Podcast Episode Featuring Woody Allen on 'Blackout Tuesday'|website= [[Us (magazine)|Us Weekly Magazine]]|access-date= June 1, 2020}}</ref> In September 2022, Allen suggested that he might retire from filmmaking after the release of his next film.<ref>{{cite web |title=The twilight of the cinema gods News |url=https://www.jellypages.com/life-style/the-twilight-of-the-cinema-gods-h123211.html |website=JellyPages.com |date=September 20, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[La Vanguardia]]'', Allen said, "My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/woody-allen-retirement-86-wasp-22-final-movie-1235121601/|title=Woody Allen Announces Retirement From Filmmaking At 86, Says 'Wasp 22' Will Be Final Movie|last=Frost |first=Caroline|date=September 18, 2022|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=September 18, 2022}}</ref> Allen's publicist later said, "Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel. He said he was thinking about not making films, as making films that go straight or very quickly to streaming platforms is not so enjoyable for him, as he is a great lover of the cinema experience. Currently, he has no intention of retiring and is very excited to be in Paris shooting his new movie, which will be the 50th."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/19/woody-allen-denies-reports-of-retirement-as-he-shoots-his-50th-film|title=Woody Allen denies reports of retirement as he shoots his 50th film|date=September 19, 2022|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>

Allen has made 50 feature films, with his latest, ''[[Coup de chance]]'' (2023), a domestic thriller set in Paris. The film is Allen's first French-language film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title=Woody Allen's New Film 'Coup de Chance' Goes On Sale in Berlin |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/woody-allen-new-movie-coup-de-chance-berlin-european-film-market-1235322284/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 10, 2023 |date=February 10, 2023}}</ref> It premiered at the [[80th Venice International Film Festival]] to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/07/25/venice-international-film-festival-2023-lineup/70461432007/|title= Venice International Film Festival's 2023 lineup includes Woody Allen|website= USA Today|accessdate= August 7, 2023}}</ref> Chris Vognar of ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' called it "a pretty slight and minor film, but for an 87-year-old American working in a second language, it can't help but seem impressive".<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/coup-de-chance-review-woody-allen-venice-film-festival-france-lou-de-laage-1234817968/|title= 'Coup de Chance' Is Woody Allen's Best Film in a Decade|magazine= Rolling Stone|accessdate= September 12, 2023}}</ref> Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "his best since ''Blue Jasmine''".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2023/film/news/coup-de-chance-review-woody-allen-venice-film-festival-1235712530/|title= 'Coup de Chance' Review: Woody Allen's Drama of Upper-Middle-Class Murder Is His Best Movie Since 'Blue Jasmine' (or Maybe 'Match Point')|website= Variety|date= September 4, 2023|accessdate= September 12, 2023}}</ref>

In a February 2024 interview with Spanish filmmaker [[David Trueba]], Allen said he planned to start shooting a film in summer 2024 in Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muñoz |first=Judith |date=February 21, 2024 |title=Woody Allen cara a cara con David Trueba en Nueva York |url=https://www.mundiario.com/cineseries/articulo/movistar/woody-allen-presenta-como/20240221134345009026.html |access-date=December 23, 2025 |website=Cine&Series |language=es}}</ref> Plans for the Italian production were canceled, as well as later plans to shoot in Barcelona.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=October 31, 2025 |title=Woody Allen Looks to Make Next Film in Madrid After Securing Regional Financing |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/woody-allen-next-film-madrid-financing-1236566674/ |access-date=December 23, 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2025, it was reported the community and city council of [[Madrid]], Spain, was giving Allen 3,000,000 euros to make a film there, to be shot in spring/summer 2026. The film's budget will be a little more than 10 million euros ($11.5 million) and its title must contain the word "Madrid".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcos |first=Tommaso Koch, Ana |date=October 30, 2025 |title=Ayuso patrocina con 1,5 millones de euros la próxima película de Woody Allen para promocionar Madrid |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-10-30/ayuso-patrocina-con-15-millones-de-euros-la-proxima-pelicula-de-woody-allen-para-promocionar-madrid.html |access-date=December 23, 2025 |website=El País |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Casado |first=Diego |date=December 2, 2025 |title=Almeida imita el patrocinio de Ayuso a la película de Woody Allen en Madrid, que suma tres millones en subvenciones |url=https://www.eldiario.es/madrid/somos/almeida-imita-patrocinio-ayuso-pelicula-woody-allen-madrid-suma-tres-millones-subvenciones_1_12812013.html |access-date=December 3, 2025 |website=Somos Madrid - elDiario.es |language=es}}</ref>

In September 2025, during a 98-minute interview on [[The Free Press (Bari Weiss media)|Honestly]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weiss |first1=Bari |title=Woody Allen on Life and Death |url=https://www.thefp.com/p/woody-allen-on-life-and-death-honestly-bari-weiss |website=thefp.com |date=September 17, 2025 |publisher=The Free Press |access-date=October 2, 2025}}</ref> with [[Bari Weiss]], Allen seemed content that he had made 50 films and no more. He said he was still an atheist and a naturally worrisome person who actively avoids watching his films, that he writes daily, and that [[Manhattan]] is a metropolitan poem. He said his favorite musician is [[Sidney Bechet]], favorite painter [[Camille Pissarro]], and favorite baseball player [[Willie Mays]].

== Critical reception and commentary ==
In 1973, [[Pauline Kael]] wrote in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' that Allen's "tension between his insecurity and his wit makes us empathize with him", that he had found a "nonaggressive way to deal with urban pressures", and that he "delivers his zingers without turning into a cynic".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kael |first=Pauline |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkShTL84MrcC&q=the+age+of+movies+selected+writings+pauline+kael |title=The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael: A Library of America Special Publication |date=October 27, 2011 |publisher=Library of America |isbn=978-1-59853-171-8 |pages=409–413 |language=en}}</ref>

== Theater ==
While best known for his films, Allen has also had a successful theater career, starting as early as 1960, when he wrote sketches for the revue ''[[From A to Z]]''. His first great success was ''[[Don't Drink the Water (play)|Don't Drink the Water]]'', which opened in 1966 and ran for 598 performances on Broadway. His success continued with ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]'', which opened in 1969, starring Allen and [[Diane Keaton]]. The show played for 453 performances and was nominated for three [[Tony Awards]], although none of the nominations were for Allen's writing or acting.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Broadway League |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2849 |title=Internet Broadway Database: Play It Again, Sam Production Credits |publisher=Ibdb |date=March 14, 1970 |access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref>

In the 1970s, Allen wrote a number of one-act plays, such as ''[[God (play)|God]]'' and ''[[Death (play)|Death]]'', which were published in his 1975 collection ''[[Without Feathers]]''. In 1981, Allen's play ''[[The Floating Light Bulb]]'' opened on Broadway. It was a critical success and a commercial flop. Despite two [[Tony Award]] nominations, a Tony win for the acting of [[Brian Backer]] (who won the 1981 [[Theater World Award]] and a [[Drama Desk Award]] for his work), the play only ran for 62 performances.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Broadway League |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4112 |title=Internet Broadway Database: The Floating Light Bulb Production Credits |publisher=Ibdb.com |access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref>

In 1995, after a long hiatus from the stage, Allen returned to theater with the one-act ''Central Park West'',<ref name="wapo/2005/07/01/allen-sex-lies"/> an installment in an evening of theater, ''Death Defying Acts'', that also included new work by [[David Mamet]] and [[Elaine May]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mamet.eserver.org/review/1995/death.html |title=Death Defying Acts and No One Shall Be Immune – David Mamet Society |publisher=Mamet.eserver.org |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224171536/http://mamet.eserver.org/review/1995/death.html |archive-date=February 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

For the next few years, Allen had no direct involvement with the stage, but productions of his work were staged. ''God'' was staged at The Bank of Brazil Cultural Center in [[Rio de Janeiro]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/36475.html |title=Allen's God Shows Up in Rio, Jan.&nbsp;16 |work=Playbill |date=January 15, 1998 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206134847/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/36475.html |archive-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref> and theatrical adaptations of Allen's films ''Bullets Over Broadway''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/40306.html |title=Playbill News: Woody Allen Adaptation Debuts at Italian Theater Festival, Aug.&nbsp;1 |work=Playbill |date=July 31, 1998 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206053300/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/40306.html |archive-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref> and ''September''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/47752.html |title=Playbill News: Stage Version of Woody Allen's September to Bow in France, Sept.&nbsp;16 |work=Playbill |date=September 15, 1999 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227041404/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/47752.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref> were produced in Italy and France, respectively, without Allen's involvement.

{{anchor|Riverside Drive}}In 2003, Allen returned to the stage with ''Writer's Block'', an evening of two one-acts, ''Old Saybrook''<ref name="concordtheatricals/1890">{{cite web |title=Old Saybrook |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/1890/old-saybrook |website=Concord Theatricals |access-date=October 26, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and ''Riverside Drive'',<ref name="concordtheatricals/1889">{{cite web |title=Riverside Drive |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/1889/riverside-drive |website=Concord Theatricals |access-date=October 26, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="wapo/2005/07/01/allen-sex-lies">{{cite news |last1=Marks |first1=Peter |title=From Woody Allen, Sex, Lies And Expensive Real Estate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/07/01/from-woody-allen-sex-lies-and-expensive-real-estate/c68e4444-21d3-4a12-91bb-8169c90466bd/ |access-date=October 26, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 1, 2005 |quote=...Theater J...one-act plays, "Central Park West" (1995) and "Riverside Drive" (2003)...}}</ref> that played [[Off-Broadway]]{{'}}s Atlantic Theatre.<ref name="playbill/108992">{{cite news |title=Woody Allen to Direct Two One-Acts at OB's Atlantic in April |url=https://playbill.com/article/woody-allen-to-direct-two-one-acts-at-obs-atlantic-in-april-com-108992 |access-date=October 26, 2023 |work=playbill.com |date=October 18, 2002}}</ref> The production marked his stage-directing debut<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/79561.html |title=Playbill News: Woody Allen's Writer's Block, with Neuwirth and Reiser, Opens Off Broadway May&nbsp;15 |work=Playbill |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227041229/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/79561.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref> and sold out the entire run.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89553.html |title=Playbill News: Two Weeks Added to Woody Allen's New Play, Second Hand Memory, at Off-Bway's Atlantic |work=Playbill |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227041419/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89553.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref>

In 2004, Allen's first full-length play since 1981, ''A Second Hand Memory'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89716.html |title=Playbill News: Woody Allen Directs His Second Hand Memory, Opening Nov.&nbsp;22 Off-Broadway |work=Playbill |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227041437/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89716.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref> was directed by Allen and enjoyed an extended run [[Off-Broadway]].<ref name="autogenerated1" /> In June 2007 it was announced that Allen would make two more creative debuts in the theater, directing a work he did not write and an opera—a reinterpretation of [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini's]] ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' for the [[Los Angeles Opera]]<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7603731.stm|title=Woody Allen makes debut at opera|date=September 8, 2008|work=BBC News |access-date=September 8, 2008}}</ref>—which debuted at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on September 6, 2008.<ref name="NYTOpera">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/arts/music/08trit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908081752/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/arts/music/08trit.html |archive-date=September 8, 2008 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Puccini With a Sprinkling of Woody Allen Whimsy |last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|date=September 7, 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 8, 2008}}</ref> Of his direction of the opera, Allen said, "I have no idea what I'm doing." His production of the opera opened the [[Festival of Two Worlds]] in [[Spoleto, Italy]], in June 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/arts/music/08arts-WOODYALLENSP_BRF.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511224830/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/arts/music/08arts-WOODYALLENSP_BRF.html |archive-date=May 11, 2009 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Woody Allen's Puccini Goes to Spoleto |first=Dave | last=Itzkoff |date=May 7, 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2010}}</ref>

In October 2011, Allen's one-act play ''[[Honeymoon Motel]]'' premiered as one in a series of one-act plays on Broadway titled ''[[Relatively Speaking (play anthology)|Relatively Speaking]]''.<ref>[http://www.relativelyspeakingbroadway.com/ relatively speaking broadway .com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109055026/http://www.relativelyspeakingbroadway.com/ |date=November 9, 2013 }} relativelyspeakingbroadway.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012</ref> Also contributing to the series were [[Elaine May]] and [[Ethan Coen]]; [[John Turturro]] directed.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 20, 2011 |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/theater/reviews/relatively-speaking-at-brooks-atkinson-theater-review.html |title=Each Family, Tortured in Its Own Way |author= Isherwood, Charles }}</ref>

It was announced in February 2012 that Allen would adapt ''[[Bullets over Broadway]]'' into a Broadway [[Bullets Over Broadway (musical)|musical]]. It ran from April 10 to August 24, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/allen-taking-bullets-over-broadway-to-broadway/|title='Bullets Over Broadway' Is Heading There|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=February 23, 2012|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 28, 2012}}</ref> The cast included [[Zach Braff]], [[Nick Cordero]] and [[Betsy Wolfe]]. The show was directed and choreographed by [[Susan Stroman]], known for directing the stage and film productions of [[Mel Brooks]]'s [[The Producers (musical)|''The Producers'']]. The show drew mixed reviews from critics but received six [[Tony Award]] nominations, including one for Allen for [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Woody+Allen|title=Woody Allen Tony Awards Info|website=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref>

On October 4, 2024, Allen's play ''Brooklyn Story'' premiered in Budapest, Hungary. Written in English, it was translated to and performed in Hungarian.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2025 |title=Jegy.hu - Brooklyni mese |url=https://www.jegy.hu/program/brooklyni-mese-163702 |access-date=November 4, 2025 |website=Jegy.hu |language=hu}}</ref> On November 7, 2025, the Central Theater in Budapest premiered another new Allen play, ''Pure Madness'', also in Hungarian.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2025 |title="PURE MADNESS" – WOODY ALLEN WORLD PREMIERE – CENTRAL THEATER @ BUDAPEST |url=https://rollinginbudapest.com/2025/10/13/pure-madness-woody-allen-world-premiere-central-theater-budapest/ |access-date=November 4, 2025 |website=Rolling in Budapest |language=en}}</ref> In an interview posted on October 29, 2025, with producer [[Julian Schlossberg]], Allen mentioned having plays also currently being performed in or premiering in Germany, Russia, and France. <ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdzHM5BGeIY |title=Julian Schlossberg's Movie Talk: Woody Allen 2025 on Filmmaking, Humor & Legacy – Part Two |date=October 28, 2025 |last=Julian Schlossberg's Movie Talk |access-date=November 5, 2025 |via=YouTube}}</ref> As of 2025, ''Brooklyn Story'' and ''Pure Madness'' have not had official premieres in the United States.

== Jazz band ==
[[File:Woody.Allen.band.jpg|thumb|Allen with [[Jerry Zigmont]] and Simon Wettenhall performing at Vienne Jazz Festival, [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]], France, in September 2003]]
Allen is a passionate fan of jazz, which appears often in the soundtracks to his films. He began playing clarinet as a child and took his stage name from clarinetist [[Woody Herman]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2011/09/woody_allen_new_orleans_jazz_band_miami_beach_hanukkah_show.php| title=Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band Announce Miami Beach Hanukkah Show| work=Miami New Times| author=Gonzalez, Victor| date=September 19, 2011| access-date=November 5, 2011| archive-date=October 26, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026034549/http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2011/09/woody_allen_new_orleans_jazz_band_miami_beach_hanukkah_show.php| url-status=dead}}</ref> He has performed publicly at least since the late 1960s, including with the [[Preservation Hall Jazz Band]] on the soundtrack of ''Sleeper''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/33752| title=Sleeper| publisher=Turner Classic Movies | author=Stafford, Jeff | access-date=November 5, 2011}}</ref>

Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band have been playing every Monday evening at the [[Carlyle Hotel]] in Manhattan for many years<ref name="Olsen">{{cite web |last=Olsen |first=Erik |title=New York City: Catch Woody Allen at the Cafe Carlyle |url=https://gadling.com/2005/10/19/new-york-city-catch-woody-allen-at-the-cafe-carlyle/ |website=Gadling |access-date=November 15, 2018 |date=October 19, 2005}}</ref> specializing in [[Dixieland|New Orleans jazz]] from the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.woodyallenband.com |title=New Orleans Trombone, Jerry Zigmont – Jazz Trombone, Eddy Davis & His New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Woody Allen, Cafe Carlyle, Woody Allen Band |access-date=January 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202051058/http://www.woodyallenband.com/ |archive-date=February 2, 2008}}</ref> He plays songs by [[Sidney Bechet]], [[George Lewis (clarinetist)|George Lewis]], [[Johnny Dodds]], [[Jimmie Noone]], and [[Louis Armstrong]].<ref name="monacomatin">{{Cite news |date = December 28, 2014 |title = Woody Allen en concert ce lundi à Monaco |trans-title = Woody Allen in concert this Monday in Monaco |language = fr |work = [[Monaco-Matin]] |url = http://www.monacomatin.mc/monaco/woody-allen-en-concert-ce-lundi-a-monaco.2042388.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016052359/http://www.monacomatin.mc/monaco/woody-allen-en-concert-ce-lundi-a-monaco.2042388.html |archive-date = October 16, 2015 |url-status = deviated}}</ref> The documentary film ''[[Wild Man Blues]]'' (directed by [[Barbara Kopple]]) chronicles a 1996 European tour by Allen and his band, as well as his relationship with Previn. The band released the albums ''The Bunk Project'' (1993) and the soundtrack of ''Wild Man Blues'' (1997). In 2005, Allen, Eddy Davis and Conal Fowkes released the trio album ''Woody With Strings''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 23, 2023 |title=Woody With Strings |url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/davis-allen-and-fowkes/woody-with-strings/}}</ref>{{deprecated inline|certain=y|date=November 2024}} In a 2011 review of a concert by Allen's jazz band, critic Kirk Silsbee of the ''Los Angeles Times'' suggested that Allen should be regarded a competent musical hobbyist with a sincere appreciation for early jazz: "Allen's clarinet won't make anyone forget [[Sidney Bechet]], [[Barney Bigard]] or [[Evan Christopher]]. His piping tone and strings of staccato notes can't approximate melodic or lyrical phrasing. Still his earnestness and the obvious regard he has for traditional jazz counts for something."<ref name="Silsbee">{{cite web |last=Silsbee |first=Kirk |title=Jazz review: Woody Allen's New Orleans band at Royce Hall |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/12/jazz-review-woody-allen-at-royce-hall-.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 15, 2018 |date=December 30, 2011}}</ref>

Allen and his band played at the [[Montreal International Jazz Festival]] on two consecutive nights in June 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/program/concert.aspx?id=340| title=Concert: Woody Allen And His New Orleans Jazz Band – Festival International de Jazz de Montreal| publisher=Montreal Jazz Festival| access-date=November 5, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331131932/http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/program/concert.aspx?id=340| archive-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> For many years he wanted to make a film about the origins of jazz in New Orleans. Tentatively titled ''American Blues'', the film would follow the different careers of [[Louis Armstrong]] and [[Sidney Bechet]]. Allen stated that the film would cost between $80 and $100&nbsp;million and is therefore unlikely to be made.{{sfn|Lax|Allen|2009|pp=315–316}}

== Influence ==
Allen has said that he was enormously influenced by comedians [[Bob Hope]], [[Groucho Marx]], [[Mort Sahl]], [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[W.C. Fields]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/10/28/woody-allen-talks-about-talent-luck-and-comedy-at-princeton/|title=Woody Allen Talks About Talent, Luck and Comedy at Princeton|first=Tim|last=Gerdes|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 28, 2013}}</ref> playwright [[George S. Kaufman]] and filmmakers [[Ernst Lubitsch]] and [[Ingmar Bergman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/16/magazine/the-two-hollywoods-the-directors-woody-allen-martin-scorsese.html|title= The Two Hollywoods: The Directors; Woody Allen; Martin Scorsese|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=November 11, 1997|access-date= November 16, 2020}}</ref>

Many comedians have cited Allen as an influence, including [[Louis C.K.]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/today/watch/louis-c-k-woody-allen-is-a-big-deal-in-my-life-43496515879|title=Louis C.K.: Woody Allen is 'a big deal in my life'|website=[[Today.com]]|date=June 25, 2012}}</ref> [[Larry David]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janelevere/2011/07/09/curb-your-enthusiasms-larry-david-discusses-his-roots-his-comedy/|title=Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David Discusses His Roots, His Comedy|first=Jane|last=Levere|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=July 9, 2011}}</ref> [[Jon Stewart]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jon-stewart-the-daily-show-december-25-1998-20150804-story.html|title=Our take on Jon Stewart in 1998: 'He's practically made a career out of almost hosting other people's talk shows'|first=Paul|last=Brownfield|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 25, 1998}}</ref> [[Chris Rock]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/chris-rock-the-rolling-stone-interview-55649/|title=Chris Rock: The Rolling Stone Interview|first1=Brian|last1=Hiatt|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> [[Steve Martin]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Carrie|last=Fisher|authorlink=Carrie Fisher|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-archives-carrie-fisher-steve-martin-interview-19990725-story.html|title= It wasn't in the script: Carrie Fisher interviews Steve Martin about writing|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 25, 1999|access-date= April 7, 2020}}</ref> [[John Mulaney]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/q-a-kid-gorgeous-john-mulaney-on-jesuits-timeless-jokes/article_32083160-927c-5001-b3df-90cb36c582dc.html|title=Q&A: 'Kid Gorgeous' John Mulaney on Jesuits, timeless jokes and Sinatra|first=Valerie Schremp|last=Hahn|newspaper=St. Louis Today|date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> [[Bill Hader]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-hader-mike-sacks-interview-poking-a-dead-frog-_n_5582142|title=11 Bill Hader Facts You Probably Didn't Know|first=Katla|last=McGlynn|date=July 14, 2014|website=HuffPost}}</ref> [[Aziz Ansari]],<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/30/arts/here-a-comic-genius-there-a-comic-genius.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607045202/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/30/arts/here-a-comic-genius-there-a-comic-genius.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Here A Comic Genius, There A Comic Genius|first1=Franz|last1=Lidz|first2=Steve|last2=Rushin|date=January 30, 2000|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> [[Sarah Silverman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/specials/sarah-silverman-we-are-miracles/interview-with-sarah-silverman|title=Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles – Interview with Sarah Silverman|website=[[HBO]] |date=2013 }}</ref> [[Conan O'Brien]],<ref>Inside Comedy, Season 4 Episode 6</ref> [[Seth MacFarlane]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bs-ae-seth-macfarlane-q-and-a-20150711-story.html|title=Seth MacFarlane to sing standards with the BSO|first=Tim|last=Smith|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=July 25, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329222601/https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bs-ae-seth-macfarlane-q-and-a-20150711-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Seth Meyers]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jason|last=Heidemann|url=https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2014/Seth-Meyers-on-the-Forces-that-Made-Him-Funny/|title=Seth Meyers on the Forces That Made Him Funny|magazine=[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago]]|date=February 25, 2014}}</ref> [[Richard Ayoade]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/richard-ayoade-comic-s-sensibility-anchors-submarine-1118029637/|title= Richard Ayoade: Comic's sensibility anchors Submarine|website= Variety Magazine|date= January 7, 2011|access-date= March 28, 2020}}</ref> [[Bill Maher]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0401/28/lkl.00.html|title=CNN.com – Transcripts|website=transcripts.cnn.com}}</ref> [[Albert Brooks]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Williams|url=https://lwlies.com/articles/modern-romance-albert-brooks/|title=In praise of Modern Romance – Albert Brooks' rom-com masterpiece|website=Little White Lies|date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> [[John Cleese]],<ref name="auto" /> [[Garry Shandling]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/03/25/471795179/how-heartbreak-helped-garry-shandling-find-his-comedic-voice|title=How Heartbreak Helped Garry Shandling Find His Comedic Voice|website=[[NPR]]|date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> [[Bob Odenkirk]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sacks |first=Mike |date=July 2, 2009 |title=How I Made It in Comedy: Bob Odenkirk |url=https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/how-i-made-it-in-comedy-bob-odenkirk/ |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Chicago Reader |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Richard Kind]],<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/richard-kind-defends-woody-allen-against-dylan-farrow-abuse-allegations-i-just-dont-buy-it|title= Richard Kind Defends Woody Allen|website= Daily Beast|date= July 15, 2020|accessdate= February 18, 2023|last1= Wilstein|first1= Matt}}</ref> and [[Mike Schur]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/26/michael-schur-its-a-daily-gut-punch-that-people-are-anti-masks|title= It's a daily gut punch that people are anti-mask|website= The Guardian|date= January 26, 2022|accessdate= July 26, 2023|last1= Heritage|first1= Stuart}}</ref> Comedic writers such as [[Simon Rich]] and [[Jesse Eisenberg]] have also cited Allen as a major influence.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/bream-gives-me-hiccups|title= Bream Gives Me Hiccups|website= Table|date= January 28, 2016|accessdate= January 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/09/simon-rich-author-spoiled-brats-interview-short-stories|title= Simon Rich: 'Art? It's for maniacs'|website= [[The Guardian]]|date= September 9, 2014|accessdate= January 6, 2025|last1= Shoard|first1= Catherine}}</ref>

Many filmmakers have also cited Allen as an influence, including [[Nora Ephron]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/nora-ephron-and-lena-dunham|title=Nora Ephron and Lena Dunham|website=Criterion Channel|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321220504/https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/nora-ephron-and-lena-dunham|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Wes Anderson]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seitz |first1=Matt Zoller |title=How Wes Anderson Made The Royal Tenenbaums |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/10/how-wes-anderson-made-the-royal-tenenbaums.html |website=Vulture |access-date=January 2, 2022 |date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> [[Greta Gerwig]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/frances-has-greta-gerwig-on-lena-dunham-woody-allen-and-her-dream-of-directing-6510592|title=Frances Ha's Greta Gerwig on Lena Dunham, Woody Allen, and Her Dream of Directing|first=Hans|last=Morgenstern|date=May 24, 2013|website=Miami New Times}}</ref> [[Noah Baumbach]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/noah-baumbach-influences-filmmaker-spielberg-scorsese-max-ophuls-1201883274/|title=Noah Baumbach Reveals the Key Movies That Made Him Want to Be a Filmmaker|first1=Eric|last1=Kohn|date=October 3, 2017}}</ref> [[Joachim Trier]],<ref>{{cite web|last1= Accomando|first1= Beth|url= https://www.npr.org/2008/05/16/90517629/reprise-woody-allen-meets-fifty-cent|title= 'Reprise': Woody Allen Meets Fifty Cent|website= [[NPR]]|date= May 16, 2008|accessdate= June 4, 2025}}</ref> [[Luca Guadagnino]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/luca-guadagnino-cannes-shorts-woody-allen-kyle-maclachlan-the-staggering-girl-1202142634/|title=Luca Guadagnino Defends Woody Allen and Calls Kyle MacLachlan 'the Eternal Masculine'|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Anne|last=Thompson|date=May 24, 2019|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> [[Whit Stillman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/whit-stillman-on-10-of-his-biggest-influences.html|title= Whit Stillman on 10 of his Biggest Influences|website= Vulture|date= August 10, 2015|access-date= March 21, 2020}}</ref> [[Mike Mills (director)|Mike Mills]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/20th-century-women-mike-mills-annette-bening-a24-oscars-interview-1201869909/|title= '20th Century Women' Director Mike Mills On Honing Material From His Own Life: "I Don't Want To Make A Memoir"|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= January 4, 2017|access-date= May 20, 2020}}</ref> [[Ira Sachs]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2014/09/filmmaker-ira-sachs-on-how-personal-experience-shaped-love-is-strange/|title=Filmmaker Ira Sachs on How Personal Experience Shaped Love Is Strange|website=D Magazine|first=Todd|last=Jorgenson|date=September 5, 2014|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> [[Richard Linklater]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/richard-linklater-bernie-before-sunrise-sequel-interview/|title=Richard Linklater Talks BERNIE, a Third BEFORE SUNRISE, Woody Allen, Favorite Movies, and More|website= Collider|date=April 26, 2012|access-date= March 21, 2020}}</ref> [[Charlie Kaufman]],{{sfn|Child|2010|p=4}} [[Rian Johnson]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Elder |first=Robert K. |year=2011 |title=The Film That Changed My Life |magazine=Chicago Review Press |location=Chicago |page=17}}</ref> [[Nicole Holofcener]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/06/nicole-holofceners-human-comedies| title= Nicole Holofcener's Human Comedies| magazine= The New Yorker| date= July 30, 2018| access-date= March 28, 2020}}</ref> [[Rebecca Miller]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scenecreek.com/five-questions-with-maggies-plan-director-rebecca-miller/|title= Five Questions with MAGGIE'S PLAN Director Rebecca Miller| website= Scene Creek|date= June 12, 2016|access-date= April 1, 2020}}</ref> [[Tamara Jenkins]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/slums-of-beverly-hills-1117477571/|title= Slums of Beverly Hills| website= Variety Magazine|date= May 25, 1998| access-date= April 1, 2020}}</ref> [[Alex Ross Perry]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/her-smell-interview-alex-ross-perry-elisabeth-moss-1202057901/|title= Alex Ross Perry Is Pissed At the Film Industry and Not Afraid to Explain Himself|website= IndieWire|date= April 12, 2019|access-date= March 21, 2020}}</ref> [[Greg Mottola]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2009/01/adventureland-director-greg-mottola-on-first-jobs-and-generation-gaps-70858/|title= "Adventureland" Director Greg Mottola on First Jobs and Generation Gaps|website= [[IndieWire]]|date= January 18, 2009|access-date= June 9, 2020}}</ref> [[Lynn Shelton]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/movies/lynn-shelton-director-of-your-sisters-sister.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508154325/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/movies/lynn-shelton-director-of-your-sisters-sister.html |archive-date=May 8, 2012 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title= Scriptless in Seattle: A Filmmaker's Map|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date= May 4, 2012|access-date= May 15, 2020|last1= Rochlin|first1= Margy}}</ref> [[Lena Dunham]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2011-02-dunham_and_allen_and_ephron_an-story.html|title= Lena Dunham loves Woody Allen and Nora Ephron and Judd Apatow|website= The Baltimore Sun|date= February 10, 2011|access-date= March 28, 2020|archive-date= December 5, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221205042217/https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2011-02-dunham_and_allen_and_ephron_an-story.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> [[Lawrence Michael Levine]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.us/interview-lawrence-michael-levine-on-going-bigger-with-wild-canaries/|title=Interview: Lawrence Michael Levine on going bigger with 'Wild Canaries'|website=[[Metro (U.S. newspaper)|Metro]]|date=February 27, 2015|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> [[Olivier Assayas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/artery/2019/05/16/olivier-assayas-non-fiction-review|title= Director Olivier Assayas' 'Non-Fiction' Is An Old-Fashioned, Fleet-Footed Bedroom Farce|website= WBUR|date= May 16, 2019|access-date= October 1, 2020}}</ref> the [[Safdie brothers]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/filmnewyork/the_emotional_sloppy_manic_world_of_the_safdie_brothers|title=The Emotional, Sloppy, Manic World of the Safdie Brothers|website=FilmFestivals.com|date=August 13, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> and [[Amy Sherman-Palladino]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2013/01/07/168771108/the-latest-watch-this|title= What To Watch 'To Drown Out' The Voices In Your Head|website= [[NPR]]|date= January 7, 2013|accessdate= May 26, 2023}}</ref>

Directors who admire Allen's work include [[Quentin Tarantino]], who called him "one of the greatest screenwriters of all time",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-lane-brown-in-conversation.html|title= In Conversation: Quentin Tarantino|website= Vulture|date= August 23, 2015|access-date= April 10, 2020}}</ref> as well as [[Martin Scorsese]], who said in ''[[Woody Allen: A Documentary]]'', "Woody's sensibilities of New York City is one of the reasons why I love his work, but they are extremely foreign to me. It's not another world; it's another planet". [[Stanley Donen]] stated he liked Allen's films, [[Spike Lee]] has called Allen a "great, great filmmaker" and [[Pedro Almodóvar]] has said he admires Allen's work.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/08/movies/the-man-who-helped-kelly-put-his-best-foot-forward.html|title= The Man Who Helped Kelly Put His Best Foot Forward|newspaper= The New York Times|date= February 8, 1996|access-date= November 23, 2020|last1= Weinraub|first1= Bernard}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/spike-lee-defends-woody-allen-cancel-culture/|title= Spike Lee defends Woody Allen against 'this cancel thing': 'Woody's a friend of mine'|magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date= June 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2019/pedro-almodovar-on-pain-and-glory.html|title= Pedro Almodóvar on Aging, Mom and 'Pain and Glory'|website= [[AARP]].com|access-date= July 17, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, directors [[Mike Leigh]], [[Asghar Farhadi]], and [[Martin McDonagh]] respectively included ''[[Radio Days]]'' (1987), ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]'' (1969), and ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' among their Top 10 films for ''[[Sight & Sound]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1075|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223005216/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people//sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1075|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2016|title= Mike Leigh's Top 10 Directors Poll|website= [[British Film Institute]]|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1204|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517140210/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1204|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 17, 2016|title= Asghar Farhadi's Top 10 Directors Poll|website= [[British Film Institute]]|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1057|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223005555/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people//sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1057|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2016|title= Martin McDonah's Top 10 Directors Poll|website= [[British Film Institute]]|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref> Other admirers of his work include [[Olivia Wilde]] and [[Jason Reitman]], who staged live readings of ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' and ''Manhattan'' respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/05/how-olivia-wilde-used-her-star-studded-hannah-and-her-sisters-to-reintroduce-nyc-to-the-live-read-290096/|title= How Olivia Wilde Used Her Star-Studded 'Hannah And Her Sisters' To Reintroduce NYC To The Live Read|website= [[IndieWire]]|date= May 20, 2016|access-date= May 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/11/09/jason-reitman-woody-allen-manhattan-live-read/|title= Jason Reitman to re-create Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' in live reading|magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date= May 20, 2020}}</ref> Filmmaker [[Edgar Wright]] listed five of Allen's films (''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]], [[Bananas (film)|Bananas]], [[Play It Again, Sam (film)|Play It Again, Sam]], [[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]], [[Annie Hall]]'') in his list of 100 Favorite Comedy films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/edgar-wright-top-100-comedy-films-woody-allen-wes-anderson/|title= From Woody Allen to Wes Anderson: Edgar Wright names his top 100 comedy films of all time|website= Far Out|date= March 25, 2020|access-date= November 16, 2020}}</ref>

[[Bill Hader]] cited Allen's [[mockumentary]] films ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]'' and ''[[Zelig]]'' as the biggest inspirations of the [[IFC (U.S. TV channel)|IFC]] series ''[[Documentary Now!]]''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/dec15_fea_performing-arts-hader-and-armisen-180957235/|title= Why Bill Hader and Fred Armisen Are Parodying Documentaries in Their Latest, Ingenious Project|website= [[Smithsonian]]|accessdate= January 27, 2023}}</ref>

Film critics including [[Roger Ebert]] and [[Barry Norman]] have highly praised Allen's work.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110524/REVIEWS/110529987 |title=''Midnight in Paris''|author-link=Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|via=RogerEbert.com |date= May 25, 2011 |access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180119151737/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/midnight-in-paris-2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/391658.stm | title=Star Wars hailed best film | work=BBC News | date=July 11, 1999 | access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref> In 1980, on ''[[Sneak Previews]]'', [[Siskel and Ebert]] called Allen and [[Mel Brooks]] "the two most successful comedy directors in the world today&nbsp;... America's two funniest filmmakers."<ref name="siskelebert">{{cite episode| title=Take 2: Who's Funnier: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?|series=Sneak Previews|credits=Siskel, Gene; Ebert, Roger |network=PBS|location=Chicago |airdate=May 1, 1980|season=4}}</ref> [[Pauline Kael]] wrote of Allen that "his comic character is enormously appealing to people partly because he's the smart, urban guy who at the same time is intelligent, is vulnerable, and somehow by his intelligence, he triumphs".<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2024 |title=What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael {{!}} KQED |url=https://video.kqed.org/video/what-she-said-the-art-of-pauline-kael-zzfKnZ/ |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=KQED.org |language=en}}</ref>

== Favorite films ==
In 2012, Allen participated in the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' film polls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210102716/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people//sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1200|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2016|title= Wood Allen's Picks for 2012 Sight and Sound Poll|website= [[British Film Institute]]|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref> Held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, contemporary directors were asked to select ten films of their choice. Allen's choices, in alphabetical order, were:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2012/08/woody-allens-top-10-revealed-in-sight-sound-greatest-film-poll/|title= Woody Allen's Top 10 Films Revealed In Sight & Sound Greatest Film Poll|website= woodyallenpages.com|date= August 4, 2012|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openculture.com/2013/08/woody-allen-lists-the-greatest-films-of-all-time.html|title= Woody Allen Lists the Greatest Films of All Time: Includes Classics by Bergman, Truffaut & Fellini|website= Open Culture|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref>
{{div col | colwidth=25em}}
* ''[[The 400 Blows]]'' (France, 1959)
* ''[[8½]]'' (Italy, 1963)
* ''[[Amarcord]]'' (Italy, 1972)
* ''[[Bicycle Thieves]]'' (Italy, 1948)
* ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (U.S., 1941)
* ''[[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]]'' (France, 1972)
* ''[[La Grande Illusion]]'' (France, 1937)
* ''[[Paths of Glory]]'' (U.S., 1957)
* ''[[Rashomon]]'' (Japan, 1950)
* ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' (Sweden, 1957)
{{div col end}}

In his 2020 autobiography ''[[Apropos of Nothing]]'' Allen praised [[Elia Kazan]]'s ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (1951): {{blockquote|the movie of ''Streetcar'' is for me total artistic perfection.... It's the most perfect confluence of script, performance, and direction I've ever seen. I agree with [[Richard Schickel]], who calls the play perfect. The characters are so perfectly written, every nuance, every instinct, every line of dialogue is the best choice of all those available in the known universe. All the performances are sensational. [[Vivien Leigh]] is incomparable, more real and vivid than real people I know. And [[Marlon Brando]] was a living poem. He was an actor who came on the scene and changed the history of acting. The magic, the setting, New Orleans, the French Quarter, the rainy humid afternoons, the poker night. Artistic genius, no holds barred.}}

== Film activism and preservation ==
{{main|The Film Foundation}}

In 1987, Allen joined [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Sydney Pollack]], and [[Miloš Forman]] at a [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary committee]] hearing where they testified against [[Ted Turner]]'s and other companies' colorizing films without the artists' consent.<ref name="Film Stars Protest Coloring">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/13/movies/film-stars-protest-coloring.html|title= Film Stars Protest Coloring|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date= May 13, 1987|access-date= May 20, 2020|last1= Dowd|first1= Maureen}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?56772-1/colorization-black-white-movies|title= Colorization of Black-and-White Movies|website= [[C-Span]]|access-date= May 20, 2020}}</ref> Only one senator, [[Patrick Leahy]], was present for the testimony. Allen testified:
{{blockquote|If directors had their way, we would not let our films be tampered with in any way—broken up for commercial or shortened or colorized. But we've fought the other things without much success, and now colorization—because it's so horrible and preposterous and more acutely noticeable by audiences—is the straw that broke the camel's back.... The presumption that colorizers are doing him [the director] a favor and bettering his movie is a transparent attempt to justify the mutilation of art for a few extra dollars.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1987/08/13/true-colors/|title= True Colors|website= [[New York Review of Books]]|access-date= May 20, 2020|last1= Allen|first1= Woody}}</ref>}}

Allen also spoke about his decisions to make films in black and white, such as ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'', ''[[Stardust Memories]]'', ''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]'', and ''[[Zelig]]''. Film director [[John Huston]] appeared in a taped video, and Rogers read a statement by [[Jimmy Stewart]] criticizing the colorization of his film ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''.<ref name="Film Stars Protest Coloring" />

In 1990, [[The Film Foundation]] was founded as a nonprofit [[film preservation]] organization that collaborates with film studios to restore prints of old or damaged films to meet the vision of the original filmmaker. Allen was part of the founding and sat on the foundation's original board of directors with [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Robert Altman]], [[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Stanley Kubrick]], [[George Lucas]], [[Sydney Pollack]], [[Robert Redford]], and [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref>{{Cite web |last = Cruikshank |first = Douglas |date = October 19, 2006 |title = Martin Scorsese: Teaching Visual Literacy |publisher = [[George Lucas Educational Foundation]] |url = https://www.edutopia.org/martin-scorsese-teaching-visual-literacy |access-date = November 3, 2014 |website = [[Edutopia]]}}</ref>

== Works ==
=== Filmography ===
{{Main|Woody Allen filmography}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Directed features
|-
! Year
! Title
! Distributor
|-
| 1966
| ''[[What's Up, Tiger Lily?]]''
| [[American International Pictures]]
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]''
| [[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]]
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]''
| rowspan="8" | [[United Artists]]
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)|Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* <br>(*But Were Afraid to Ask)]]''
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]''
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Love and Death]]''
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Annie Hall]]''
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Interiors]]''
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]''
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Stardust Memories]]''
|-
| 1982
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Zelig]]''
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]''
| rowspan="9" | [[Orion Pictures]]
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]''
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| ''[[Radio Days]]''
|-
| ''[[September (1987 film)|September]]''
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Another Woman (1988 film)|Another Woman]]''
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]''
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Alice (1990 film)|Alice]]''
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Shadows and Fog]]''
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Husbands and Wives]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[TriStar Pictures]]
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]''
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]''
| rowspan="3" | [[Miramax|Miramax Films]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]''
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Everyone Says I Love You]]''
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]''
| [[Fine Line Features]]
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Celebrity (1998 film)|Celebrity]]''
| Miramax Films
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Sweet and Lowdown]]''
| [[Sony Pictures Classics]]
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Small Time Crooks]]''
| rowspan="4" | [[DreamWorks Pictures]]
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Curse of the Jade Scorpion]]''
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Hollywood Ending]]''
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Anything Else]]''
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]''
| [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]]
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Match Point]]''
| DreamWorks Pictures
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Scoop (2006 film)|Scoop]]''
| [[Focus Features]]
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Cassandra's Dream]]''
| [[The Weinstein Company]]
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] / The Weinstein Company
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Whatever Works]]''
| rowspan="7" | Sony Pictures Classics
|-
| 2010
| ''[[You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger]]''
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Midnight in Paris]]''
|-
| 2012
| ''[[To Rome with Love (film)|To Rome with Love]]''
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Blue Jasmine]]''
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Magic in the Moonlight]]''
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Irrational Man (film)|Irrational Man]]''
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Café Society (2016 film)|Café Society]]''
| [[Amazon Studios]] / [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Wonder Wheel (film)|Wonder Wheel]]''
| Amazon Studios
|-
| 2019
| ''[[A Rainy Day in New York]]''
| rowspan="3" | [[MPI Media Group]]
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Rifkin's Festival]]''
|-
| 2023
|''[[Coup de chance]]''
|-
|2027
|''WASP 2026'' (Working title)
|TBD
|}

=== Theatrical works ===
In addition to directing, writing, and acting in films, Allen has written and performed in several Broadway, off-Broadway, and other theatrical productions.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:33px;" | Year
! Title
! Credit
! Venue
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1960
| ''[[From A to Z]]''
| Writer (book)
|[[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], Broadway
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1966
| ''[[Don't Drink the Water (play)|Don't Drink the Water]]''
| Writer
|[[Coconut Grove Playhouse]], Florida<br />[[Morosco Theatre]], Broadway
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1969
| ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]''
| Writer <br /> Performer (Allan Felix)
|[[Broadhurst Theatre]], Broadway<ref name="filmreference" />
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1975
| ''[[God (play)|God]]''
| Writer
| {{n/a}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1975
| ''[[Death (play)|Death]]''
| Writer
|{{n/a}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1981
| ''[[The Floating Light Bulb]]''
| Writer
|[[Vivian Beaumont Theater]], Broadway
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1995
| ''Death Defying Acts: Central Park West''
| Writer
|Variety Arts Theatre, Off-Broadway
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2003
| ''Old Saybrook'' (one-act play)
| Writer and director
| rowspan="3" |[[Atlantic Theatre Company]], Off-Broadway
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2003
| ''Riverside Drive'' (one-act play)
| Writer and director
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2004
| ''A Second-Hand Memory''
| Writer and director
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2008
| ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]''
| Director
| [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]], Los Angeles
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2011
| ''[[Relatively Speaking (2011 play)|Honeymoon Motel]]'' (one-act play)
| Writer
|[[Brooks Atkinson Theatre]], Broadway
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2014
| ''[[Bullets Over Broadway (musical)|Bullets Over Broadway]]''
| Writer (book)
| [[St. James Theatre]], Broadway
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| rowspan="2" |''[[Gianni Schicchi]]''
| Director
| [[Teatro Real]], Madrid
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| Director
| [[La Scala]], Italy
|-
|2024
|''Brooklyn Story''
|Writer
|[[Budapest]], Hungary<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2024 |title=Woody Allen's New Play Brooklyn Story to Premiere in Budapest {{!}} Budapest Reporter |url=https://www.budapestreporter.com/woody-allens-new-play-brooklyn-story-to-premiere-in-budapest/ |access-date=November 10, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|''Pure Madness''
|Writer
|Centrál Theater, Budapest, Hungary <ref>{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2025 |title=Tiszta őrület a Centrál Színházban. Újabb Woody Allen darab érkezik Budapestre :: BSIDE kulturális portal |url=https://www.bside.hu/l/tiszta-orulet-a-central-szinhazban-ujabb-woody-allen-darab-erkezik-budapestre/ |access-date=October 27, 2025 |website=www.bside.hu |language=hu}}</ref>
|}

=== Bibliography ===
{{main|Woody Allen bibliography}}

* ''[[Getting Even (Allen book)|Getting Even]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Without Feathers]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Side Effects (Allen book)|Side Effects]]'' (1980)
* ''The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose'' (2007)
* ''[[Mere Anarchy]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Apropos of Nothing]]'' (2020) <small>(memoirs)</small>
* ''Zero Gravity'' (2022)
* ''[[What's With Baum?]]'' (2025)

=== Discography ===
* ''[[Woody Allen (album)|Woody Allen]]'' (Colpix Records, 1964)
* ''Woody Allen Vol. 2'' (Colpix Records, 1965)
* ''The Third Woody Allen Album'' (Capitol Records, 1968)
* ''The Nightclub Years 1964–1968'' (United Artists Records, 1972)
* ''Standup Comic'' (Casablanca Records, 1978)
* ''[[Wild Man Blues]]'' (RCA Victor, 1998)
* ''Woody With Strings'' (New York Jazz Records, 2005)

==Awards and honors==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen}}

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Over his more than 50-year film career, Allen has received many award nominations. He holds the record for most [[Academy Award]] nominations for [[Best Original Screenplay]], with 16 nominations and three wins (''Annie Hall'', ''Hannah and Her Sisters'', and ''Midnight in Paris''). Allen has been nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] seven times and won for ''Annie Hall''. Three of Allen's films have been nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], ''Annie Hall'', ''Hannah and Her Sisters'', and ''Midnight in Paris''.

Allen shuns award ceremonies, citing their subjectivity. His first and only appearance at the Academy Awards was at the [[74th Academy Awards|2002 Oscars]], where he received a standing ovation. As a New York icon, he had been asked by the Academy to introduce a film montage of clips of New York City in the movies that [[Nora Ephron]] compiled to honor the city after the [[9/11]] attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/wheres-woody-allen-during-the-oscars-2013-2|title=Why Woody Allen Never Attends The Oscars|first=Kirsten|last=Acuna|date=February 24, 2013|website=Business Insider}}</ref>

Allen has received numerous honors, including an Honorary [[Golden Palm]] from the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2002 and a [[Golden Lion|Career Golden Lion]] from the [[Venice International Film Festival]] in 1995. He also received a [[BAFTA Fellowship]] in 1997, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Directors Guild of America]] and a [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in 2014. He was elected a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=woody+allen&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> In 2015, the [[Writers Guild of America]] ranked his screenplay for ''Annie Hall'' first on its list of the "101 Funniest Screenplays"<ref>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=McNary |title='Annie Hall' Named Funniest Screenplay by WGA Members|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/annie-hall-funniest-screenplay-writers-guild-1201639002/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 11, 2015}}</ref> and included four of his screenplays on its list of the "101 Greatest Screenplays".<ref>{{Cite web |title=101 list |url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=1807 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813151310/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=1807 |archive-date=August 13, 2006 |access-date=July 10, 2025 |website=www.wga.org}}</ref> In 2011, [[PBS]] televised the film biography ''[[Woody Allen: A Documentary]]'' on its series ''[[American Masters]]''.<ref name="PBSdocumentary">{{cite AV media |title=Woody Allen: A Documentary |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/woody-allen-a-documentary-about-the-film/1865/ |work=[[American Masters]] |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=July 21, 2011}}</ref> ''Annie Hall'' and ''Manhattan'' have been included in the [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".

In 2004, [[Comedy Central]] ranked Allen fourth on a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://everything2.com/title/Comedy+Central%2527s+100+Greatest+Stand-Ups+of+all+Time|title= Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time|publisher= Everything2.com |date=April 18, 2004|access-date=May 4, 2012| archive-date= July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715055609/http://everything2.com/title/Comedy+Central%2527s+100+Greatest+Stand-Ups+of+all+Time|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time [Part 5] |medium=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fc6zalL3Iw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/5Fc6zalL3Iw| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=January 19, 2018 |time=33:03 |publisher=Comedy Central via Goofy Cartoon}}{{cbignore}}</ref> while a UK survey ranked Allen the third-greatest comedian.<ref name="Thorpe">{{cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |title=Cook tops poll of comedy greats |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/02/arts.artsnews |url-status=live |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=January 2, 2005 |access-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180119151857/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/02/arts.artsnews |archive-date=January 19, 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Academy Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Golden Globe Awards
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Annie Hall]]''
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |4
| align="center" |6
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |1
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Interiors]]''
| align="center" |5
|
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |4
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]''
| align="center" |2
|
| align="center" |10
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |1
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Zelig]]''
| align="center" |2
|
| align="center" |5
|
| align="center" |2
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]''
| align="center" |2
|
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]''
| align="center" |1
|
| align="center" |6
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |4
| align="center" |2
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]''
| align="center" |7
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |8
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |1
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Radio Days]]''
| align="center" |2
|
| align="center" |7
| align="center" |2
|
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]''
| align="center" |3
|
| align="center" |6
|
| align="center" |1
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Alice (1990 film)|Alice]]''
| align="center" |1
|
|
|
| align="center" |1
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Husbands and Wives]]''
| align="center" |2
|
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]''
|
|
| align="center" |1
|
| align="center" |1
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]''
| align="center" |7
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
|
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]''
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
|
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Everyone Says I Love You]]''
|
|
|
|
| align="center" |1
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]''
| align="center" |1
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Sweet and Lowdown]]''
| align="center" |2
|
|
|
| align="center" |2
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Small Time Crooks]]''
|
|
|
|
| align="center" |1
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Match Point]]''
| align="center" |1
|
|
|
| align="center" |4
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]''
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |4
| align="center" |1
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Midnight in Paris]]''
| align="center" |4
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |1
|
| align="center" |4
| align="center" |1
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Blue Jasmine]]''
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |1
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |1
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
! align="center" |53
! align="center" |12
! align="center" |61
! align="center" |17
! align="center" |47
! align="center" |9
|}

== Personal life ==
Allen has been married three times: to Harlene Rosen from 1956 to 1959, [[Louise Lasser]] from 1966 to 1970, and [[Soon-Yi Previn]] since 1997. He also had a 12-year relationship with actress [[Mia Farrow]] and relationships with [[Stacey Nelkin]] and [[Diane Keaton]].

=== Early marriages and relationships ===
In 1956, Allen married Harlene Rosen. He was 20 and she was 17. The marriage lasted until 1959.<ref name="timemag-3">{{cite magazine|title=Woody Allen: Rabbit Running|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877848-3,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501134517/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877848-3,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2008 |magazine=Time |page=3 |date=July 3, 1972 |access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> Rosen, whom Allen called "the Dread Mrs. Allen" in his standup act, sued him for [[defamation]] as a result of comments he made during a television appearance shortly after their divorce. In his mid-1960s album ''Standup Comic'', Allen said that Rosen had sued him because of a joke he made in an interview. Rosen had been [[Rape|sexually assaulted]] outside her apartment. According to Allen, the newspapers reported that she had been "violated". In the interview, Allen said, "Knowing my ex-wife, it probably wasn't a [[moving violation]]." In an interview on ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'', Allen repeated his comments and said that she "sued me for a million dollars".<ref name="CavettTube">{{cite web|title=Dick & Woody discuss particle physics|website = [[YouTube]]| date=October 17, 2006 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xq5Nh2UqCc#t=309 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/9xq5Nh2UqCc| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=November 18, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1966, Allen married [[Louise Lasser]]. They divorced in 1970. Lasser provided voice dubbing in Allen's ''[[What's Up, Tiger Lily?]]'' and appeared in three of his other films: ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]'', ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'', and ''[[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)|Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)]]''. She also appeared briefly in ''[[Stardust Memories]]''.

According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' was based on Allen's romantic relationship with actress [[Stacey Nelkin]].<ref name="Nelkin">{{cite web|title=Stacey Nelkin|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hween-teen-nelkin-photo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521124823/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hween-teen-nelkin-photo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2014|access-date=September 3, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Her bit part in ''[[Annie Hall]]'' ended up on the [[cutting room floor]], and their relationship reportedly began when she was 17 and a student at [[Stuyvesant High School]] in New York.{{sfn|Fox|1996|pp=[https://archive.org/details/woodymoviesfromm0000foxj/page/111 111–112]}}{{sfn|Bailey|2001|p=61}}{{sfn|Baxter|1998|pp=226, 248, 249, 250, 253, 273–74, 385, 416}} In December 2018 ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' interviewed Babi Christina Engelhardt, who said she had an eight-year affair with Allen that began in 1976 when she was 17 years old (they met when she was 16), and that she believes the character of Tracy in ''Manhattan'' is a composite of any number of Allen's presumed other real-life young paramours from that period, not necessarily Nelkin or Engelhardt. When asked, Allen declined to comment.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baum|first=Gary|date=December 17, 2018|title=Woody Allen's Secret Teen Lover Speaks: Sex, Power and a Conflicted Muse Who Inspired 'Manhattan'|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/woody-allens-secret-teen-lover-manhattan-muse-speaks-1169782|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref>

=== Diane Keaton ===
[[File:Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, Jerry Lacy Play it Again, Sam Broadway.JPG|thumb|Allen with [[Diane Keaton]] and [[Jerry Lacy]] in the play ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]'']]
In 1968,<ref>{{cite web|first=Raechal|last=Shewfelt|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/woody-allen-defender-diane-keatons-long-history-director-215711186.html|work=Yahoo!|title=Woody Allen defender Diane Keaton's long history with the director|date=January 30, 2018}}</ref> Allen cast [[Diane Keaton]] in his Broadway show ''[[Play It Again, Sam (film)|Play It Again, Sam]].'' During the run she and Allen became romantically involved. Although they broke up after a year, she continued to star in his films, including ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' as a futuristic poet and ''[[Love and Death]]'' as a composite character based on the novels of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoevsky]]. ''[[Annie Hall]]'' was very important in Allen's and Keaton's careers. It is said that the role was written for her, as Keaton's birth name was Diane Hall. She then starred in ''[[Interiors]]'' as a poet, followed by ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]''. In 1987, she had a cameo as a nightclub singer in ''[[Radio Days]]'', and she was chosen to replace [[Mia Farrow]] in ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]'' after Allen and Farrow began having problems with their relationship. In total Keaton has starred in eight of Allen's films. As of 2018 Keaton and Allen remained close friends.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mumford|first=Gwilym|date=January 30, 2018|title=Diane Keaton: 'Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him'|newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/30/diane-keaton-woody-allen-dylan-farrow|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In a rare public appearance, Allen presented Keaton with the [[AFI Life Achievement Award]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Woody Allen Makes Rare L.A. Appearance at Diane Keaton AFI Event|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-makes-rare-la-appearance-at-diane-keaton-afi-event-1011793|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

=== Mia Farrow ===
Allen and [[Mia Farrow]] met in 1979 and began a relationship in 1980;<ref name="Lax24Feb1991">{{cite news|last1=Lax|first1=Eric|date=February 24, 1991|title=Woody and Mia: A New York Story|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/24/magazine/woody-and-mia-a-new-york-story.html|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> Farrow starred in 13 of Allen's films from 1982 to 1992.<ref name="CNN11May2016">{{cite news|date=May 11, 2016|title=Woody Allen, Mia Farrow family tree|website=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/02/03/showbiz/gallery/allen-farrow-family-tree/index.html|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> Throughout the relationship they lived in separate apartments on opposite sides of [[Central Park]] in Manhattan. Farrow had seven children when they met: three biological sons from her marriage to composer [[André Previn]], three adopted girls (two Vietnamese and one South Korean, [[Soon-Yi Previn]]), and an adopted South Korean boy, [[Moses Farrow]].<ref name="Lax24Feb1991" />

In 1984, she and Allen tried to conceive a child together; Allen agreed to this on the understanding that he need not be involved in the child's care. When the effort failed, Farrow adopted a baby girl, [[Dylan Farrow]], in July 1985. Allen was not involved in the adoption, but when Dylan arrived he assumed a parental role toward her and began spending more time in Farrow's home.<ref name="Stern10Feb2014">{{cite news|last1=Stern|first1=Marlow|date=February 10, 2014|title=Inside the Shocking Custody Case Court Documents that Shed Light on the Dylan Farrow-Woody Allen Saga|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-shocking-custody-case-court-documents-that-shed-light-on-the-dylan-farrow-woody-allen-saga}}</ref> On December 19, 1987, Farrow gave birth to their son [[Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow]].<ref>{{cite news|date=December 22, 1987|title=Son Born to Mia Farrow And Woody Allen|newspaper=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/22/arts/son-born-to-mia-farrow-and-woody-allen.html}}</ref><ref name="ronan">{{cite magazine|date=October 2, 2013|title=Exclusive: Mia Farrow and Eight of Her Children Speak Out on Their Lives, Frank Sinatra, and the Scandals They've Endured|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/10/mia-farrow-children-family-scandal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031041558/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/10/mia-farrow-children-family-scandal|archive-date=October 31, 2013|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> According to Allen, his intimate relationship with Mia Farrow ceased completely after Satchel's birth and he was asked to return her apartment key; they maintained a working relationship when they filmed a movie, and he regularly visited Moses, Dylan and Satchel, but he and Mia were only "social companions on those occasions where there'd be a dinner, an event, but after the event she'd go home and I'd go home."{{sfn|Allen|2020|p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}} In 1991, Farrow wanted to adopt another child. According to a 1993 custody hearing, Allen told her he would not object to another adoption so long as she would agree to his adoption of Dylan and Moses; that adoption was finalized in December 1991.<ref name=Stern10Feb2014/> [[Eric Lax]], Allen's biographer, wrote in ''The New York Times'' that Allen was "there before they [the children] wake up in the morning, he sees them during the day and he helps put them to bed at night".<ref name=Lax24Feb1991/>

=== Soon-Yi Previn ===
[[File:Woody_Allen_Soon_Yi_Previn_in_Venice_-_GianAngelo_Pistoia.jpg|thumb|left|Allen and [[Soon-Yi Previn]] in Venice]]
In 1977, Mia Farrow and André Previn adopted [[Soon-Yi Previn]] from [[Seoul]], South Korea. She had been abandoned. The Seoul Family Court established a Family Census Register (legal birth document) on her behalf on December 28, 1976, with a presumptive birth date of October 8, 1970.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TYoAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Soon+Hee+Oh,+aka+Soon+Yi+Oh%22|title=United States Congressional serial set|date=1977|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPBIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22October+8%22|title=Congressional Serial Set|date=1978|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref> According to Mia Farrow, a bone scan in the U.S. estimated that she was between six and eight years old ("We're saying seven") in early 1978, in accordance with the Seoul Family Court's information.<ref name="time.com">{{cite web|last1=Corliss|first1=Richard|date=August 31, 1992|title=Woody Allen and Mia Farrow: Scenes From A Breakup|url=https://time.com/archive/6721062/woody-allen-and-mia-farrow-scenes-from-a-breakup/|access-date=December 11, 2024|website=Time.com}}</ref> According to Previn, her first friendly interaction with Allen took place when she was injured playing soccer during [[Eleventh grade|11th grade]] and Allen offered to transport her to school. After her injury, she began attending [[New York Knicks]] games with Allen in 1990.<ref name="vulture.com">{{cite web|last1=Merkin|first1=Daphne|date=September 16, 2018|title=After Decades of Silence, Soon-Yi Previn Speaks|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/09/soon-yi-previn-speaks.html|access-date=November 14, 2018|website=Vulture}}</ref> They attended more games and by 1991 had become closer.<ref name=Stern10Feb2014/> In September 1991, she began studies at [[Drew University]] in New Jersey.<ref name="Hoban">{{cite magazine|last1=Hoban|first1=Phoebe|date=September 21, 1992|title=Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Woody and Mia (But Were Afraid to Ask)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40|magazine=New York|pages=40–|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>

In January 1992, Farrow found nude photographs of Previn in Allen's home. Allen, then 56, told Farrow that he had taken the photos the day before, about two weeks after he first had sex with Previn.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Perez-Pena|first1=Richard|date=March 23, 1993|title=Nude Photographs Are Focus Of Woody Allen's Testimony|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/23/nyregion/nude-photographs-are-focus-of-woody-allen-s-testimony.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117221845/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/23/nyregion/nude-photographs-are-focus-of-woody-allen-s-testimony.html|archive-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref> Both Farrow and Allen contacted lawyers shortly after the photographs were discovered.<ref name=Stern10Feb2014/><ref name="OrthNov1992">{{cite news|last=Orth|first=Maureen|author-link=Maureen Orth|date=August 5, 2008|title=Mia's Story|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1992/11/farrow199211|url-status=live|access-date=November 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221205817/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1992/11/farrow199211|archive-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref> Previn was asked to leave summer camp because she was spending too much time taking calls from a "Mr. Simon", who turned out to be Allen.<ref name="Hoban" />
[[File:Soon Yi Previn and Woody Allen at the Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|[[Soon-Yi Previn]] and Allen, 2009]]

In an August 1992 interview with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, Allen said, "I am not Soon-Yi's father or stepfather", adding: "I've never even lived with Mia. I've never in my entire life slept at Mia's apartment, and I never even used to go over there until my children came along seven years ago. I never had any family dinners over there. I was not a father to her adopted kids in any sense of the word." Saying that Soon-Yi never treated him as a father figure and that he rarely spoke to her before their romantic relationship, Allen seemed to see few or no problems with their relationship.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 30, 2015|title=A history of Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn describing their relationship, from "the heart wants what it wants" to "I was paternal"|url=https://www.salon.com/2015/07/30/a_history_of_woody_allen_and_soon_yi_previn_describing_their_relationship_from_the_heart_wants_what_it_wants_to_i_was_paternal/|website=Salon}}</ref>

On August 17, 1992, Allen issued a statement saying that he was in love with Previn.<ref name="Weber">{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|date=August 18, 1992|title=Public Disclosures From the Private Life of Woody Allen|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/18/nyregion/public-disclosures-from-the-private-life-of-woody-allen.html|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> Their relationship became public and "erupted into tabloid headlines and late-night monologues in August 1992".<ref name="unruly">{{cite magazine|last1=Klepp|first1=L. S.|date=February 18, 2000|title=The Unruly Life of Woody Allen|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/02/18/unruly-life-woody-allen-2/|access-date=November 14, 2018|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

Allen and Previn were married in [[Venice]], Italy, on December 23, 1997.<ref name="Collins">{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Glenn|date=December 25, 1997|title=Mixed Reviews Greet Woody Allen Marriage|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/25/nyregion/mixed-reviews-greet-woody-allen-marriage.html|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> They have two adopted daughters,<ref name="baby">{{cite news|date=April 27, 1999|title=Woody Allen and Wife Have a Baby Daughter|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/27/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-york-woody-allen-and-wife-have-a-baby-daughter.html|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Shoard">{{cite web|last1=Shoard|first1=Catherine|date=August 25, 2016|title=Woody Allen: 'There are traumas in life that weaken us. That's what has happened to me'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/25/woody-allen-traumas-in-life-weaken-us-cafe-society-amazon|access-date=November 14, 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref> and live in the [[Carnegie Hill]] section of Manhattan's [[Upper East Side]].<ref name="townhouse">{{cite web|last1=Thurman|first1=Judith|date=September 21, 2016|title=Tour Woody Allen's English Country–Style Manhattan Townhouse|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/woody-allen-new-york-home-article|access-date=November 14, 2018|website=Architectural Digest}}</ref>

=== Sexual abuse allegation ===
{{Main|Woody Allen sexual abuse allegation}}

According to court testimony, on August 4, 1992, Allen visited the children at Mia Farrow's home in [[Bridgewater, Connecticut|Bridgewater]], Connecticut, while she was shopping with a friend.<ref name=OrthNov1992/> The next day, that friend's babysitter told her employer that she had seen that "Dylan was sitting on the sofa, and Woody was kneeling on the floor, facing her, with his head in her lap".<ref name="MarksApril101993">{{cite news|last1=Marks|first1=Peter|date=April 10, 1993|title=Sitter Questions Allen Actions With Daughter|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/10/nyregion/sitter-questions-allen-actions-with-daughter.html}}</ref>{{sfn|Groteke|1994|p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}|ps= After Alison Stickland left Frog Hollow on the afternoon of August 4, she told Casey in passing, "I had seen something at Mia's that was bothering me." What she claimed to have seen was this: In the television room that afternoon, Dylan was sitting on the sofa, and Woody was kneeling on the floor, facing her, with his head in her lap. Casey phoned Mia the next day, August 5, and, in passing, related Alison's remark.}} When Farrow asked Dylan about it, Dylan allegedly said that Allen had touched Dylan's "private part" while they were alone together in the attic.<ref name="OrthNov1992" /> Allen strongly denied the allegation, calling it "an unconscionable and gruesomely damaging manipulation of innocent children for vindictive and self-serving motives".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barron|first1=James|date=August 19, 1992|title=Striking Back, Woody Allen Denies Child Sex-Abuse Allegation|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/19/nyregion/striking-back-woody-allen-denies-child-sex-abuse-allegation.html}}</ref> He then began proceedings in [[New York Supreme Court]] for sole custody of his and Farrow's son Satchel, as well as Dylan and Moses, their two adopted children.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|date=August 14, 1992|title=Woody Allen Files Child-Custody Lawsuit|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/14/nyregion/woody-allen-files-child-custody-lawsuit.html}}</ref> In March 1993, a six-month investigation by the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic of [[Yale-New Haven Hospital]] concluded that Dylan had not been sexually abused.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Perez-Pena|first1=Richard|date=March 19, 1993|title=Woody Allen Says Report Clears Him|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/19/nyregion/woody-allen-says-report-clears-him.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Marks|first1=Peter|date=April 28, 1993|title=Yale Study About Allen Flawed, Expert Testifies|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/28/nyregion/yale-study-about-allen-flawed-expert-testifies.html}}</ref>

In June 1993, Judge Elliott Wilk rejected Allen's bid for custody and rejected the allegation of sexual abuse. Wilk said he was less certain than the Yale-New Haven team that there was conclusive evidence that there was no sexual abuse and called Allen's conduct with Dylan "grossly inappropriate",<ref name="HennebergerNYTimes25091993">{{cite news|last=Henneberger|first=Melinda|date=September 25, 1993|title=Connecticut Prosecutor Won't File Charges Against Woody Allen|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/25/nyregion/connecticut-prosecutor-won-t-file-charges-against-woody-allen.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Marks|first=Peter|date=June 8, 1993|title=Allen Loses to Farrow in Bitter Custody Battle|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/02/23/reviews/farrow-verdict.html}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Wilk|first=Elliot J.|title=Custody Case Ruling|date=July 6, 1993|publisher=Supreme Court - New York County | location=New York, NY |quote=The evidence suggests that it is unlikely that he could be successfully prosecuted for sexual abuse. I am less certain, however, than is the Yale-New Haven team, that the evidence proves conclusively that there was no sexual abuse.}}</ref> although not sexual.<ref>{{Citation|last=Wilk|first=Elliot J.|title=Custody Case Ruling|date=June 7, 1993|publisher=Supreme Court - New York County|quote=I did not see it as sexual, but I saw it as inappropriately intense because it excluded everybody else}}</ref> In September 1993, the state prosecutor announced that despite having "probable cause", he would not pursue charges in order "to avoid the unjustifiable risk of exposing a child to the rigors and uncertainties of a questionable prosecution".<ref name="HennebergerNYTimes25091993" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Maco|first=Frank S.|date=November 24, 1993|title=Statement of Decision 9-24-1993|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/204662575/Statement-of-Decision-9-24-1993|access-date=March 23, 2019|website=Scribd}}</ref> In October 1993 the [[New York State Office of Children and Family Services|New York Child Welfare Agency]] of the [[New York State Department of Social Services|State Department of Social Services]] closed a 14-month investigation and concluded there was not credible evidence of abuse or maltreatment, and the allegation was unfounded.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perez-Pena|first=Richard|date=October 26, 1993|title=Agency Drops Abuse Inquiry in Allen Case|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/26/nyregion/agency-drops-abuse-inquiry-in-allen-case.html|access-date=March 24, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2014, when Allen received a [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award]] for Lifetime Achievement, the issue returned to the forefront of media attention, with [[Mia Farrow]] and [[Ronan Farrow]] making disparaging remarks about Allen on Twitter.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 13, 2014|title=Golden Globes 2014: Mia and Ronan Farrow tweet about Woody Allen|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/2014/01/13/woody-allen-golden-globes-ronan-farrow-mia-farrow/|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329002437/https://ew.com/article/2014/01/13/woody-allen-golden-globes-ronan-farrow-mia-farrow/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pulver|first=Andrew|date=January 13, 2014|title=Woody Allen Golden Globe greeted with derision by Mia and Ronan Farrow|language=en-GB|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/13/golden-globes-woody-allen-mia-farrow-tweet|access-date=March 28, 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> On February 1, 2014, ''[[New York Times]]'' journalist [[Nicholas Kristof]], with Dylan's permission, published a column that included excerpts from a letter Dylan had written to Kristof restating the allegation against Allen, and called out fellow actors who have continued to work in his films.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kristof|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Kristof|date=February 2, 2014|title=Dylan Farrow's Story|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/kristof-dylan-farrows-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202020347/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/kristof-dylan-farrows-story.html |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Farrow|first=Dylan|date=February 1, 2014|title=An Open Letter From Dylan Farrow|url=https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=On the Ground|language=en-US}}</ref> Allen responded to the allegation in an open letter, also in ''The New York Times,'' strongly denying it. "Of course, I did not molest Dylan...No one wants to discourage abuse victims from speaking out, but one must bear in mind that sometimes there are people who are falsely accused and that is also a terribly destructive thing", he wrote.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Woody|date=February 9, 2014|title=Woody Allen Speaks Out|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208022539/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html |archive-date=February 8, 2014 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Hadley|last=Freeman|date=December 11, 2020|title=Moses Farrow: 'I'd be very happy to take my father's surname'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/11/moses-farrow-id-be-very-happy-to-take-my-fathers-surname|access-date=December 28, 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Holson|first=Laura M.|date=May 24, 2018|title=Moses Farrow Defends Woody Allen, and His Family Pushes Back|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/arts/moses-farrow-woody-allen-dylan-abuse.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524230630/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/arts/moses-farrow-woody-allen-dylan-abuse.html |archive-date=May 24, 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=December 28, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2018, [[Moses Farrow]] (who was present at Mia's Bridgewater house during Allen's visit) published a blog post called "A Son Speaks Out." In the post, Moses strenuously denied the abuse allegations, writing, "given the incredibly inaccurate and misleading attacks on my father, Woody Allen, I feel that I can no longer stay silent as he continues to be condemned for a crime he did not commit." He also recounted a series of instances of alleged physical abuse at the hands of Mia Farrow: "It pains me to recall instances in which I witnessed siblings, some blind or physically disabled, dragged down a flight of stairs to be thrown into a bedroom or a closet, then having the door locked from the outside. [Mia] even shut my brother Thaddeus, paraplegic from polio, in an outdoor shed overnight as punishment for a minor transgression".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hoyle|first=Ben|date=May 25, 2018|title=Mia Farrow abused me, says son Moses|language=en|work=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/mia-farrow-abused-me-says-son-moses-qbcdnm589|access-date=February 3, 2022|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A SON SPEAKS OUT By Moses Farrow|url=https://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-son-speaks-out-by-moses-farrow.html|access-date=December 28, 2021|website=A SON SPEAKS OUT By Moses Farrow}}</ref>

===Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein===
In December 2025, Allen said he was "not sorry" for his friendship with child sex trafficker [[Jeffrey Epstein]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/style/allen-epstein.html|title=Woody Allen Is Not Sorry About His Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein|publisher=New York Times|date=December 13, 2025|accessdate=December 22, 2025}}</ref> The two were acknowledged to have been neighbors by December 2010.<ref name=allenepstein>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/woody-allen-jeffery-epstein-prince-andrew-wife-jrkm02l6l?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcu9bD9zgM4qztRYdfAuqjsFa-KNQNTqgKvseTJ8PlJ3-Elvb1QpfPlmx9tGuM%3D&gaa_ts=6949aa10&gaa_sig=6ECNS-OEWGtk_Kwn5lTjnyUueXuiC4jediIdkHiL_Oiraj7A3N8mmG4_hf8Hr3os6E7iWgF52c4P7w2hA9j3Eg%3D%3D|title=Woody Allen on Epstein, Prince Andrew and publishing his first novel at 89|first=Hadley|last=Freeman|publisher=The Times|date=December 13, 2010|accessdate=December 22, 2025}}</ref> In September 2025, Alled said that none of the many girlfriends Epstein had when they were neighbors were underage girls and called Epstein "charming and personable".<ref name=allenepstein /> In a letter Allen sent Epstein for his 63rd birthday in 2016, he wrote that "several young women" visited Epstein, that the parties he attended at Epstein's New York City home were also attended by "politicians, scientists, teachers, magicians, comedians, intellectuals, journalists, an entymologist [''sic''], a concert pianist",<ref name=allen2016birthdaylettertojeffrey>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/woody-allen-compared-jeffrey-epstein-to-dracula-1236338646/|title=Woody Allen Compared Jeffrey Epstein to Dracula in Birthday Letter|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 6, 2025|accessdate=December 22, 2025}}</ref> and that Epstein's New York City townhome reminded him of "Castle Dracula where Lugosi has three young female vampires who service the place. Add to this that Jeffrey lives in a vast house alone, one can picture him sleeping in damp earth."<ref name=allen2016birthdaylettertojeffrey />

== Works about Allen ==
From 1976 to 1984 [[Stuart Hample]] wrote and drew ''[[Inside Woody Allen]]'', a comic strip based on Allen's film persona.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hample|first1=Stuart|title=How I turned Woody Allen into a comic strip|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/18/woody-allen-comic-strip|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=April 13, 2016|date=October 19, 2009|archive-date= January 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114184846/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/18/woody-allen-comic-strip|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hample_stuart.htm|title=Stuart Hample|website=lambiek.net|access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref>

The 1997 documentary ''[[Wild Man Blues]]'', directed by [[Barbara Kopple]], focuses on Allen, and other documentaries featuring Allen include the 2002 cable television documentary ''Woody Allen: A Life in Film'', directed by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' film critic [[Richard Schickel]], which interlaces interviews of Allen with clips of his films,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/411361/woody-allen-a-life-in-film#articles-reviews?articleId=34848|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701105550/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/411361/Woody-Allen-A-Life-in-Film/#articles-reviews?articleId=34848|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2012|title=Woody Allen: A Life in Film (2002)|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref> and the 1986 short film ''[[Meetin' WA]]'', in which Allen is interviewed by [[French New Wave]] director [[Jean-Luc Godard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openculture.com/2012/12/imeetin_wai_jean-luc_godard_films_woody_allen_in_short_1986_documentary.html|title=Watch Meetin' WA: Jean-Luc Godard Films Woody Allen in 1986 Short Film|website=Open Culture|access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Woody Allen statue, Oviedo, Spain, November 2014.jpg|thumb|[[Monument to Woody Allen]] in [[Oviedo]], Spain]]
In 2003, a life-size bronze [[Monument to Woody Allen|statue of Allen]] was installed in [[Oviedo]], Spain. He had visited the city the previous year to accept a [[Princess of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Erickson |first1=Amanda |title='An abuser and pervert': Women in Spain want a statue of Woody Allen removed |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/22/an-abuser-and-pervert-women-in-spain-want-a-statue-of-woody-allen-removed/ |access-date=March 12, 2022 |date=January 22, 2018}}</ref>

In 2011, the [[PBS]] series ''[[American Masters]]'' co-produced the documentary ''[[Woody Allen: A Documentary]]'', directed by [[Robert B. Weide]]. New interviews provide insight and backstory with [[Diane Keaton]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Penélope Cruz]], [[Dianne Wiest]], [[Larry David]], [[Chris Rock]], [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Dick Cavett]], and [[Leonard Maltin]], among others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/07/woody-allen-a-documentary-review|title=Woody Allen: A Documentary – review|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw| newspaper=The Guardian |date=June 7, 2012|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

[[Eric Lax]] wrote the book ''Woody Allen: A Biography''.{{sfn|Lax|1992 |p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}}

In 2015, [[David Evanier]] published ''Woody: The Biography'', which was billed as the first new biography of Allen in over a decade.

In early March 2020, [[Grand Central Publishing]], a division of [[Hachette Book Group]], announced that it would publish Allen's memoir, ''Apropos of Nothing'', on April 7, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/03/woody-allen-autobiography-apropos-of-nothing-published|title=Woody Allen autobiography to be published next month|date=March 3, 2020|work=Guardian|access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> Days later, after employee walkouts, parent company Hachette announced that the title was canceled and rights had reverted to Allen.<ref>
{{Cite news|last=Pineda|first=Dorany |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-03-06/publisher-cancels-woody-allen-memoir|title=Publisher cancels Woody Allen's memoir a month before publication|date=March 6, 2020|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> On March 23, 2020, [[Skyhorse Publishing]] announced that it had acquired and released ''Apropos of Nothing'' through its [[Arcade Publishing|Arcade]] imprint.<ref name="NYT20200323" />

In February 2021, [[HBO]] released [[Kirby Dick]]'s and [[Amy Ziering]]'s four-part documentary ''[[Allen v. Farrow]]'', which explores the sexual abuse allegations against Allen.<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/movies/woody-allen-farrow-accusations.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/movies/woody-allen-farrow-accusations.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited|title=Filmmakers Look at Woody Allen Abuse Allegations in Four-Part Series|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Nicole|last=Sperling|date=February 5, 2021|access-date=February 5, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/secret-explosive-woody-allen-doc-series-from-kirby-dick-amy-ziering-coming-to-hbo|title=Secret, Explosive Woody Allen Doc Series From Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering Coming to HBO|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=February 5, 2021|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> The series drew largely positive reviews from critics. [[Lorraine Ali]] of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that it "makes a compelling argument that Allen got away with the unthinkable thanks to his fame, money, and revered standing in the world of film—and that a little girl never received justice."<ref>{{cite news|first=Lorraine|last=Ali|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-02-19/allen-v-farrow-hbo-woody-mia-dylan-ronan-moses|title=Review: HBO's devastating 'Allen v. Farrow' is a nail in the coffin of Woody Allen's legacy|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 19, 2021}}</ref> Rachel Brodsky wrote in ''[[The Independent]]'' that the "documentary will sound the death knell for Woody Allen's career."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Rachel|last=Brodsky|date=February 22, 2021|title=Allen v Farrow will sound the death knell for Woody Allen's career – review|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/allen-v-farrow-review-woody-allen-abuse-b1805456.html|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=[[The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref> [[Hadley Freeman]] in ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that the series "sets itself up as an investigation but much more resembles [[Public relations|PR]], as biased and partial as a political candidate's advert vilifying an opponent in election season."<ref>{{cite news|first=Hadley|last=Freeman|authorlink=Hadley Freeman|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/03/allen-v-farrow-woody-allen-mia-farrow-documentary-is-pure-pr-why-else-would-it-omit-so-much|title= Allen v Farrow is pure PR. Why else would it omit so much?|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date= March 3, 2021|access-date= March 15, 2021}}</ref> A statement on behalf of Allen and Previn denounced the documentary as "a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods" and said that they were approached two months before it was aired on HBO and "given only a matter of days 'to respond.' Of course, they declined to do so."<ref name="response">{{cite web
|first=Abid|last=Rahman|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-soon-yi-previn-respond-to-allen-v-farrow-filmmakers-these-documentarians-had-no-interest-in-the-truth
|title=Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn Respond to 'Allen v. Farrow' Filmmakers: "These Documentarians Had No Interest in the Truth"
|access-date=February 21, 2021
|date=February 21, 2021
|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]
}}</ref> The filmmakers said they gave Allen and Previn two weeks to comment, which is "more than ample time by journalistic standards."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stern|first=Marlow|date=March 9, 2021|title='Allen v. Farrow' Filmmakers Call Out Woody Allen: 'What Are You Afraid Of?'|language=en|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/allen-v-farrow-filmmakers-call-out-woody-allen-what-are-you-afraid-of|access-date=May 19, 2021}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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===Works cited===
* {{cite news |title=Woody Allen on Life, Films and Whatever Works |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105400872|publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |date=June 15, 2009}}
* {{cite book |last1=Allen |first1=Woody |last2=Luttazzi |first2=Daniele Daniele |title=Rivincite |date=2004 |publisher=Bompiani |isbn=978-88-452-3306-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vveYAAAACAAJ |language=it}}
* {{cite book |last=Allen |first=Woody |title=Apropos of Nothing |publisher=Arcade Publishing |edition=1st |date=2020 |isbn=978-1-951627-34-8|oclc=1146226397}}
* {{cite book|last1=Bailey|first1=Peter J.|title=The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen|date=2001|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0813190419}}
* {{cite book| author-link=John Baxter (author)|last=Baxter|first=John|year=1998|title=Woody Allen: A Biography|location= New York|publisher= [[Carroll & Graf]]|isbn=978-0786708079}}
* {{cite book |last1=Björkman |first1=Stig |title=Woody Allen on Woody Allen |date=1993 |publisher=Faber & Faber |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X5BlQgAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3P7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT46|page=46|title=Unsettling: Jews, Whiteness, and Incest in American Popular Culture|first=Eli |last=Bromberg|publisher=Rutgers University Press|date= November 13, 2020|isbn=9781978807259}}
* {{cite book |last=Child |first=Doreen |title= Charlie Kaufman: Confessions of an Original Mind |publisher= Praeger |date=2010 |isbn=9780313358616 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rws44nfh2C4C&q=%22I+always+loved+the+Marx+Brothers,+Woody+Allen,+and,+when+I+was+older,+Lenny+Bruce.&pg=PA4}}
* {{cite book |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007 |date=November 2006 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |isbn=978-0-7407-6157-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtJgv-f-nl8C}}
* {{cite book |title=Woody: The Biography |first=David|last=Evanier|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |location=New York City|date=2015 |isbn=978-1250047267}}
* {{cite book |last1=Finch |first1=John |last2=Cox |first2=Michael |last3=Giles |first3=Marjorie |title=Granada Television--The First Generation |date=November 8, 2003 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-6515-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkfW4c2PwwcC }}
* {{cite book|last1=Fox|first1=Julian|url=https://archive.org/details/woodymoviesfromm0000foxj/page/111|title=Woody: Movies from Manhattan|date=1996|publisher=Overlook Press|isbn=978-0879516925|location=Woodstock, New York}}
* {{cite journal|title=Getting Even: Literary Posterity and the Case for Woody Allen|last1=Galef |first1=David|volume=64| issue = 2|date=February 21, 2003|jstor=3201987|journal=South Atlantic Review|pages=146–160 |doi=10.2307/3201987 | issn=0277-335X}}
* {{cite news|author-link=Terry Gross|last=Gross|first= Terry|date=January 27, 2012|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/01/27/145760095/woody-allen-blending-real-life-with-fiction |title=Woody Allen: Blending Real Life With Fiction|work=[[Fresh Air]]|access-date=April 7, 2012|archive-date= September 11, 2012| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911075355/http://www.npr.org/2012/01/27/145760095/woody-allen-blending-real-life-with-fiction|url-status=live}}
* {{Cite book|last=Groteke|first=Kristi|url=https://archive.org/details/miawoodylovebetr00grot|title=Mia & Woody: Love and Betrayal|date=1994|publisher=Carroll & Graf|isbn=9780786700660|oclc=1036704501|quote=After Alison Stickland left Frog Hollow on the afternoon of August 4, she told Casey in passing, "I had seen something at Mia's that was bothering me." What she claimed to have seen was this: In the television room that afternoon, Dylan was sitting on the sofa, and Woody was kneeling on the floor, facing her, with his head in her lap. Casey phoned Mia the next day, August 5, and, in passing, related Alison's remark.|url-access=registration}}
* {{cite web|title=Made-for-TV Woody|work=New York Magazine|first=John|last=Leonard|author-link=John Leonard (critic)|page=92|date=December 12, 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-QCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731203553/https://books.google.com/books?id=M-QCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92|url-status=live}}
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* {{cite journal |last1=Kakutani |first1=Michiko |title=Woody Allen, The Art of Humor No. 1 |issue=136 |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1550/woody-allen-the-art-of-humor-no-1-woody-allen |journal=The Paris Review |volume=Fall 1995 |access-date=November 14, 2018 |date=1995}}
* {{cite book |last1=Lax |first1=Eric |title=Woody Allen: A Biography |date=1992 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0-306-80985-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCZBPgAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book |last1=Lax |first1=Eric |last2=Allen |first2=Woody |title=Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking |date=2009 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |isbn=978-1-4000-3149-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSDFwAEACAAJ }}
* {{cite book |last1=Meade |first1=Marion |title=The unruly life of Woody Allen: a biography |url=https://archive.org/details/unrulylifeofwood00mead |url-access=limited |year=2000 |publisher=Scribner |location=New York |isbn=978-0-684-83374-3 |oclc=42291110 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Nachman |first1=Gerald |title=Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s |date=2003 |publisher=Pantheon Books |isbn=978-0-375-41030-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBxgAAAAMAAJ}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QV8YAQAAIAAJ&q=%22was+the+son+of+Martin+Konigsberg+and+Netty+Cherrie,+the+American-born+%22 |title=Encyclopedia of American Jewish history – Stephen Harlan Norwood, Eunice G. Pollack – Google Books |access-date=July 24, 2013|isbn=9781851096381 |last1=Norwood |first1=Stephen Harlan |last2=Pollack |first2=Eunice G. |year=2008 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}
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