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Woody Allen

American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)

  • Audience22.8K
  • Fame82.9
  • Momentum1.7
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  • Audience22.8K
  • Fame82.9
  • Momentum1.7
  • United States rank#131
  • Directors rank#4
  • Wikipedia278.4K
Born 1935 · age 91United States
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  • Wikipedia
    111 languages
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  • Rank in United States
    #131
    Directors
  • Age
    91
    Born 1935
  • Known for
    Pussycat, Pussycat, I …
    1970
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

A filmmaker who churned out roughly a film a year for half a century, working the seam between New York neurosis and existential wit—until a custody battle in 1992 brought an abuse allegation that he was never charged for but never escaped.

Biography

About

Born Allan Stewart Konigsberg in November 1935, he started as a comedy writer for Sid Caesar, then refined a fretful intellectual persona in Greenwich Village clubs and pieces for The New Yorker. After slapstick turns like Take the Money and Run and Sleeper, he made Annie Hall in 1977—a romantic comedy-drama with Diane Keaton that swept four Oscars and sealed him as an auteur of the New Hollywood wave. The decades that followed brought Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and a nearly annual rhythm of films set mostly in New York. His professional and personal relationsh…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Woody Allen

Woody Allen
said
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
— A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982).
Woody Allen
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To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
— Stardust Memories (1980).
Woody Allen
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Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.
— Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" from The New York Times (1 December 1975).
Woody Allen
said
There have been times when I've thought of suicide but with my luck it'd probably be a temporary solution.
— Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" from The New York Times (1 December 1975).
Woody Allen
said
The difference between sex and death is, with death you can do it alone and nobody's going to make fun of you.
— Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" from The New York Times (1 December 1975).
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Awards

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  • Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
  • Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
  • honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University
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Score breakdown

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Fame
Stable
82.9
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum1.7
Historical34.0
Now attention15.4
Source confidence90.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#131
Category rank
#4
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