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DetailsAKA:
Allen Stewart Konigsberg,
Heywood Allen
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
12/01/1935 Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, United States photos   biography
With over 40 films to his name and at least four distinct “style phases” evident throughout his long career, Woody Allen was one of very few American filmmakers who could rightly be labeled an auteur. From the irreverent absurdity of his early satires to his chronicles of neurotic New York artists and conflicted European romantics, Allen’s obsessions with the yearning for beauty, the balm of psychiatry, intellectual and professional acceptance, and Judaism vs. the elusive WASP world were never far beneath the surface. Unique among contemporary independent filmmakers, Allen had a constant
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Milestone
At age 15, began sending jokes to columnists Walter Winchell and Earl Wilson
Worked at a public relations firm supplying comedy material to Bob Hope and Arthur Murray
1953
After flunking out of NYU, joined the NBC Writer's Program; contributed to "The Colgate Comedy Hour"
1955
Hired as a writer for "Your Show Of Shows" at age 19; began writing gags for Herb Shriner, Buddy Hackett and Art Carney
1960
Stage writing debut for revue, "From A to Z"
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