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[[Image:Woody_Allen.jpg|thumb|200px|Woody Allen]]

[[Image:Woody_Allen.jpg|thumb|200px|Woody Allen]]

'''Woody Allen''' (1935 - ) was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He is a former stand-up [[comedian]], and currently an acclaimed [[writer]], [[director]] and [[actor]]. He now lives in [[Manhattan]].  Best known for his offbeat and often self-deprecating comedies, Allen produced his most popular films in the 1970s, most notably ''Annie Hall'', which set a mold for romantic comedies that others would try to emulate.  His work in the 80s and 90s changed to darker comedies.  Allen's more recent films have done well at the box office, with his 2011 film ''Midnight In Paris'' earning more than any of his previous films.  He considers his 2005 movie ''Match Point'' to be one of his best.  Since the early '80s, Allen has made a movie a year.

'''Woody Allen''' (born 1935) was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He is a former stand-up [[comedian]], and currently an acclaimed [[writer]], [[director]] and [[actor]]. He now lives in [[Manhattan]].  Best known for his offbeat and often self-deprecating comedies, Allen produced his most popular films in the 1970s, most notably ''Annie Hall'', which set a mold for romantic comedies that others would try to emulate.  His work in the 80s and 90s changed to darker comedies.  Allen's more recent films have done well at the box office, with his 2011 film ''Midnight In Paris'' earning more than any of his previous films.  He considers his 2005 movie ''Match Point'' to be one of his best.  Since the early '80s, Allen has made a movie a year.

==Career overview==

==Career overview==

Woody Allen is an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2013/02/23/10_celebs_you_didnt_know_were_atheists_partner/ 10 celebs you didn't know were atheists], ''Salon'' 2-23-2010</ref>

Woody Allen is an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2013/02/23/10_celebs_you_didnt_know_were_atheists_partner/ 10 celebs you didn't know were atheists], ''Salon'' 2-23-2010</ref>

In 1992 Allen's moral depravity was revealed when Mia Farrow, with whom he had a long time relationship but did not marry, discovered nude photographs taken by Allen of Farrow's then 21-year-old daughter Soon-Yi Previn, whom she had adopted as a child in Korea. Through his relationship with Farrow, Allen had known Soon-Yi since she was 9.  Farrow had been unaware that Allen had seduced her daughter, and after the discovery Farrow ended her relationship with Allen. However Previn remained with Allen and she and Farrow became estranged. In 1997, Previn, then 27, and Allen, 62, were married.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/24/woody.weds/ Woody Allen marries Soon-Yi in Venice], [[CNN]]</ref> Allen said, regarding Farrow seeing the nude pictures of Soon-Yi that he had left out in the open, "It was just one of those fortuitous events, one of the great pieces of luck in my life."<ref>[http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2005/12/woodyallen200512?currentPage=3 Vanity Fair Online, Dec 2005]</ref>  According to Farrow's biography, ''What Falls Away'', [[Frank Sinatra]] (her former husband) offered to have Allen's legs broken when the affair with Previn was discovered.<ref>Internet Movie Database [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000095/bio]</ref> He also admitted recently that he [[Nihilism|believes life to be inherently meaningless]], which is why he made the protagonists of his films hold the same views.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/07/22/Woody-Allen-believes-life-is-meaningless--says-his-protagonists-views-reflect-his-own</ref>

In 1992 Allen's moral depravity was revealed when Mia Farrow, with whom he had a long time relationship but did not marry, discovered nude photographs taken by Allen of Farrow's then 21-year-old daughter Soon-Yi Previn, whom she had adopted as a child in Korea. Through his relationship with Farrow, Allen had known Soon-Yi since she was 9.  Farrow had been unaware that Allen had seduced her daughter, and after the discovery Farrow ended her relationship with Allen. However Previn remained with Allen and she and Farrow became estranged. In 1997, Previn, then 27, and Allen, 62, were married.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/24/woody.weds/ Woody Allen marries Soon-Yi in Venice], [[CNN]]</ref> Allen said, regarding Farrow seeing the nude pictures of Soon-Yi that he had left out in the open, "It was just one of those fortuitous events, one of the great pieces of luck in my life."<ref>[http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2005/12/woodyallen200512?currentPage=3 Vanity Fair Online, Dec 2005]</ref>  According to Farrow's biography, ''What Falls Away'', [[Frank Sinatra]] (her former husband) offered to have Allen's legs broken when the affair with Previn was discovered.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000095/bio Internet Movie Database]</ref> He also admitted recently that he [[Nihilism|believes life to be inherently meaningless]], which is why he made the protagonists of his films hold the same views.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/07/22/Woody-Allen-believes-life-is-meaningless--says-his-protagonists-views-reflect-his-own</ref>

== Filmography ==

== Filmography ==

*[[Hollywood Values]]

*[[Hollywood Values]]

==External Links==

==External links==

*http://www.rkpuma.com/woody.htm

*http://www.rkpuma.com/woody.htm

*http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9702/05/farrow.book/index.html

*http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9702/05/farrow.book/index.html

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