The following is a list of published (and some unpublished) works by or about the American film director Woody Allen.
The following is a list of published (and some unpublished) works by or about the American film director Woody Allen.
Compilation
Interviews
Chapbook
Since 1966, Allen has written more than 38 humorous pieces for The New Yorker . [4]
| Year | Title | Type | Notes | Performances | Publication Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | From A to Z | Musical revue | Opened on Broadway 20 April 1960 | 21 performances | Unpublished Book by Allen, Herbert Farjeon, and Nina Warner Hook |
| 1966 | Don't Drink the Water | Play | Opened on Broadway 17 November 1966 | 598 performances | Published in 1967 ASIN B0006BSWBW |
| 1968 | Death Knocks | One-act play | first published in The New Yorker, 27 July 1968 | ||
| 1969 | Play It Again, Sam | Play | Opened on Broadway 12 February 1969 | 453 performances | ISBN 0-394-40663-X |
| 1975 | God | One-act play | First published in Allen's collection Without Feathers (1975) Available separately as ISBN 0-573-62201-9 | ||
| 1975 | Death | One-act play | First published in Allen's collection Without Feathers (1975) | ||
| 1981 | The Floating Light Bulb | Play | Opened on Broadway 27 April 1981 | 62 performances (+16 previews) | Published by Random House in 1982 |
| 1995 | Central Park West | One-act play | Opened as part of the off-Broadway three-play compilation Death Defying Acts (other two plays written by Elaine May and David Mamet) | First published in 2003 as part of Allen's collection Three One-Act Plays | |
| 2003 | Riverside Drive | One-act play | Opened on 15 May 2003 as part of the off-Broadway two-play compilation Writer's Block | First published in 2003 as part of Allen's collection Three One-Act Plays | |
| 2003 | Old Saybrook | One-act play | Opened on 15 May 2003 as part of the off-Broadway two-play compilation Writer's Block | First published in 2003 as part of Allen's collection Three One-Act Plays | |
| 2004 | A Second Hand Memory | Play | Opened off-Broadway 22 November 2004. Starring Michael McKean, Elizabeth Marvel, Kate Blumberg, Dominic Chianese and Beth Fowler. Directed by Allen. | Unpublished | |
| 2011 | Honeymoon Motel | One-act play | Opened on 20 October 2011 as part of the Broadway three-play compilation Relatively Speaking (other two plays written by Elaine May and Ethan Coen). | 118 performances | First published in 2012 as part of the collection Relatively Speaking |
| 2014 | Bullets Over Broadway | Musical | Opened on Broadway 10 April 2014 | 156 performances (+33 previews) | Book by Allen, based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath |
Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing material for television in the 1950s, mainly Your Show of Shows (1950–1954) working alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, and Neil Simon. He also published several books featuring short stories and wrote humor pieces for The New Yorker. In the early 1960s, he performed as a stand-up comedian in Greenwich Village alongside Lenny Bruce, Elaine May, Mike Nichols, and Joan Rivers. There he developed a monologue style and the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish. He released three comedy albums during the mid to late 1960s, earning a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nomination for his 1964 comedy album entitled simply Woody Allen. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Allen fourth on a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians, while a UK survey ranked Allen the third-greatest comedian.
Annie Hall is a 1977 American satirical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay written by him and Marshall Brickman, and produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe. The film stars Allen as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the eponymous female lead, played by Diane Keaton in a role written specifically for her.
Stardust Memories is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring himself, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper and Marie-Christine Barrault. Sharon Stone has a brief role, in her film debut. The film is about a filmmaker who recalls his life and his loves - the inspirations for his films - while attending a retrospective of his work. The film is shot in black and white and is reminiscent of Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), which it parodies.
Jack Handey is an American humorist. He is best known for his "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey", a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his "Fuzzy Memories" and "My Big Thick Novel" shorts, and for his deadpan delivery. Although many assume otherwise, Handey is a real person, not a pen name or character.
Ellen Letty Aronson is an American film producer and is the younger sister of writer and director Woody Allen.
This is a bibliography of works by Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet, and translator Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986).
Bruce McCall is a Canadian author and illustrator, best known for his frequent contributions to The New Yorker.
Ann Beattie is an American novelist and short story writer. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form.
Renata Adler is an American author, journalist, and film critic. Adler was a staff writer-reporter for The New Yorker, and in 1968–69, she served as chief film critic for The New York Times. She is also a writer of fiction.
Without Feathers is one of Woody Allen's best-known books, spending four months on the New York Times Best Seller List. It is a collection of essays and two one-act plays, Death and God.
Francine Prose is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic. She is a visiting professor of literature at Bard College, and was formerly president of PEN American Center.
Paul Rudnick is an American writer. His plays have been produced both on and off Broadway and around the world. He is also known for having written the screenplays for several movies, including Sister Act, Addams Family Values, Jeffrey, and In & Out.
Eric Lax is an American author who has written books on modern medicine, four books on Woody Allen including a biography, and a personal memoir Faith: Interrupted about his loss of Christian faith.
David Owen is an American journalist and author.
Kennedy Fraser is an American essayist, and fashion writer.
Stig Björkman is a Swedish writer and film critic. He has also directed fifteen films since 1964. His 1972 film Georgia, Georgia was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. His 1975 film The White Wall was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2015 documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words was screened in the Cannes Classics section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Getting Even (1971) is Woody Allen's first collection of humorous stories, essays, and one short play. Most pieces were first published in The New Yorker between 1966 and 1971.
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