Woody Allen was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, to Nettie (Cherrie), a bookkeeper, and Martin Konigsberg, a waiter and jewellery engraver. His father was of Russian Jewish descent, and his maternal grandparents were Austrian Jewish immigrants. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.Allen broke into show business at 15 years when he started writing jokes for a local paper, receiving $200 a week. He later moved on to write jokes for talk shows but felt that his jokes were being wasted. His agents, Charles Joffe and Jack Rollins, convinced him to start doing stand-up and telling his own jokes. Reluctantly he agreed and, although he initially performed with such fear of the audience that he would cover his ears when they applauded his jokes, he eventually became very successful at stand-up. After performing on stage for a few years, he was approached to write a script for 沃伦·比蒂 to star in: 风流绅士 (1965) and would also have a moderate role as a character in the film. During production, Woody gave himself more and better lines and left Beatty with less compelling dialogue. Beatty inevitably quit the project and was replaced by 彼得·塞勒斯, who demanded all the best lines and more screen-time.It was from this experience that Woody realized that he could not work on a film without complete control over its production. Woody's theoretical directorial debut was in 出了什么事，老虎百合？ (1966); a Japanese spy flick that he dubbed over with his own comedic dialogue about spies searching for the secret recipe for egg salad. His real directorial debut came the next year in the mockumentary 傻瓜入狱记 (1969). He has written, directed and, more often than not, starred in about a film a year ever since, while simultaneously writing more than a dozen plays and several books of comedy.While best known for his romantic comedies 安妮·霍尔 (1977) and 曼哈顿 (1979), Woody has made many transitions in his films throughout the years, transitioning from his "early, funny ones" of 香蕉 (1971), 爱与死 (1975) and 性爱宝典 (1972); to his more storied and romantic comedies of 安妮·霍尔 (1977), 曼哈顿 (1979) and 汉娜姐妹 (1986); to the Bergmanesque films of 星尘往事 (1980) and 我心深处 (1978); and then on to the more recent, but varied works of 罪与错 (1989), 丈夫、太太与情人 (1992), 非强力春药 (1995), 名人百态 (1998) and 解构爱情狂 (1997); and finally to his films of the last decade, which vary from the light comedy of 独家新闻 (2006), to the self-destructive darkness of 赛末点 (2005) and, most recently, to the cinematically beautiful tale of 午夜巴塞罗那 (2008). Although his stories and style have changed over the years, he is regarded as one of the best filmmakers of our time because of his views on art and his mastery of filmmaking.
早年经历His adopted daughter Bechet Dumaine, named after Sidney Bechet, was born in December 1998.大众印象Frequently plays a neurotic New Yorker
