Who is Woody Allen?
Woody Allen is a film director, comedian, writer, actor and musician. He is known as a prolific film director who releases at least one film each year. Allen is widely recognized as a master of character-driven humorous films. Nearly all of his films are set in his home town of New York City and concern the lives and relationships of neurotic New Yorkers. In most of his films, Woody Allen casts himself as the protagonist, usually playing a neurotic writer or some other off-beat character. The films typically focus on his problems with women and his work. Woody Allen’s films can be seen as a way for him to work out his mental problems and present them humorously to the world. Woody Allen was born in New York on 1 December 1935. His early years in Brooklyn were mostly spent alone in his room learning to play the clarinet. When Woody Allen discovered films, the cinema became his second home. Nicknamed Red as a child because of his hair, Allen has also worn his trademark thick, black glass
