Woody Allen

Woody Allen (Disemba 1, 1935) ambaye jina lake halisi ni Allan Stewart Konigsberg, alizaliwa huko Brooklyn, New York. Allen ni mwandishi wa hadithi, mchekeshaji, mwongoza filamu, na mwigizaji ambaye kazi yake imeenea zaidi ya nusu karne. Alianza kujihusisha na sanaa tangu akiwa kijana mdogo kwa kuandika vichekesho kwenye magazeti na vipindi vya redio. Aliendelea na kazi yake ya kuchekesha kwenye vilabu vya usiku na luninga kabla ya kuingia katika ulimwengu wa filamu.

Katika miaka ya 1960, Allen alianza kazi za uandishi na utayarishaji wa filamu, ambapo alionyesha kipaji chake cha ucheshi na falsafa za kijamii. Filamu yake ya kwanza aliyoiandika na kuongoza ilikuwa "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" (1966), ambapo alichukua filamu ya kijapani na kuibadilisha kwa kuongeza mazungumzo mapya ya ucheshi. Hata hivyo, mafanikio yake makubwa yaliletwa na filamu "Annie Hall" (1977), ambayo ilishinda tuzo nne za Academy ikiwemo picha bora, muongozaji bora, mwandishi bora wa hadithi asilia, na mwigizaji bora wa kike kwa Diane Keaton. "Annie Hall" ni mojawapo ya filamu zake zilizopendwa sana na kuonyesha mchanganyiko wa kipekee wa ucheshi na uchunguzi juu ya mahusiano ya kibinadamu.

Allen anaendelea kuwa na ushawishi mkubwa katika ulimwengu wa filamu na ametayarisha zaidi ya filamu 50. Kazi zake zinajumuisha vichekesho vya kijamii, visa vya mapenzi, na filamu za kifalsafa. Baadhi ya filamu zake maarufu ni pamoja na "Manhattan" (1979), "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986), "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989), "Midnight in Paris" (2011), na "Blue Jasmine" (2013). Mbali na kuwa mwandishi na mwongoza filamu, Allen pia ameigiza katika filamu zake nyingi.

Maisha Binafsi
Uhusiano wake na Mia Farrow ulivunjika kwa kashfa wakati alipoingia kwenye uhusiano na Soon-Yi Previn, ambaye alikuwa binti wa kumlea wa Farrow. Hali hii ilisababisha mvutano mkubwa na kuathiri maisha yake ya kazi na binafsi. Pamoja na hayo, Allen ameendelea kufanya kazi na kutoa filamu mpya kila mwaka.

Allen amepata tuzo nyingi na heshima kwa kazi yake ya filamu, ikiwa ni pamoja na tuzo nne za Academy na tuzo za Golden Globe. Anaendelea kuwa na ushawishi mkubwa katika ulimwengu wa sanaa na filamu, akiwa na mtindo wake wa kipekee na maoni ya kina kuhusu maisha na mahusiano ya kibinadamu.

Baadhi ya kazi za Woody Allen
Jina la Filamu/TamthiliaMwaka UliotokaIdadi ya TuzoWasanii Wakubwa Alioshirikiana NaoAnnie Hall19774Woody Allen, Diane KeatonManhattan19790Woody Allen, Diane KeatonHannah and Her Sisters19863Michael Caine, Mia FarrowCrimes and Misdemeanors19890Martin Landau, Anjelica HustonMidnight in Paris20111Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdamsBlue Jasmine20131Cate Blanchett, Alec BaldwinThe Purple Rose of Cairo19850Mia Farrow, Jeff DanielsZelig19830Woody Allen, Mia FarrowBullets Over Broadway19941John Cusack, Dianne WiestMatch Point20050Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett JohanssonVicky Cristina Barcelona20081Javier Bardem, Penélope CruzManhattan Murder Mystery19930Woody Allen, Diane KeatonSweet and Lowdown19990Sean Penn, Samantha MortonDeconstructing Harry19970Woody Allen, Kirstie AlleyMighty Aphrodite19951Mira Sorvino, Woody AllenHusbands and Wives19920Woody Allen, Mia FarrowEveryone Says I Love You19960Edward Norton, Drew BarrymoreLove and Death19750Woody Allen, Diane KeatonRadio Days19870Mia Farrow, Dianne WiestSleeper19730Woody Allen, Diane Keaton

Marejeo
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