Woody Allen is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor and comedian. Born in Brooklyn and raised Jewish, his films focus on cultural identity, relationships and love. His latest film is Whatever Works (2009).

• Whatever Works (2009)

• Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008)

• Cassandra's Dream (2007)

• Scoop (2006)

• Match Point (2005)

• Melinda, Melinda (2004)

• Anything Else (2003)

• Hollywood Ending (2002)

• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)

• Small Time Crooks (2000)

• Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

• Celebrity (1998)

• Deconstructing Harry (1997)

• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

• Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

• Husbands and Wives (1992)

• Shadows and Fog (1992)

• Alice (1990)

• Crimes and Misdmemeanors (1989)

• Oedipus Wrecks (Short from New York Stories, 1989)

• Another Woman (1988)

• September (1987)

• Radio Days (1987)

• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

• Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

• Zelig (1983)

• A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)

• Stardust Memories (1980)

• Manhattan (1979)

• Interiors (1978)

• Annie Hall (1977)

• Love and Death (1975)

• Sleeper (1973)

• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)

• Bananas (1971)

• Take the Money and Run (1969)

• What's Up, Tiger Lily ? (1966)

Allen became a household name and expanded his audience through screwball comedies in the early 1970s. Bananas, Sleeper and Love and Death earned considerable acclaim and established Allen as a director. It was 1977's Annie Hall, however, that showed Allen as a serious filmmaker who could make comedies that had strong characters and solid story lines. The film won four Oscars, including Best Picture.

Though Allen is most famous for his comedies, his dramatic films about families and relationships have earned significant critical praise and attention. Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Husbands and Wives are considered among his best films. After releasing a string of unsuccessful comedies in the early 21st century, he released the thriller Match Point in 2005 to mass acclaim, some critics considering it among his best films.

Allen's personal relationships are often as eccentric as the ones in his films. He was married twice in the late 1950s and 1960s and later had long-term relationships with both Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow. In 1992, his relationship with Farrow ended after she discovered Allen had taken nude photographs of Soon-Yi Previn, Farrow's adopted daughter. Allen married Previn in 1997.

Allen settled a lawsuit on May 18, 2009, with American Apparel after the company allegedly used his image on a billboard depicting him as a rabbi. The suit was settled for $5 million.TMZ: Jew Owe Me Five Mil (May 18, 2009)

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• December 1, 1935: Born

• (1965) What's New, Pussycat: IMDb

• (1966) What's Up, Tiger Lily?: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1972) Play It Again, Sam: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1972) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...: IMDb

• (1973) Sleeper: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1975) Love and Death: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1977) Annie Hall: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1979) Manhattan: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1982) A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy: IMDb Rotten Tomatoes

• (1984) Broadway Danny Rose: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1985) The Purple Rose of Cairo: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1986) Hannah and Her Sisters: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1987) Radio Days: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1989) Crimes and Misdemeanors: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1992) Husbands and Wives: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1993) Manhattan Murder Mystery: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1995) Mighty Aphrodite: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1996) Everyone Says I Love You: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (1997) Deconstructing Harry: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (2001) The Curse of the Jade Scorpion: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (2004) Melinda and Melinda: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (2005) Match Point: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (2006) Scoop: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (2007) Cassandra's Dream: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• (2008) Woody Allen Spanish Project: IMDb