After he was rejected from both New York University and City College, Woody Allen turned to a professional writing career, at first for television and comedians. In 1964 he decided to become a comedian himself.

Woody Allen's first screenplay, written in 1964, was the enormously popular What's New, Pussycat? He has also written, directed and starred in nine films to date: Take the Money and Run, Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, Sleeper, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories and A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy. Mr. Allen also wrote and directed Interiors. In addition, Mr. Allen has written three plays for Broadway: Don't Drink the Water, Play It Again, Sam (the latter starring himself in both the play and the subsequent film version) and The Floating Light Bulb.

Mr. Allen has written and appeared in his own television specials and is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, among other periodicals.

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