Woody Allen: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NPR - Woody Allen: Blending Real Life With Fiction. Sep 26, 2026
Add new Web site: CBC Archives - Deconstructing Woody Allen. May 22, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Woody Allen On Life, Films And 'Whatever Works'. Mar 21, 2026
Added cross-references. Mar 19, 2026
Added cross-reference to John Cusack; updated British spellings. Mar 18, 2026
Updated with discussion of Allen's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Feb 05, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 26, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Woody Allen: Blending Real Life With Fiction. Apr 25, 2025
Link added. Sep 26, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 13, 2024
Changed his birth date from “December 1, 1935” to “November 30, 1935.” Jan 10, 2024
Replaced photograph. May 30, 2023
Added a cross-reference to Ronan Farrow. May 12, 2023
Link added. Feb 10, 2023
Add new Web site: CNN - Woody Allen fast facts. Jul 11, 2022
Article revised and updated. Mar 22, 2021
Added the movie A Rainy Day in New York and the autobiography Apropos of Nothing. Mar 25, 2020
Added the Amazon series A Crisis in Six Scenes (2016) and the movie Wonder Wheel (2017). Dec 01, 2017
Noted the release of Café Society (2016). Jul 19, 2016
Noted the release of Irrational Man (2015). Jul 17, 2015
Noted the release of Magic in the Moonlight (2014). Jul 25, 2014
Added information about Allen's stage musical adaptation of his film Bullets over Broadway. May 19, 2014
Noted Allen's appearance in Fading Gigolo (2013). Apr 18, 2014
Added his receipt of the Cecille B. DeMille Award and noted his Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay for Blue Jasmine (2013). Jan 16, 2014
Article thoroughly revised. Aug 19, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of Woody Allen. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Woody Allen. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Woody Allen. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Woody Allen. Jul 26, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Woody Allen. Jul 26, 2013
Added the movie To Rome with Love (2012) and revised other recent credits. Added a discussion of his prose works. Jun 22, 2012
He won an Academy Award for best original screenplay. Feb 27, 2012
Added details about the reception of Midnight in Paris, including Academy Award nominations. Jan 25, 2012
In 2012 he won a Golden Globe Award for his screenplay for Midnight in Paris. Jan 16, 2012
Added photographs. Jan 13, 2012
Added the film Midnight in Paris (2011). May 13, 2011
Added the movie You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) and deleted the minor work Cassandra's Dream (2007). Clarified that Match Point (2005) was a departure from the comedies that preceded it. Sep 24, 2010
Article revised and updated. Aug 22, 2008
Article revised and updated. Jan 24, 2008
Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Biography of Woody Allen. Aug 28, 2006
Added new Web site: Official Site of Woody Allen. Aug 01, 2006
Article revised. Feb 24, 2005
Article revised. Dec 31, 2003
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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