Woody Allen is a person.
Heywood `` Woody '' Allen ( born Allan Stewart Konigsberg ; December 1 , 1935 ) is an American director , writer , actor , comedian , playwright , and musician whose career spans more than six decades . He worked as a comedy writer in the 1950s , writing jokes and scripts for television and publishing several books of short humor pieces . He is often identified as part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmakers of the mid-1960s to late 1970s .