Stefan Georg (Ralf-Stefan Georg, born November 7, 1962 in Bottrop) is currently Privatdozent at the University of Bonn in Bonn, Germany, for Altaic Linguistics and Culture Studies.

Background

Georg earned an M.A. in Mongolian Linguistics, Indo-European and Semitic Linguistics at Bonn University (1990), and later completed his Ph.D. (Central Asian Studies, Indo-European and Manchu Studies), with a descriptive grammar of the Thakali language (a Tibeto-Burman language of Mustang in Mid-Western Nepal), at the same institution (1995).

Research

Since 1992, Georg has been engaged in linguistic fieldwork and the writing of descriptive grammars of unwritten/endangered/understudied languages. Apart from a grammar of a Thakali dialect, he has co-authored a grammar of Itelmen (Chukchi–Kamchatkan language family) and written a grammar of Ket (Yeniseian languages), as well as shorter grammatical descriptions of the Mongolic Ordos dialect and Huzhu Mongghul (a variety of the so-called Monguor group).

He has published widely on problems of language classification, especially on the controversy surrounding the Altaic hypothesis (the putative genetic relationship between the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic language families to which Korean and Japanese are sometimes added). He belongs to the critics of this hypothesis and argues for a non-genetic, areal interpretation of the commonalities between these languages. Other fields of interest he is active in include Palaeosiberian, Tibeto-Burman languages, Indo-European and Kartvelian linguistics and linguistic typology.

References

Publications

Georg, Stefan, Peter A. Michalove, Alexis Manaster Ramer, and Paul J. Sidwell (1999): "Telling general linguists about Altaic." ''Journal of Linguistics 35'':65–98. Mongolian translation: Ерөнхий хэл шинжлэлчид алтай судлалын тухай. ''Алтай Судлал/Studia Altaica I/2001'': 174-215 (transl.: P. Ajuulzhav/G. Tujaa/O. Sambuudorzh).

Georg, Stefan (1999/2000): Haupt und Glieder der altaischen Hypothese: die Körperteilbezeichnungen im Türkischen, Mongolischen und Tungusischen (= Head and members of the Altaic hypothesis: The body-part designations in Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic'). ''Ural-altaische Jahrbücher, neue Folge B 16'': 143–182.

Georg, Stefan (2001): Türkisch/Mongolisch tengri “Himmel/Gott” und seine Herkunft. ''Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 6'': 83-100.

Georg, Stefan (2002): Altaic Languages. In: David Levinson and Karen Christensen (eds.): ''Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, Vol. 1''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons: 86-87.

Georg, Stefan (2003) Ordos. In: J. Janhunen (ed.): The Mongolic Languages. London: Routledge: 193-209.

Georg, Stefan (2003a): Mongghul, in: J. Janhunen (ed.): The Mongolic Languages. London: Routledge: 286-306.

Georg, Stefan (2003b): The Gradual Disappearance of a Eurasian Language Family – The Case of Yenisseyan. In: M. Janse and S. Tol (eds.): ''Language Death and Language Maintenance. Theoretical, Practical and Descriptive Approaches''. Amsterdam: Benjamins: 89-106.

Georg, Stefan (2008): Yeniseic languages and the Siberian linguistic area In: A. Lubotsky, J. Schaeken and J. Wiedenhof (eds.): ''Evidence and Counter-Evidence. Festschrift Frederik Kortlandt, Vol.I''. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

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name	Woody Allen
birth name	Allen Stewart Konigsberg
birth date	December 01, 1935
birth place	The Bronx, New York, U.S.
influences	Charlie Chaplin, Groucho Marx, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Stanley Kubrick
occupation	ActorDirectorScreenwriterComedianMusicianPlaywright
home town	New York City, New York
years active	1950–present
spouse
partner	Mia Farrow (1980–92)
relatives	Letty Aronson (sister)
children	Seamus Farrow (son)Bechet Dumaine Allen (daughter)Manzie Tio Allen (daughter)
website	www.woodyallen.com

Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema. He is also a jazz clarinetist who performs regularly at small venues in Manhattan.

Early life

Allen was born in The Bronx and raised in Brooklyn, NY, the son of Nettie (born Cherrie; November 8, 1906 – January 27, 2002), a bookkeeper at her family's delicatessen, and Martin Konigsberg (December 25, 1900 – January 13, 2001), a jewelry engraver and waiter. His family was Jewish and his grandparents were immigrants who spoke Yiddish, Hebrew, and German; both of his parents were born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Allen has a sister, Letty, who was born in 1943, and was raised in Midwood, Brooklyn. His childhood was not particularly happy: his parents did not get along, and he had a rocky relationship with his stern, temperamental mother. Allen spoke German quite a bit during his early years. While attending Hebrew school for eight years, he went to Public School 99 (now The Isaac Asimov School for Science and Literature) and to Midwood High School. During that time, he lived in an apartment at 1402 Avenue K, between East 14th and 15th Streets. Unlike his comic persona, he was more interested in baseball than school and his strong arms ensured he was the first to be picked for a team. He impressed students with his extraordinary talent at card and magic tricks. To raise money he began writing jokes (or "gags") for the agent David O. Alber, who sold them to newspaper columnists. According to Allen, his first published joke read: "Woody Allen says he ate at a restaurant that had O.P.S. prices – over people's salaries."

He began to call himself Woody Allen. He would later joke that when he was young he was often sent to inter-faith summer camps, where he "was savagely beaten by children of all races and creeds." At the age of 17, he legally changed his name to Heywood Allen. He was already earning more than both of his parents combined.

After high school, he attended New York University (NYU), where he studied communication and film. He later briefly attended City College of New York and soon flunked out. Later, he learned via self-study rather than the classroom. He eventually taught at The New School. He also studied with writing teacher Lajos Egri.

Career

Comedy writer

He became a full-time writer for Herb Shriner, earning $75 a week at first. At the age of 19, he started writing scripts for ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', ''The Tonight Show'', specials for Sid Caesar post-''Caesar's Hour'' (1954–1957), and other television shows. By the time he was working for Caesar, he was making $1500 a week; with Caesar he worked alongside Danny Simon, whom Allen credits for helping him to form his writing style.

In 1961, he started a new career as a stand-up comedian, debuting in a Greenwich Village club called the Duplex. Examples of Allen's standup act can be heard on the albums ''Standup Comic'' and ''Nightclub Years 1964–1968'' (including his classic routine entitled "The Moose"). Together with his managers, Allen developed a neurotic, nervous, and intellectual persona for his stand-up routine, a successful move which secured regular gigs for him in nightclubs and on television. Allen brought innovation to the comedy monologue genre and his stand-up comedy is considered influential.

Allen wrote for the popular ''Candid Camera'' television show, and appeared in some episodes.

Allen started writing short stories and cartoon captions for magazines such as ''The New Yorker''; he was inspired by the tradition of four prominent ''New Yorker'' humorists, S. J. Perelman, George S. Kaufman, Robert Benchley and Max Shulman, whose material he modernized. Allen is also an accomplished author having published four collections of his short pieces and plays. These are ''Getting Even,'' ''Without Feathers'', ''Side Effects'' and ''Mere Anarchy.'' His early comic fiction was heavily influenced by the zany, pun-ridden humour of S.J. Perelman.

Playwright

He also became a successful Broadway playwright and wrote ''Don't Drink the Water'' in 1966. It starred Lou Jacobi, Kay Medford, Anita Gillette and Allen's future movie co-star Tony Roberts. A film adaptation of the play, directed by Howard Morris, was released in 1969, starring Jackie Gleason. Because he was not particularly happy with the 1969 film version of his play, in 1994, Allen directed and starred in a third version for television, with Michael J. Fox and Mayim Bialik.

The next play Allen wrote that was produced on Broadway was ''Play It Again, Sam'', which he also starred in. The play opened on February 12, 1969, and ran for 453 performances. It also featured Diane Keaton and Tony Roberts. Allen, Keaton and Roberts would reprise their roles in the film version of the play, directed by Herbert Ross. For its March 21 issue, ''Life'' featured Allen on its cover. In 1981, his play ''The Floating Light Bulb'' premiered on Broadway and ran for 65 performances. While receiving mixed reviews, it was noted for giving an autobiographical insight into Allen's childhood, specifically his fascination with magic tricks. He has written several one-act plays, including 'Riverside Drive' and 'Old Saybrook' which both explore well-known Allen themes.

On October 20, 2011, Allen's one-act play ''Honeymoon Motel'' opened as part of a larger piece entitled ''Relatively Speaking'' on Broadway, along with two other one-acts by Ethan Coen and Elaine May.

Early films

His first movie was the Charles K. Feldman production ''What's New Pussycat?'' in 1965, for which he wrote the initial screenplay. Warren Beatty hired him to re-write a script and to appear in a small part in the movie. Over the course of the re-write, Beatty's role was lessened and Allen's increased. Beatty was upset and quit the production. Peter O'Toole was hired for the Beatty role, and Peter Sellers was brought in as well; Sellers was a big enough star to demand many of Woody Allen's best lines/scenes, prompting hasty re-writes. Because of this experience, Allen realized the importance of having control of his own writing. Despite the fact that most of his movies do not gross well and the fact that due to the small amounts of money his producers are able to raise he asks his actors to work for far less than what they would normally be paid, Allen remains one of a handful of writers and directors who has been able to maintain complete control over his own work.

Allen's first directorial effort was ''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' (1966, co-written with Mickey Rose), in which an existing Japanese spy movie – ''Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi'' (1965), "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" – was redubbed in English by Allen and his friends with entirely new, comic dialogue.

Allen also appeared in Feldman's follow-up to ''What's New Pussycat?'', the James Bond spoof ''Casino Royale''. A number of writers contributed to the film, but once again Allen scripted his own sequences, although in this case uncredited.

Allen directed, starred in, and wrote ''Take the Money and Run'' in 1969. That same year he starred in his own TV special, ''The Woody Allen Special.'' On the show he performed standup comedy routines before a live audience and acted in a sketch with Candice Bergen in which they appeared nude but their bodies were kept hidden from view by the camera. The special also had guest appearances by the pop vocal group The 5th Dimension singing their hit singles "Workin' On A Groovy Thing" and "Wedding Bell Blues." The show's sponsor, Libby's, broadcast comical commercials starring Tony Randall as a detective.

From 1971 to 1975, Allen co-wrote, directed, and starred in ''Bananas'', ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)'', ''Sleeper'', and ''Love and Death''. ''Take the Money and Run'' and ''Bananas'' were co-written by his childhood friend, Mickey Rose.

In 1972, he wrote and starred in the film version of ''Play It Again, Sam'', which was directed by Herbert Ross and co-starred Diane Keaton. In 1976, he starred in ''The Front'' (directed by Martin Ritt) a humorous and poignant account of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s.

''Annie Hall'' won four Academy Awards in 1977, including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for Woody Allen. ''Annie Hall'' set the standard for modern romantic comedy and also started a minor fashion trend with the clothes worn by Diane Keaton in the film (the masculine clothing, such as ties with cardigans, was actually Keaton's own). While in production, its working title was "Anhedonia," a term that means the inability to feel pleasure and its plot revolved around a murder mystery. Allen re-cut the movie after production ended to focus on the romantic comedy between Allen's character, Alvy Singer, and Keaton's character, Annie Hall. The new version, retitled ''Annie Hall'' (named after Keaton, Hall being her original last name and Annie a nickname), still deals with the theme of the inability to feel pleasure. The film is ranked at No. 35 on the ''American Film Institute'' "100 Best Movies" and at No. 4 on the AFI list of "100 Best Comedies."

''Manhattan,'' released in 1979, is a black-and-white film that can be viewed as an homage to New York City. As in many other Allen films, the protagonists are upper-middle class academics. The love-hate opinion of cerebral persons found in ''Manhattan'' is characteristic of many of Allen's movies including ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' and ''Annie Hall.'' ''Manhattan'' focuses on the complicated relationship between a middle-aged Isaac Davis (Allen) and a 17-year-old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway).

Between ''Annie Hall'' and ''Manhattan'', Allen wrote and directed the dark drama ''Interiors'' (1978), in the style of the late Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, one of Allen's chief influences. ''Interiors'' represented a departure from Allen's "early, funny" comedies (a line from 1980s ''Stardust Memories'').

1980s

Allen's 1980s films, even the comedies, have somber and philosophical undertones. Some are influenced by the works of European directors, notably Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini. ''September'' resembles Bergman's ''Autumn Sonata'', and Allen uses many elements from Bergman's ''Wild Strawberries'' in ''Another Woman''. Similarly, the Federico Fellini classic ''Amarcord'' strongly inspired ''Radio Days''.

''Stardust Memories'' features Sandy Bates, a successful filmmaker played by Allen, who expresses resentment and scorn for his fans. Overcome by the recent death of a friend from illness, the character states, "I don't want to make funny movies any more" and a running gag has various people (including a group of visiting space aliens) telling Bates that they appreciate his films, "especially the early, funny ones." Allen believes this to be one of his best films.

Allen combined tragic and comic elements in such films as ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' and ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'', in which he tells two stories that connect at the end. He also produced a vividly idiosyncratic tragi-comical parody of documentary, ''Zelig''.

He made three films about show business: ''Broadway Danny Rose'', in which he plays a New York show business agent, ''The Purple Rose of Cairo'', a movie that shows the importance of the cinema during the Depression through the character of the naive Cecilia, and ''Radio Days'', which is a film about his childhood in Brooklyn and the importance of the radio. ''Purple Rose'' was named by ''Time'' as one of the 100 best films of all time and Allen has described it as one of his three best films, along with ''Stardust Memories'' and ''Match Point.'' (Allen defines them as "best" not in terms of quality but because they came out the closest to his original vision.)

In 1989, Allen teamed up with directors Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese to make ''New York Stories'', an anthology film about New Yorkers. Allen's short, ''Oedipus Wrecks'', is about a neurotic lawyer and his critical mother. His short pleased critics, but ''New York Stories'' bombed at the box office.

1990s

His 1992 film ''Shadows and Fog'' is a black-and-white homage to the German expressionists and features the music of Kurt Weill. Allen then made his critically acclaimed drama ''Husbands and Wives'' (1992), which received two Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Judy Davis and Best Original Screenplay for Allen. His film ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'' (1993) combined suspense with dark comedy and marked the return of Diane Keaton, Alan Alda and Anjelica Huston.

He returned to lighter movies like ''Bullets Over Broadway'' (1994), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, followed by a musical, ''Everyone Says I Love You'' (1996). The singing and dancing scenes in ''Everyone Says I Love You'' are similar to many musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The comedy ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995), in which Greek drama plays a large role, won an Academy Award for Mira Sorvino. Allen's 1999 jazz-based comedy-drama ''Sweet and Lowdown'' was also nominated for two Academy Awards for Sean Penn (Best Actor) and Samantha Morton (Best Supporting Actress). In contrast to these lighter movies, Allen veered into darker satire towards the end of the decade with ''Deconstructing Harry'' (1997) and ''Celebrity'' (1998). Allen made his only sitcom "appearance" to date (2009) via telephone on the show ''Just Shoot Me!'' in a 1997 episode, "My Dinner with Woody" which paid tribute to several of his films. Allen also provided the lead voice in the 1998 animated film ''Antz'', which featured many actors he had worked with and had Allen play a character that was similar to his earlier neurotic roles.

2000s

''Small Time Crooks'' (2000) (a remake of the 1942 film comedy ''Larceny, Inc.'', written by S. J. Perelman and starring Edward G. Robinson) was his first film with the DreamWorks studio and represented a change in direction: Allen began giving more interviews and made an attempt to return to his slapstick roots. ''Small Time Crooks'' was a relative financial success, grossing over $17 million domestically but Allen's next four films floundered at the box office, including Allen's most expensive film, ''The Curse of the Jade Scorpion'' (with a budget of $26 million). ''Hollywood Ending'', ''Anything Else'', and ''Melinda and Melinda'' were given "rotten" ratings from film-review website Rotten Tomatoes and each earned less than $4 million domestically. Some critics claimed that Allen's films since 1999's ''Sweet and Lowdown'' were subpar and expressed concern that Allen's best years were now behind him. Others have been less harsh; reviewing the little-liked ''Melinda and Melinda'', Roger Ebert wrote, "I cannot escape the suspicion that if Woody had never made a previous film, if each new one was Woody's Sundance debut, it would get a better reception. His reputation is not a dead shark but an albatross, which with admirable economy Allen has arranged for the critics to carry around their own necks." Woody gave his godson Quincy Rose a small part in ''Melinda and Melinda''. Allen was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001. ''Match Point'' (2005) was one of Allen's most successful films of the decade, garnering very positive reviews. Set in London, it starred Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Scarlett Johansson. It is also markedly darker than Allen's first four films with DreamWorks SKG. In ''Match Point'', Allen shifts his focus from the intellectual upper class of New York to the moneyed upper class of London. It earned more than $23 million domestically (more than any of his films in nearly 20 years) and over $62 million in international box office sales. ''Match Point'' earned Allen his first Academy Award nomination since 1998, for Best Writing – Original Screenplay and also earned directing and writing nominations at the Golden Globes, his first Globe nominations since 1987. In an interview with ''Premiere Magazine'', Allen stated this was the best film he has ever made.

Allen returned to London to film ''Scoop'', which also starred Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally and Allen himself. The film was released on July 28, 2006, and received mixed reviews. He has also filmed ''Cassandra's Dream'' in London. ''Cassandra's Dream'' was released in November 2007, and stars Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor and Tom Wilkinson.

After finishing his third London film, Allen headed to Spain. He reached an agreement to film ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' in Avilés, Barcelona and Oviedo, where shooting started on July 9, 2007. The movie stars Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall and Penélope Cruz. Speaking of his experience there, Allen said: "I'm delighted at being able to work with Mediapro and make a film in Spain, a country which has become so special to me." ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' was well received, winning "Best Musical or Comedy" at the Golden Globe awards. Penélope Cruz received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.

Allen has said that he "survives" on the European market. Audiences there have tended to be more receptive to Allen's films, particularly in Spain, France and Italy – countries where he has a large audience (something joked about in ''Hollywood Ending''). "In the United States things have changed a lot, and it's hard to make good small films now," Allen said in a 2004 interview. "The avaricious studios couldn't care less about good films – if they get a good film they're twice as happy but money-making films are their goal. They only want these $100 million pictures that make $500 million."

In April 2008, he began filming for a movie focused more towards older audiences starring Larry David, Patricia Clarkson and Evan Rachel Wood. Released in 2009, ''Whatever Works'', described as a dark comedy, follows the story of a botched suicide attempt turned messy love triangle. ''Whatever Works'' was written by Allen in the 1970s and the character now played by Larry David was originally written for Zero Mostel, who died the year ''Annie Hall'' came out.

2010s

''You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'', filmed in London, stars Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Anupam Kher, Freida Pinto and Naomi Watts. Filming started in July 2009. It was released theatrically in the US on September 23, 2010, following a Cannes debut in May 2010, and a screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2010. Allen announced that his next film would be titled ''Midnight in Paris'', starring Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen, Gad Elmaleh and French First Lady Carla Bruni. The film followed a young engaged couple in Paris who see their lives transformed. It debuted at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2011. Allen said he wanted to "show the city emotionally," during the press conference. "I just wanted it to be the way I saw Paris – Paris through my eyes," he added. ''Midnight in Paris'' has overthrown ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' to become Allen's most successful film at the box office in the United States. It has also opened to much critical acclaim, and has been considered by many critics to mark his return to form. His next film, ''Nero Fiddled'', is a Rome-set comedy slated for a 2012 release. The film will be structured in four different vignettes featuring dialogue in both Italian and English. The film will mark Allen's return to acting since his last role in ''Scoop''. In October 2011, Woody Allen's one-act play called ''Honeymoon Motel'' premiered as one in a series of one act plays on Broadway titled ''Relatively Speaking''. Also contributing to the plays are Elaine May and Ethan Coen with John Turturro directing.

Future projects

For many years, Allen wanted to make a film about the origins of jazz in New Orleans. The film, tentatively titled ''American Blues'', would follow the vastly different careers of Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet. Allen has stated that the film would cost between $80 and $100 million and is therefore unlikely to be made.

Distinction in the film world

Over the course of his career, Allen has received a considerable number of awards and distinctions in film festivals and yearly national film awards ceremonies, saluting his work as a director, screenwriter, and actor.

Allen's film ''Annie Hall'' won four Academy Awards in 1977, including Best Picture.

Allen won the 1978 O. Henry Award for his short story ''The Kugelmass Episode'', published in ''The New Yorker'' on May 2, 1977.

Allen twice won the César Award for Best Foreign Film, the first in 1980, for ''Manhattan'' and the second in 1986, for ''The Purple Rose of Cairo''. Seven other of his movies were nominated for the prize.

In 1986, Allen won the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for ''The Purple Rose of Cairo''. In 2009 he won the same award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona''. In 2012, he won the Best Screenplay award for ''Midnight in Paris'' which was also nominated for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, Best Director and Best Actor (Comedy/musical) - ''Owen Wilson''. Overall, Allen has been nominated five times as Best Director, five times for Best Screenplay and twice for Best Actor (Comedy/musical).

At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Allen received a Career Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.

In 1996, Allen received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of America.

In 2002, Allen won the Prince of Asturias Award. Subsequently, the city of Oviedo, Spain, erected a life-size statue of Allen. In 2002, Allen received the ''Palme des Palmes'', a special lifetime achievement award granted by the Cannes Festival. In a 2005 UK poll ''The Comedian's Comedian'', Allen was voted the third greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

In June 2007, Allen received a PhD Honoris Causa from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain.

Academy Awards

Woody Allen has won three Academy Awards and been nominated a total of 23 times: 15 as a screenwriter, seven as a director, and one as an actor. He has more screenwriting Academy Award nominations than any other writer; all are in the "Best Original Screenplay" category. He is tied for third all-time with seven Best Director nominations. His actors have regularly received both nominations and Academy Awards for their work in Allen films, particularly in the Best Supporting categories.

''Annie Hall'' won four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role - Diane Keaton). The film received a fifth nomination, for Allen as Best Actor in a Leading Role. ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' won three, for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role categories; it was nominated in four other categories, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Despite friendly recognition from the Academy, Allen has consistently refused to attend the ceremony or acknowledge his Oscar wins. He broke this pattern only once. At the Academy Awards ceremony in 2002, Allen made an unannounced appearance, making a plea for producers to continue filming their movies in New York City after the 9-11 attacks, where he stated, "I didn't have to present anything. I didn't have to accept anything. I just had to talk about New York City." He was given a standing ovation before introducing a montage of movie clips featuring New York.

BAFTA

Allen has won a number of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards and nominations for best picture, best director, best actor, and best screenplay. In 1997, he received the honorary BAFTA Fellowship for his work.

1978 – Won – Best Film – ''Annie Hall''

1978 – Won – Best Screenplay – ''Annie Hall'' (with Marshall Brickman)

1978 – Won – Best Direction – ''Annie Hall''

1980 – Won – Best Film – ''Manhattan''

1980 – Won – Best Screenplay – ''Manhattan'' (with Marshall Brickman)

1985 – Won – Best Screenplay – ''Broadway Danny Rose''

1986 – Won – Best Film – ''The Purple Rose of Cairo''

1986 – Won – Best Screenplay – ''The Purple Rose of Cairo''

1987 – Won – Best Screenplay – ''Hannah and Her Sisters''

1987 – Won – Best Direction – ''Hannah and Her Sisters''

1993 – Won – Best Screenplay – ''Husbands and Wives''

Nominated for best film for ''Hannah and Her Sisters'', ''Radio Days'', ''Crimes and Misdemeanors''.

Nominated for best actor for ''Annie Hall'', ''Manhattan'', ''Hannah and Her Sisters''.

Nominated for best director for ''Manhattan'', ''Crimes and Misdemeanors''.

Nominated for best screenplay for ''Zelig'', ''Radio Days'', ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'', ''Bullets Over Broadway'' (with Douglas McGrath) and ''Midnight in Paris''.

Theater

Although best known for his films, Allen has also enjoyed a very successful career in theater, starting as early as 1960, when Allen wrote sketches for the revue ''From A to Z''. His first great success was ''Don't Drink the Water'', which opened in 1968, and ran for 598 performances for almost two years on Broadway. His success continued with ''Play it Again, Sam'', which opened in 1969, starring Allen and Diane Keaton. The show played for 453 performances and was nominated for three Tony Awards, although none of the nominations were for Allen's writing or acting.

In the 1970s, Allen wrote a number of one-act plays, most notably ''God'' and ''Death'', which were published in his 1975 collection ''Without Feathers''.

In 1981, Allen's play ''The Floating Light Bulb'' opened on Broadway. The play was a critical success but a commercial flop. Despite two Tony Award nominations, a Tony win for the acting of Brian Backer (who also won the 1981 Theater World Award and a Drama Desk Award for his work), the play only ran for 62 performances. , it is the last Allen work that ran on Broadway.

After a long hiatus from the stage, Allen returned to the theater in 1995, with the one-act ''Central Park West'', an installment in an evening of theater known as ''Death Defying Acts'' that was also made up of new work by David Mamet and Elaine May.

For the next couple of years, Allen had no direct involvement with the stage, yet notable productions of his work were being staged. A production of ''God'' was staged at The Bank of Brazil Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro, and theatrical adaptations of Allen's films ''Bullets Over Broadway'' and ''September'' were produced in Italy and France, respectively, without Allen's involvement. In 1997, rumors of Allen returning to the theater to write a starring role for his wife Soon-Yi Previn turned out to be false.

In 2003, Allen finally returned to the stage with ''Writer's Block'', an evening of two one-acts – ''Old Saybrook'' and ''Riverside Drive'' – that played Off-Broadway. The production marked the stage-directing debut for Allen. The production sold out its entire run.

Also that year, reports of Allen writing the book for a musical based on ''Bullets Over Broadway'' surfaced, but no show ever formulated. In 2004, Allen's first full-length play since 1981, ''A Second Hand Memory'', was directed by Allen and enjoyed an extended run Off-Broadway.

In June 2007, it was announced that Allen would make two more creative debuts in the theater, directing a work that he did not write and directing an opera – a re-interpretation of Puccini's ''Gianni Schicchi'' for the Los Angeles Opera – which debuted at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on September 6, 2008. Commenting on his direction of the opera, Allen said, "I have no idea what I'm doing." His production of the opera opened the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, in June 2009.

Marriages and relationships

Harlene Rosen

At age 19, Allen married 16-year-old Harlene Rosen. The marriage lasted from 1954 to 1959. ''Time'' stated that the years were "nettling" and "unsettling."

Rosen, whom Allen referred to in his standup act as "the Dread Mrs. Allen," later sued Allen for defamation due to comments at a TV appearance shortly after their divorce. Allen tells a different story on his mid-1960s standup album ''Standup Comic.'' In his act, Allen said that Rosen sued him because of a joke he made in an interview. Rosen had been sexually assaulted outside her apartment and according to Allen, the newspapers reported that she "had been violated." In the interview, Allen said, "Knowing my ex-wife, it probably wasn't a moving violation." In a later interview on ''The Dick Cavett Show'', Allen brought the incident up again where he repeated his comments and stated that the amount that he was being sued for was "$1 million."

Louise Lasser

Allen married Louise Lasser in 1966. They divorced in 1969, and Allen did not marry again until 1997. Lasser starred in three Allen films after the divorce – ''Take the Money and Run'', ''Bananas'', and ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)'' – and made a brief appearance in ''Stardust Memories''.

Diane Keaton

In 1970, Allen cast Diane Keaton in his Broadway show, ''Play It Again, Sam.'' During the run she and Allen became romantically involved and although they broke up after a year, she continued to star in a number of his films, including ''Sleeper'' as a futuristic poet and ''Love and Death'' as a composite character based on the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. ''Annie Hall'' was very important in Allen and Keaton's careers. It is said that the role was written specifically for her as Diane Keaton's given name is Diane Hall. She then starred in ''Interiors'' as a poet, followed by ''Manhattan''. In 1987, she had a cameo as a night-club singer in ''Radio Days'' and was chosen to replace Mia Farrow in the co-starring role for ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'' after Allen and Farrow began having troubles with their personal and working relationship while making this film. Keaton has not worked with Allen since ''Manhattan Murder Mystery.'' Since the end of their romantic relationship, Keaton and Allen have remained close friends.

Stacey Nelkin

The film ''Manhattan'' is said by the Los Angeles Times to be widely known to have been based on his romantic relationship with the actress Stacey Nelkin. Her bit part in ''Annie Hall'' ended up on the cutting room floor, and their relationship, though never publicly acknowledged by Allen, reportedly began when she was 17 years old and a student at New York's Stuyvesant High School.

Mia Farrow

Around 1980, Allen began a relationship with actress Mia Farrow, who had leading roles in several of his movies from 1982 to 1992. Farrow and Allen never married and kept separate homes but they adopted two children, Dylan Farrow (who changed her name to Eliza and is now known as Malone) and Moshe Farrow (now known as Moses); they also had one biological child, Satchel Farrow (now known as Ronan Seamus Farrow). Allen did not adopt any of Farrow's other family, including Soon-Yi Farrow Previn (the adopted daughter of Farrow and André Previn, now known as Soon-Yi Previn). Allen and Farrow separated in 1992, after Farrow discovered nude photographs that Allen had taken of a then 20-year-old Soon-Yi. In her autobiography, ''What Falls Away'' (New York: Doubleday, 1997), Farrow says that Allen admitted to a relationship with Soon-Yi.

After Allen and Farrow separated, a long public legal battle for the custody of their three children began. During the proceedings, Farrow alleged that Allen had sexually molested their adopted daughter Dylan, who was then seven years old. The judge eventually concluded that the sex abuse charges were inconclusive but called Allen's conduct with Soon-Yi "grossly inappropriate." She called the report of the team that investigated the issue "sanitized and therefore, less credible" and added that she had "reservations about the reliability of the report." Farrow won custody of their children. Allen was denied visitation rights with Malone and could see Ronan only under supervision. Moses, who was then 14, chose not to see Allen.

In a 2005 ''Vanity Fair'' interview, Allen estimated that, despite the scandal's damage to his reputation, Farrow's discovery of Allen's attraction to Soon-Yi Previn by finding nude photographs of her was "just one of the fortuitous events, one of the great pieces of luck in my life. . . It was a turning point for the better." Of his relationship with Farrow, he said, "I'm sure there are things that I might have done differently. . . Probably in retrospect I should have bowed out of that relationship much earlier than I did." In a report June 22, 2011, Reuters quoted Allen as saying, "What was the scandal? I fell in love with this girl, married her. We have been married for almost 15 years now. There was no scandal, but people refer to it all the time as a scandal and I kind of like that in a way because when I go I would like to say I had one real juicy scandal in my life."

Soon-Yi Previn

After ending his relationship with Mia Farrow in 1992, Allen continued his relationship with Soon-Yi Previn. Even though Allen never married Mia Farrow and was never Previn's legal stepfather, the relationship between Allen and Previn has often been referred to as a father involved romantically with his stepdaughter since he had been perceived as being in Previn's life in a father-like capacity. For example, in 1991, ''The New York Times'' described Allen's family life by reporting, "Few married couples seem more married. They are constantly in touch with each other, and not many fathers spend as much time with their children as Allen does." Despite assertions from Previn that Allen was never a father figure to her, the relationship became a scandal. In 1991, when the relationship started, Allen was 56 and Previn was 21. Asked whether their age difference was conducive to "a healthy, equal relationship," Allen said equality is not necessarily a requirement in a relationship and said, "The heart wants what it wants. There's no logic to those things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that's that."

Allen and Previn married on December 24, 1997, in the Palazzo Cavalli in Venice. The couple have adopted two daughters, naming them Bechet and Manzie Tio after jazz musicians Sidney Bechet, Manzie Johnson and Lorenzo Tio, Jr.

Allen and Farrow's biological son, Ronan Seamus Farrow, said of Allen: "He's my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression. I cannot see him. I cannot have a relationship with my father and be morally consistent... I lived with all these adopted children, so they are my family. To say Soon-Yi was not my sister is an insult to all adopted children."

Clarinetist

thumb|250px|Woody Allen with Jerry Zigmont and Simon Wettenhall performing at Vienne Jazz Festival, [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne, France, September 20, 2003]] Allen is a passionate fan of jazz, which is often featured prominently in the soundtracks to his films. He began playing as a child and took his stage name from clarinetist Woody Herman. He has performed publicly at least since the late 1960s, notably with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the soundtrack of ''Sleeper''. One of his earliest televised performances was on ''The Dick Cavett Show'' on October 20, 1971.

Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band have been playing each Monday evening at Manhattan's Carlyle Hotel for many years (as of 2011, specializing in classic New Orleans jazz from the early twentieth century). The documentary film ''Wild Man Blues'' (directed by Barbara Kopple) documents a 1996 European tour by Allen and his band, as well as his relationship with Previn. The band has released two CDs: ''The Bunk Project'' (1993) and the soundtrack of ''Wild Man Blues'' (1997).

Allen and his band played the Montreal Jazz Festival on two consecutive nights in June 2008.

Significant works about Woody Allen

Apart from ''Wild Man Blues'', directed by Barbara Kopple, there are a number of other documentaries featuring Woody Allen, including the 2002 cable-television documentary ''Woody Allen: a Life in Film'', directed by ''Time'' film critic Richard Schickel, which interlaces interviews of Allen with clips of his films, and ''Meetin' WA'', a short interview of Allen by French director Jean-Luc Godard. In 2011 the PBS series American Masters co-produced a comprehensive documentary about him, ''Woody Allen: a Documentary'' directed by Robert B. Weide.

From 1976 to 1984, Stuart Hample wrote and drew ''Inside Woody Allen'', a comic strip based on Allen's film persona.

Psychoanalysis

Allen spent at least 30 years undergoing psychoanalysis. Many of his films contain references to psychoanalysis. Even the film ''Antz'', an animated feature in which Allen contributes the voice of lead character Z, opens with a classic piece of Allen analysis shtick.

''Moment Magazine'' says, "It drove his self-absorbed work." John Baxter, author of ''Woody Allen – A Biography'', wrote, "Allen obviously found analysis stimulating, even exciting."

Allen says he ended his psychoanalysis visits around the time he began his relationship with Previn. He says he still is claustrophobic and agoraphobic.

Filmography

Allen's films span six decades, starting with 1965's ''What's New Pussycat?''. He has written, directed, and starred in many of them, including films such as ''Annie Hall'' (1977), ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' (1986), and ''Husbands and Wives'' (1992), all of which earned major awards. Originally known for his comedies, his early successes were followed by his first purely dramatic work, ''Interiors (1978).

Theater works

In addition to directing, writing, and acting in films, Allen has written and performed in a number of Broadway theater productions.

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Bibliography

Published plays

''Don't Drink the Water: A comedy in two acts'' (1967), ASIN B0006BSWBW

''Play It Again, Sam'' (1969), ISBN 0-394-40663-X

''God: A comedy in one act'' (1975), ISBN 0-573-62201-9

''The Floating Light Bulb'' (1981)

''Three One-Act Plays: Riverside Drive / Old Saybrook / Central Park West'' (2003), ISBN 0-8129-7244-9

''Writer's Block: Two One-Act Plays'' (2005), ISBN 0-573-62630-8 (includes ''Riverside Drive'' and ''Old Saybrook'')

''A Second Hand Memory: A drama in two acts'' (2005)

The one-act plays ''God'' and ''Death'' are both included in Allen's 1975 collection ''Without Feathers'' (see below).

Short stories

''Getting Even'' (1971), ISBN 0-394-47348-5

''Without Feathers'' (1975), ISBN 0-394-49743-0

"The Whore of Mensa" (1974)

''Side Effects'' (1980), ISBN 0-394-51104-2

''Mere Anarchy'' (2007), ISBN 978-1-4000-6641-4

Anthologies

''Complete Prose of Woody Allen'' (1992), ISBN 0-517-07229-7. (Collection of Allen's short stories first published in ''Getting Even'', ''Without Feathers'' ''and Side Effects''.)

''The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose''. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007, ISBN 978-0812978117.

Chapbook

''Lunatic's Tale'' (1986), ISBN 1-55628-001-7 (Short story previously included in ''Side Effects''.)

See also

Woody Allen filmography

List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen

Cinema of the United States

References

Further reading

Stardust Memories: Visiting Woody Michael Žantovský recalls a memorable meeting between two giants, Woody Allen and Václav Havel

Essay by Victoria Loy on Woody Allen's career

''The Essential Woody Allen''; Lauren Hill

''Fun With Woody, The Complete Woody Allen Quiz Book (Henry Holt)'', Graham Flashner

''The Importance of Being Famous: Behind the Scenes of the Celebrity Industrial Complex'' by Maureen Orth p233 ISBN 0-8050-7545-3

''Woody Allen – A Biography''; John Baxter (1999) ISBN 0-7867-0666-X

''Woody Allen: Conversations with Filmmakers Series'', ed. R. E. Kapsis and K. Coblentz, (2006) ISBN 1-57806-793-6

''Woody Allen''; Stephan Reimertz, (rororo-Monographie), Reinbek (2005) ISBN 3-499-50410-3 (in German)

''Woody Allen: Eine Biographie''; Stephan Reimertz, Reinbek (2000) ISBN 3-499-61145-7 (in German)

''Woody Allen On Location'', by Thierry de Navacelle (Morrow, 1987); a day-to-day account of the making of ''Radio Days'' (1987)

''Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation With Stig Bjorkman'' (1995), ISBN 0-8021-1556-X

''Woody Allen: Profane and Sacred''; Richard A. Blake (1995) ISBN 978-0-810-82993-0

External links

The Official Site of Woody Allen

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Helmut Flieg (April 10, 1913 - December 16, 2001) was a German-Jewish writer, known by his pseudonym Stefan Heym. He lived in the United States (or served in its army abroad) between 1935 and 1952, before moving back to the part of his native Germany which was, from 1945–1991, German Democratic Republic (GDR, "East Germany"). He published works in English and German at home and abroad, and despite longstanding criticism of the GDR remained a committed socialist.

Life

Early life

Helmut Flieg, born to a Jewish merchant family in Chemnitz, was an antifascist from an early age. In 1931 he was, at the instigation of local Nazis, expelled from the Gymnasium in his home town because of an anti-military poem. He completed school in Berlin, and began a degree in media studies there. After the 1933 Reichstag fire he fled to Czechoslovakia, where he took the name Stefan Heym. In Czechoslovakia, the only remaining democracy in Central Europe at that time, he worked for German newspapers published in Prague such as Prager Tagblatt and Deutsche Zeitung Bohemia and also managed to have some of his articles published in translation by Czech newspapers. During this time he signed his articles under several pseudonyms, Melchior Douglas, Gregor Holm and Stefan Heym.

United States

In 1935 he received a grant from a Jewish student association, and went to the United States to continue his degree at the University of Chicago, which he completed in 1936 with a dissertation on Heinrich Heine. Between 1937 and 1939 he was based in New York as Editor-in-Chief of the German-language weekly ''Deutsches Volksecho'', which was close to the Communist Party of the USA. After the newspaper ceased publication in November 1939, Heym worked as a freelance author in English, and achieved a bestseller with his first novel, ''Hostages'' (1942).

From 1943 Heym, now an American citizen, contributed to the World War II war effort. As member of the Ritchie Boys, a unit for psychological warfare under the command of émigré Hans Habe, he experienced the 1944 Normandy landings. His work consisted of composing texts designed to influence Wehrmacht soldiers, to be disseminated by leaflet, radio and loudspeaker. These experiences formed the background for a later novel, ''The Crusaders'', and were the basis for ''Reden an den Feind'' (''Speeches to the Enemy''), a collection of those texts. After the war Heym led the ''Ruhrzeitung'' in Essen, and then became editor in Munich of the ''Neue Zeitung'', one of the most important newspapers of the American occupying forces. Because of his pro-Soviet inclinations Heym was transferred back to the US towards the end of 1945 and was discharged because of "procommunistic" mindset.

In the following years he worked as a freelance author once again. In 1952 he gave all his American military commendations back in protest of the Korean War and moving first to Prague, and in the following year to the German Democratic Republic (GDR, "East Germany").

GDR

In the GDR Heym initially received privileged treatment as a returning antifascist emigre. He lived with his wife in a state-provided villa in Berlin-Grünau. Between 1953 and 1956 he worked at the ''Berliner Zeitung'', thereafter primarily as a freelance author. In the early years of his life in the GDR Heym supported the regime with socialist novels and other works. Heym's works, which he continued to write in English, were published by a publishing house founded for him, named Seven Seas Publishers, and in German translation were printed in large numbers.

Conflicts with the GDR authorities became apparent from 1956 on, as despite the destalinisation of the leadership the publication of Heym's book on the 17 June 1953 uprising, ''Five Days in June'', was rejected. Tensions increased after 1965, when Erich Honecker attacked Heym during an SED party conference. In 1969 Heym was convicted of breaching the exchange control regulations after publishing his novel ''Lassalle'' in West Germany. He was nonetheless able to leave the GDR on foreign trips, such his two-month visit to the US in 1978, and his books continued to appear, albeit in lower print runs, in the GDR.

In 1976 Heym was among those GDR authors who signed the petition protesting the exile of Wolf Biermann. From this point on Heym could only publish his works in the West, and he began composing works in German. In 1979 he was again convicted of breaching exchange controls and excluded from the GDR Authors Association. Heym expressed support for German reunification as early as 1982, and during the 1980s supported the civil rights movement in the GDR, contributing a number of speeches to the East Berlin demonstrations in autumn 1989.

After reunification

In the years after reunification Heym was critical of what he saw as the discrimination against East Germans in their integration into the Federal Republic, and argued for a socialist alternative to the capitalism of the reunited Germany. At the federal elections in 1994 Heym stood as an independent on the Open List of the then Party of Democratic Socialism, and won direct election to the Bundestag from the seat of Berlin-Mitte/Prenzlauer-Berg. As chairman by seniority he held the opening speech of the new Parliament in November 1994, but resigned in October 1995 in protest against a planned constitutional amendment raising MPs' expense allowances. In 1997 he was among the signers of the "Erfurt Declaration", demanding a red-green alliance (between SPD and Greens) to form a minority government supported by the PDS after the 1998 federal elections. He died suddenly of heart failure in Ein Bokek in Israel whilst attending a Heinrich Heine Conference.

Heym was honoured with honorary doctorates from the University of Bern (1990) and University of Cambridge (1991), and honorary citizenship of Chemnitz, his birthplace (2001). He was also awarded the Jerusalem Prize (1993) for literature 'for the freedom of the individual in society', and the peace medal of the IPPNW. Previously he had won the Heinrich-Mann-Prize (1953), and the National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class (1959).

He was buried in the Weißensee Cemetery.

Works

Written in English

''Nazis in U.S.A.'', New York 1938

''Hostages'', New York 1942

''Of Smiling Peace'', Boston 1944

''The Crusaders'', Boston 1948

''The Eyes of Reason'', Boston 1951

''Goldsborough (novel)'', Leipzig 1953

''The Cannibals and Other Stories'', Berlin 1958

''The Cosmic Age'', New Delhi 1959

''Shadows and Lights'', London 1963

''The Lenz Papers'', London 1964 - concerns the failed revolutions in Germany in 1848

''The Architects'' written c 1963 - 1965, unpublished (published in German as ''Die Architekten'', Munich 2000)- (Published in English under "The Architects" by Northwestern in 2005. ISBN 0-8101-2044-5)

''Uncertain Friend'', London 1969

''The King David Report'', New York 1973

''The Queen against Defoe'', London 1975

''Five Days in June'', London 1977 - concerns the 1953 uprisings in the GDR

Written in German

''Collin'' (1979)

''Der kleine König, der ein Kind kriegen mußte und andere neue Märchen für kluge Kinder'' (1979)

''Ahasver'' (1981) - published in English as ''The Wandering Jew'' (1984)

''Atta Troll. Versuch einer Analyse'' (1983 )

''Schwarzenberg'' (1984) - about the Free Republic of Schwarzenberg

''Reden an den Feind'' (1986)

''Nachruf'' (1988) - autobiography

''Meine Cousine, die Hexe und weitere Märchen für kluge Kinder'' (1989

''Auf Sand gebaut'' (1990) - short stories

''Stalin verlässt den Raum'' (1990) - political writings

''Einmischung'' (1990)

''Filz'' (1992)

''Radek'' (1995)

''Der Winter unsers Missvergnügens'' (1996)

''Immer sind die Weiber weg und andere Weisheiten'' (1997)

''Pargfrider'' (1998)

''Immer sind die Männer schuld'' (2002)

''Offene Worte in eigener Sache'' (2003)

References

Further reading

Małgorzata Dubrowska: ''Auseinandersetzung mit der jüdischen Identität in Werken ausgewählter Schriftsteller aus der DDR'', Lublin, 2002. ISBN 8-3730-6065-0.

Hermann Gellermann: ''Stefan Heym: Judentum und Sozialismus. Zusammenhänge und Probleme in Literatur und Gesellschaft'', Berlin, 2002. ISBN 3-9320-8986-3

Regina U. Hahn: ''The democratic dream'', Oxford, 2003. ISBN 0-8204-5865-1

Peter Hutchinson: ''Stefan Heym: the perpetual dissident'', Cambridge, 1992. ISBN 0-5214-0438-X

Peter Hutchinson (ed.): ''Stefan Heym: socialist - dissenter - Jew'', Oxford, 2003. ISBN 3-9067-6971-2

Meg Tait: ''Taking sides: Stefan Heym’s historical fiction'', Oxford, 2001. ISBN 3-9067-6642-X

Dennis Tate: ''Shifting perspectives: East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR'', Columbia (SC), 2007. ISBN 1-5711-3372-0

Reinhard K. Zachau: ''Stefan Heym'', München, 1982. ISBN 3-4060-8420-6

External links

International Stefan Heym Association

Stefan Heym, Five Days in June book essay by Elizabeth Clark

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Stefan Bellof (20 November 1957 in Gießen, West Germany – 1 September 1985 in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium) was a racing driver who is famous for setting the fastest lap ever on the Nordschleife configuration, at the Nürburgring, setting the time in a Porsche 956 in 1983. He was also the Drivers Champion for the World Sportscar Championship in 1984 driving for the factory Rothmans Porsche team and also competed with the Tyrrell Formula One team in both the 1984 and 1985 seasons.

Career

Karting

Following in his brother Geörg's footsteps, Stefan Bellof made his karting début in 1973, competing in the Automobilclub von Deutschland's Federal Junior Cup, in which he ended up in fourth position. Several other top-five championship placings occurred during the next few years before Bellof claimed his first karting title, by winning the International Karting Championship of Luxembourg in 1976. In the same season, Bellof also finished thirteenth in the Karting World Championship in Hagen, Germany. Geörg won the German Karting Championship in 1978, while Stefan finished in eighth position in the same race, improving to third in 1979 and becoming German champion in 1980, while dovetailing a campaign in Formula Ford.

Junior formulae

Bellof moved into Formula Ford at the tail end of the 1979 season, as a member of Walter Lechner's Racing School setup, making his bow at Hockenheim in November 1979, where he finished in second place. A full season in the 1600cc class beckoned in 1980, and Bellof became champion taking eight victories and nine podium placings from twelve races. He continued in the series in 1981, but was not as successful as his championship-winning season, taking five wins and also made a foray into the more powerful 2000cc class, but retired from both his starts in the Lion Trophy at Zolder and the 300km meeting at the Nürburgring. Bellof also contested three VW Castrol Europa Pokal races, of which he won one.

As well as those outings, Bellof moved into the German Formula Three Championship, making his début for Bertram Schäfer's team at Wunstorf. Despite missing the opening two races of the season, Bellof led the championship by seven points going into the final round at the Nürburgring, having taken a top four finish in each of his first eight races. Luck eluded Bellof however, as he finished the race in thirteenth position, while title rivals Frank Jelinski and Franz Konrad finished in first and second places to overhaul Bellof's points total. Eleven points separated Bellof from Jelinski, who claimed his second successive German Formula Three championship. At the conclusion of the season, Bellof contested the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, but was excluded from the meeting after finishing sixth in his quarter-final heat, for excessive contact. Bellof made a promise to the meeting's clerk of the course, saying that the official had "better watch my career, because I'll be back here next year and I'll win my first Formula 2 race."

Formula Two

Bellof joined Mike Thackwell and Alain Ferté at a test session with Maurer Motorsport at Circuit Paul Ricard in France at the end of the 1981 season. Eje Elgh, who finished third with Maurer in the 1981 European Formula Two Championship was present at the test and was impressed by Bellof, and recommended him to team boss Willy Maurer to sign him for the 1982 season. After acquiring a limited amount of BMW backing, Bellof assumed a place in the team, with Maurer eventually becoming his manager, having signed an eight-year management deal with Bellof.

The first race of the season was the BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone, where Bellof qualified ninth on the grid. Sticking to his promise that he made at the 1981 Formula Ford Festival, Bellof drove through the field in showery conditions to win by 21 seconds ahead of Satoru Nakajima and became the first driver to win outright, and second driver to win a race on his European Formula Two début after Dave Morgan won on aggregate at Silverstone in 1972. He followed this win up with a second successive triumph at the Jim Clark Gedächtnisrennen at Hockenheim, having started from pole position and achieved the fastest lap during the race. Two points from the next six races ruled him out of the championship hunt, as he fell to an eventual fourth place classification, scoring 33 points.

By comparison to his 1982 season, Bellof's 1983 season was much less successful. He made only one trip to the podium with second at Jarama while he lost another podium when he was disqualified from third place at the Pau Grand Prix, after his and team-mate Ferté's cars were found to be underweight at the race's conclusion. Bellof's only other points-scoring finish was fourth at Silverstone, as he finished the season in ninth position on nine points.

Sportscar racing

While competing in Formula Two in 1982, Bellof made a one-off appearance in the World Endurance Championship at the 1000 km of Spa, partnering Rolf Stommelen at the wheel of a Kremer CK5. The pairing retired from the race on lap 51, due to a problem with the starter motor. The previous weekend, Bellof had joined Kremer to compete in the Hessen Cup at Hockenheim as part of the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, but retired with transmission failure.

In 1983 Bellof joined the Rothmans-backed Porsche factory team for the World Sportscar Championship driving a Porsche 956 alongside Derek Bell. Bellof and Bell won first time at the 1000 km Silverstone, beating Bob Wollek and Stefan Johansson by almost a minute, having taken the lead at half-distance, completing the race's duration at an average speed of . Bellof's pole time for the race – 1 minute, 13.15 seconds – would have put him twelfth on the grid for the later in the year. The next race on the calendar was the 1000 km Nürburgring in which Bellof rewrote several records at the Nordschleife. His pole time for that race of 6 minutes, 11.13 seconds is unofficially the fastest lap ever driven on the Nürburgring Nordschleife in its current configuration, taking pole position by five seconds, at an average speed of . Bellof also set the fastest lap during the race, with a lap time of 6 minutes, 25.91 seconds, which remains the official Nordschleife lap record for all cars. Two laps after setting the race record, on lap 20, Bellof's 956 – chassis 956-007 – flipped out of the race at the Pflanzgarten. Bellof added two more wins later in the season at Kyalami and at Fuji, as he ended the season in fourth position. He also added a win in the non-championship Norisring Trophäe race.

Bellof was the dominant force in the 1984 championship driving alongside Bell, with John Watson also joining the team. Bellof also contested races with Brun Motorsport with whom he won at Imola partnering Hans-Joachim Stuck. Bell and Bellof won the opening round of the season at Monza, but only after the pairing were reinstated to the results. After crossing the line first, their 956 was promptly disqualified in scrutineering with the car found to be under the weight limit, which would also apply to the third-placed Martini Racing Lancia LC2. Appeals from both teams were lodged, with the outcome being successful.

Other victories at the Nürburgring, Spa, Mosport and Sandown helped Bellof claim the World Sportscar title by eight points from Jochen Mass, and also helped Porsche secure the manufacturer's title for the year; the make taking all but one victory in the season. He was also champion in the German DRM series. Bellof only contested six sportscar races in 1985, taking one win at the Norisring alongside Thierry Boutsen again in DRM.

Formula One

Bellof first tested a Formula One car towards the end of 1983, when he joined the top two drivers from that season's British Formula Three Championship – Ayrton Senna and Martin Brundle – in testing for McLaren at Silverstone, where Bellof managed to damage the gearbox before Brundle's opportunity behind the wheel. Bellof did move into the championship ahead of the season, joining Tyrrell Racing Organisation, to partner Brundle in naturally-aspirated, Ford-engined machinery, which were giving away in excess of to their turbo rivals.

Bellof failed to finish in his first two races in Brazil and South Africa, before scoring his first two championship points in successive races at Zolder and Imola. A retirement followed at Dijon, before Bellof achieved a podium finish in the rain-shortened . Despite starting down in 20th and last place, Bellof remained away from the barriers that caught out many of his rivals, and was catching the race-leading pairing of Alain Prost and Senna when the race was curtailed after 31 laps due to inclement weather conditions. At the end of the race, Bellof had been 21 seconds in arrears of Prost and 13.7 behind Senna. Retirements followed in Canada and in Detroit, where Brundle claimed the team's best result of the season with second position as Bellof stuck his Tyrrell in the pit wall.

However, Bellof, Brundle and the team were stripped of all their championship points, after their cars were disqualified from the 1984 season a dispute over lead ballast in their fuel tanks found after the . FISA charged the team on four separate counts, but the team appealed for injunctions to allow them to continue competing in the championship. Ultimately, the FIA Court of Appeal rejected their final appeal and kicked the team out of the remainder of the season. Despite this, Bellof missed his home race to compete in a World Sportscar race on the same weekend at Mosport Park, where he and Derek Bell finished fourth overall and third in class.

Bellof remained with the team into the season, but did miss the opening round of the season – the – as Tyrrell had Brundle and Stefan Johansson in their two cars in Rio de Janeiro. Bellof returned at the at Estoril where the weather conditions were similar to that of Monaco 1984 in which Bellof had slithered his way up to the on-the-road positioning of third place. He once again started way down the order in 21st place, but by the race's conclusion, he had managed to make it into the top six, and claiming a point for the team, which would be Bellof's first as all of his 1984 results were expunged.

He failed to qualify in Monaco, the only time Bellof failed to qualify in his short Formula One career, along with his exclusion at the 1984 Austrian Grand Prix. He made amends for his error of 1984 in Detroit, by finishing fourth in the 1985 race, which would ultimately be his final three points in Formula One. His final race was the , where his Renault turbocharged engine blew on lap 40. Tyrrell had only changed to such engines from the onwards meaning that Bellof never truly had the opportunity to show his talent at the wheel of a Formula One car.

Death

Regarded as a likely future Formula One World Champion, Bellof was racing at the 1000 km of Spa World Sportscar Championship race in Spa, Belgium on 1 September 1985, the seventh race of that season's championship. Bellof was making his fourth appearance of 1985 in the series, despite there not being any clashes with his Tyrrell campaign in Formula One. Partnering Thierry Boutsen as he had done in his other appearances during the season, their Brun Motorsport Porsche 956 would start the race from third on the grid, 0.86 seconds adrift of the pole position-winning Lancia LC2.

On lap 78, Bellof was racing Jacky Ickx's works Porsche 962C from the La Source hairpin on the run to Eau Rouge corner. Both drivers had just commenced their stints in their respective cars after Boutsen and Jochen Mass started them. Entering the left kink leading into Eau Rouge, Bellof moved to the left of Ickx in an attempt to set up a pass for the immediate right-hand corner up the hill. Bellof's right front came into contact with Ickx's left rear, and both drivers spun into the barriers. Ickx's car hit the wall on the right rear side, while Bellof's car went straight into the barriers, breaking through and hitting a secondary wall. The Brun Porsche caught fire moments after the wreck, while Ickx – able to climb unaided from his car – attempted to help safety workers in extricating Bellof. During the caution period, members of the Brun team also arrived to aid in the rescue. With smoke pouring from the wreckage, the emergency medical team struggled for over 10 minutes before extricating him. Bellof was pronounced dead after he had reached the track hospital.

Out of respect for Bellof, the race organisers chose to end the event some earlier than planned. The entire incident was recorded on an in-car camera that Ickx's 962C was carrying. Even after the accident, the camera continued to work, and was pointed in the direction of Bellof's wreckage. The accident involving Bellof was the second in the space of three weeks in which a driver was killed at the wheel of a Porsche. At the previous World Sportscar race at Mosport Park in Canada, Bellof's compatriot Manfred Winkelhock died of severe head trauma after crashing into a concrete wall while at the wheel of a Kremer Racing-run Porsche 962C. Many of the customer teams had concerns with using the 956 for the remainder of the season, and the 956 was eventually withdrawn from the series by the end of the 1986 season, taking victory on its final start at the 1000 km of Fuji.

Effect and legacy

After Bellof's death at Spa, teams became unwilling to allow their expensive drivers to compete in other races that were not part of the championship. Fellow Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer was injured in an unrelated accident during a free practice session at the same meeting, with the result being that many teams would have drivers' contracts tightened to prohibit them from competing outside their respective championships. Bellof's talent had been noted by many of the rival teams that he had been competing against in Formula One, including an offer from Ferrari for the season, with a meeting scheduled with Enzo Ferrari before his death.

Today, he is often mentioned as Michael Schumacher's childhood racing idol, and during an interview for the January 2007 issue of the '911 and Porsche World' magazine, teammate Derek Bell felt Bellof's death was caused by lack of discipline in his driving style, and that the blame for his death lay with those around Bellof, including team personnel, who should have allowed him to mature.

Recently, Bellof's family donated his racing mementos to the local Sammler und Hobbywelt museum for public display. The donated items included his go-kart from his early racing days, his racing overalls and helmets from his works Porsche and Tyrrell days and trophies. There is a karting circuit named in his honour known as Motorsportarena Stefan Bellof, located in Oppenrod.

In 2009, a poll of 217 Formula One drivers chose Bellof as their 35th greatest Formula One driver, in a survey conducted by British magazine Autosport.

Racing record

Career summary

! Season	! Series	! Team	! Races	! Wins	! Poles	! F/Laps	! Podiums	! Points	! Position
! 1979			1	0	0	0	1	?	?
! 1980			12	8	?	?	9	?
1981			9	3	5	4	6	124
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	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	3	1	1	0	2	15	12th
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align=left	1	0	0	1	1	47	10th
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	align=left	1	1	1	1	1	20	7th
		5	3	2	1	3	80
align=left	1	0	0	0	1	N/A
1985	align=left		4	0	0	2	1	12	32nd
	1	1	1	0	1	20	12th
align=left	1	0	1	1	0	N/A	5th
align=left	align=left	9	0	0	0	0	4	16th

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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References

External links

Official site

Motorsportarena Stefan Bellof official site

Stefan-Bellof-Memorial

Short clip of Bellof's Nürburgring qualifying record

[[Category:1957 births">V6 engine bgcolor="#CFCFFF" bgcolor="#CFCFFF" bgcolor="#EFCFFF" – Tyrrell was stripped of all championship points for 1984 in a dispute over lead ballast in their fuel tanks at the Detroit Grand Prix.

References

External links

Official site

Motorsportarena Stefan Bellof official site

Stefan-Bellof-Memorial

Short clip of Bellof's Nürburgring qualifying record

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Ștefan Bănică, Jr. (; born October 18, 1967 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian entertainer, the son of actor Ștefan Bănică. In his early career he starred in a couple of successful romantic films ("''Liceenii''", "''Liceenii Rock'n'Roll''").

Later he concentrated on television acting, playing the character of ''Ciupanezu'' in the TV series "''Băieți buni''" ("Good Guys"), which was aired in 2005 on ProTV.

In 2005, Bănică also played the role of Billy Flynn in the Romanian stage version of the Chicago musical (based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins) at the National Theatre in Bucharest.

He released several music albums (marketed as rock'n'roll), and successfully toured the country.

In January 2006 he married television producer and show host Andreea Marin Bănică.

Characters in theater

Himself – Drum spre adevăr / The Truth Way written by N. Munteanu, staged by Adriana Popovici, 1987, Students' Theater Casandra

Nae Girimea – D`ale carnavalului / Carnaval stories written by I. L. Caragiale, staged by Ion Cojar, 1989, Students' Theater Casandra

Algernon – Bună seara, d-le Wilde! / Good evening, Mr. Wilde! written by Oscar Wilde, staged by Ion Cojar, 1989, Students' Theater Casandra

Luca – Maidanul cu dragoste / Love on a maydan written by G.M. Zamfirescu, staged by Grigore Gonţa, 1990, The Small Theater

Sir Persant - Merlin written by Tankred Dorst, staged by Cătălina Buzoianu, 1991, Bulandra Theater

Melchior – Deşteptarea primăverii / Spring Awakening written by Frank Wedekind, staged by Liviu Ciulei, 1991, Bulandra Theater

Demetrius – Visul unei nopti de vară / A Midsummer Night's Dream written by William Shakespeare, staged by Liviu Ciulei, 1992, Bulandra Theater

Florizel – Poveste de iarnă / The Winter's Tale written by William Shakespeare, staged by Alexandru Darie, 1994, Bulandra Theater

Ionel - Domnişoara Nastasia / Missis Nastasia written by G.M. Zamfirescu, staged by Horea Popescu, 1996, Teatrul Odeon

Paul Bratter – Desculţi în parc / Barefoot in the Park written by Neil Simon, staged by Dinu Manolache, 1996, Comedy Theater- 1997, The Small Theater

Mr. White - Black & White written by Watherhouse & Hall, staged by Florian Pittiş, 1997, Bulandra Theater

Laertes - Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, staged by Liviu Ciulei, 2000, Bulandra Theater

Feste, clown – A douasprezecea noapte / Twelft Night written by William Shakespeare, staged by Gelu Colceag, 2003, Comedy Theater

Billy Flynn, the lawyer - Chicago written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, staged by Ricard Reguant Molinos, 2005, Bucharest National Theater

Hlestakov, inspector of Petersburg - The Government Inspector by Gogol, staged by Horatiu Malaele, 2006, Comedy Theater

Paul Bratter – Desculţ în parc / Barefoot in the Park written by Neil Simon, staged by Stefan Banica, 2009, The Operetta National Theater “Ion Dacian”, Bucharest

George – Cui i-e frica de Virginia Woolf? / Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?, written by Edward Albee, staged by Gelu Colceag, 2010, Comedy Theater

Movies

STEFAN BANICA JR. already played in several movies for cinema or TV and one of them - Teenagers - is one of the most popular films in the history of Romanian cinema.

Eroii nu au vârstă / Ageless Heroes – TV serial, directed by M. Constantinescu, 1984 (character: Guriţă)

Liceenii / High School Teenagers – directed by Nicolae Corjos, 1986 (character: Mihai)

Extemporal la dirigenţie – directed by Nicolae Corjos, 1987 (character: Mihai)

O călătorie de neuitat / An Unforgettable Journey – TV serial, directed by Geo Saizescu, 1988 (character: Ion)

Liceenii rock`n roll / Rock'n'Roll Teenagers – directed by Nicolae Corjos, 1990 (character: Mihai)

Templul tăcerii / The Temple of Silence – directed by George Busecan, 1992 (character: Alec)

Triunghiul morţii / The Triangle of Death – directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu, 1998 (character: Franz)

Sexi harem Ada-Kaleh / Ada-Kaleh Sexy Harem – directed by Mircea Mureşan, 1999 (character: Gicu)

Proprietari de stele / Owners of Stars – directed by Savel Stiopu, 1999 (character: Dan)

Băieţi buni / Good Guys – TV serial, 2005 (character: Ciupanezu')

A Beautiful Life – directed by Alejandro Chomski, 2007

Ho, ho, ho – directed by Jesus del Cerro , 2009

Television

STEFAN BANICA JR. is the host of the Romanian version of “Dancing with the Stars” on PRO TV.

Children's programs

Entertainment shows on several Romanian TV channels (TVR 1, TVR 2, ANTENA 1, TELE 7abc, PRO TV, PRIMA TV)

10 TV Shows – duo Popeasca & Bănică (TVR, ANTENA 1, PRO TV)

Participation to all the high rated shows on all the TV channels

Host of the show competition "21" (TVR)

Advertising and publicity (DERO) 1999-2003

Stage manager, introducer and composer of the sound track “Dansez pentru tine / I will dance for you” (PRO TV) 2006–present days

Radio

BROADCASTING RADIO THEATER

Boemii / The Bohemians - staged by Ion Vova

Introducer and producer of the shows:

Ness Caffe Brasero (RADIO 21)- 1996-1998;

Bonsoir (Radio ROMANTIC)- 2000-2002

Music

Composer, text writer, arranger of musical works. With the musical accompaniament of the bands The 50’s and Rock’n’roll. These bands have been created by himself in 1994.

13 author disks

„Un actor/ un rock’n’roll / An actor / a rock'n'roll” – audio tape, 1992, DRĂGAN MUSIC

„Te rock…frumos / I rock you... nicely” – CD and audio tape, 1996, ROTON

„Cel de acum / The one from now” – CD and audio tape, 2000, MEDIAPRO MUSIC

„Doar un Crăciun cu tine / Only one Christmas with you” – CD and audio tape, 2000, MEDIAPRO MUSIC

„De dragoste… in toate felurile / Of love... in all ways” – CD and audio tape, 2001, CAT MUSIC

„Stefan Bănică jr. în concert / Concert with Stefan Bănică jr.” – CD and audio tape 2003, CAT MUSIC

„Zori de zi / Sunrise” – CD and audio tape, 2003, CAT MUSIC

„Duete / Duets” – CD and audio tape, 2005, CAT MUSIC / „Numele tău / Your name” – CD and audio tape, 2005, CAT MUSIC

“Marile hituri” / “The greatest hits”, CD, 2007, CAT MUSIC

"Împreună / Together", CD, 2007, Roton

“Toata lumea danseaza / Everybody dance”, CD, 2009, the special edition of National Journal

“Un Craciun cu Stefan Banica / A Christmas with Stefan Banica”, CD, 2009, MediaPro Music

“Super-love”, CD and VINYL, 2010, MediaPro Music

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DVD - „Concert extraordinar Ştefan Bănică jr live la Sala Palatului / Extraordinary concert Ştefan Bănică jr live at Sala Palatului“ - DVD, 2004, PRO Video

Music Videos

Te iubesc ca un bleg / I love you like a sissy, staged by Ştefan Bănică jr, 1990 - album “Un actor/un rock’n’roll / An actor / a rock'n'roll”

Rodica, staged by Ştefan Bănică jr, 1997 - album “Te rock...frumos / I rock you... nicely”

Poveste / Story, staged by Petre Nastase, 2000 - album “ Cel de acum /The one from now”

Doar un Crăciun cu tine / Only a Christmas with you, staged by Petre Nastase, 2000 - album “Doar un Crăciun cu tine / Only a Christmas with you”

Mi-e dor de ochii tăi / I miss your eyes, staged by Petre Nastase, 2001- album “Cel de acum / The one from now”

Găseşte-mi loc în inima ta / Find me a place in your heart , staged by Bogdan Toader, 2001 - album “ De dragoste...în toate felurile / Of love... in all ways”

Te iubesc, femeie / I love you, woman, staged by Bogdan Toader & Ştefan Bănică jr, 2002 - album “Of love... in all ways”

Ăsta-s eu / That's me, staged by Bogdan Toader & Ştefan Bănică jr, 2002 - album “Of love... in all ways”

Încă o zi / One more day, staged by Bogdan Toader & Ştefan Bănică jr, 2002 - album “Of love... in all ways”

Poveste Rock'n'Roll / Rock'n'Roll story, staged by Bogdan Toader, 2003 - album “Ştefan Bănică jr în concert / Concert with Ştefan Bănică jr”

Vorbe-n vânt / It's will all talk, staged by Bogdan Toader & Ştefan Bănică jr , 2003 - bonus track album “Zori de zi / Sunrise”

Am s-o aştept mereu / I shall wait her always, staged by Dragoş Buliga, 2003 - album “Zori de zi / Sunrise”

Iubeşte-o sincer / Love her sincerely, staged by Dragoş Buliga, 2004 - album “Zori de zi / Sunrise”

Veta, staged by Bogdan Toader & Ştefan Bănică jr, 2004 - album “Zori de zi / Sunrise”

Doar o dată-i Crăciunul / Only once it's Christmas, staged by Bogdan Toader & Ştefan Bănică jr, 2004 - bonus track album “Zori de zi / Sunrise”

Numele tău / Your name, staged by Eduardo Vasquez, 2005 - album “Numele tău / Your name”

Cum am ajuns sa te iubesc / How I ended up loving you, staged by Petre Nastase, 2006 - album “Duete / Duets”

Toata lumea danseaza / Everybody dance, 2007

S-o facem lată / Let's party hard, staged by Iulian Moga, 2007- album "Împreună / Together"

Tu si eu / You and me - album "Împreună / Together", 2008

Danseaza baba / The old woman dances, 2008

Epilog / Epilogue , 2009

Super-love, 2010

CONCERTS

over 1000 concerts across the country;

over a 150.000 spectators who bought tickets at his concerts;

from 1994 till present date, he already performed in over 30 concerts “sold out” at Sala Palatului, a very well known and the biggest concert building in the country

1994 - ÎNTRE PRIETENI / AMONGST FRIENDS

1994 - ROCK'N'ROLL ÎNTRE PRIETENI / ROCK'N'ROLL AMONGST FRIENDS (2 concerts)

1995 - GALELE 7ABC / THE GALAS 7 ABC

2001 – DERO CK'N'ROLL – POVESTEA UNEI SERI DE MAI / DERO CK'N'ROLL – EVENING STORY ON MAY

2002 - GĂSEŞTE-MI LOC ÎN INIMA TA / FIND ME A PLACE IN YOUR HEART (2 concerts)

2002 - ÎNCĂ O ZI / ONE MORE DAY

2003 - ZORI DE ZI / SUNRISE (2 concerts)

2004 - DOAR O DATĂ-I CRĂCIUNUL / ONLY ONCE IT'S CHRISTMAS (3 concerts)

2005 - DUETE DE CRĂCIUN / DUETS AT CHRISTMAS (3 concerts)

2006 - CONCERT EXTRAORDINAR DE CRACIUN / GREAT CHRISTMAS CONCERT/PERFORMANCE (5 concerts)

2006 - CONCERT AT HYDE PARK FROM LONDON - he sang with the soprano Angela Gheorghiu the play "Your Name", the symphonic pop-rock variant

2007 - ÎMPREUNĂ DE CRĂCIUN / TOGETHER FOR CHRISTMAS (6 concerts)

2008 - CONCERT EXTRAORDINAR DE CRACIUN / GREAT CHRISTMAS CONCERT / PERFORMANCE ( 7 consecutive concerts - a real record in Romania)

2009 - CONCERT EXTRAORDINAR DE CRACIUN / GREAT CHRISTMAS CONCERT / PERFORMANCE ( 6 consecutive concerts )

Live concerts broadcasted on television

§ “Festivalul Mamaia / Mamaia Festival”- 1992, 2002, 2004 (TVR);

“Cerbul de Aur“ / The Golden Stag – 1997, 2003 (TVR);

“Galele Tele7abc / The Galas of Tele 7 abc“- 1995, 1998 (Tele 7 abc) ;

“Camel Planet“- 1997 (TVR) ;

“Povestea unei seri de mai / Evening story on may“ – 2001 (ANTENA1);

“Găseşte-mi loc în inima ta / Find me a place in your heart“- 2002 (PRIMA TV);

“Ăsta-s eu / That's me“ - 2002 (ANTENA1);

“Vorbe-n vânt / It's will all talk“- 2003 (ANTENA 1)

"Zori de zi / Sunrise " - 2003 ( Pro TV )

§ "Doar o data-i Craciunul / Only once it's Christmas " - 2004 ( Pro TV )

§ "Duete de Craciun / Duets at Christmas" - 2005 ( Pro TV )

§ "Concert extraordinar de Craciun / Great Christmas Concert/Performance " - 2006 ( Pro TV )

§ "Impreuna de Craciun / Together for Christmas " - 2007 ( Pro TV )

§ "Concert extraordinar de Craciun / Great Christmas Concert/Performance " - 2008 ( Pro TV )

"Concert extraordinar de Craciun / Great Christmas Concert / Performance " - 2009 ( Pro TV )

Christmas concerts

Every year since 2002 Stefan Banica Jr. has performed in the most popular Christmas concerts in Romania.

“Încă o zi / One more day“, 2002 (PRO TV);

“Zori de zi / Sunrise“, 2003(PRO TV);

“Doar o dată-i Crăciunul / Only once it's Christmas“, 2004 (PRO TV);

“Duete de Crăciun / Duets at Christmas“, 2005 (PRO TV)

"Concert extraordinar de Crăciun / Great Christmas Concert/Performance", 2006 (PRO TV)

"Împreună de Crăciun / Together for Christmas", 2007 (PRO TV)

"Concert extraordinar de Craciun / Great Christmas Concert / Performance " - 2008 ( Pro TV )

"Concert extraordinar de Craciun / Great Christmas Concert / Performance " - 2009 ( Pro TV )

Awards

1987 - ACIN award for interpretation (for the character Mihai in the movie Liceenii / The Teenagers)

1995 – The best entertainment TV show - Ceaiul de la ora 5 / Five o'clock tea

1998 – The best TV satiric musical duo - Popeasca & Bănică, Moftul român / Romanian mood

1999 – The prize Big duos of the small screens - Popeasca & Bănică

1999 – The best rock singer, District-Dialog

2000 – First place, pop music section, Mamaia Festival

2001 – The best pop-rock album - “De dragoste…în toate felurile / Of love... in all ways“, Prizes of the Romanian Music Industry

2002 – First place, pop music section, Mamaia Festival

2002 – The best singer, Radio Romania

2002 – The artist of the year, Radio Romania

2002 – The most loved singer, Radio Bucharest

2002 – The most loved singer, Surprize, Surprize / Surprises, Surprises, TVR

2002 - DOUBLE GOLDEN DISC AND PLATINUM DISC - „De dragoste... în toate felurile / Of love... in all ways”

2003 – TV K Lumea prize

2003 – The best singer, Radio Romania

2003 – The year star, Music actuality

2004 – The BEST SOLO MUSIC PERFORMER, MTV ROMANIA MUSICAL AWARDS

2004 – The most loved singer, Surprize, Surprize / Surprises, Surprises, TVR

2004 – Order Rank of Knight, Presidency of Romania

2004 - GOLDEN DISC - „Zori de zi / Sunrise”

2005 – The most loved pop, rock, dance grup - Ştefan Bănică jr. and Rock'n'roll Band – prize received within the show of "Cei mai iubiţi / The most loved", TVR

2005 – The most popular song of the year 2005 - Veta – prize received within the show "Cei mai iubiţi / The most loved", TVR

2006 – THE BEST SOLO MUSICAL PERFORMER – STEFAN BANICA JR. (“NUMELE TAU / YOUR NAME”) MTV ROMANIA MUSICAL AWARDS The best solo musical performer - Ştefan Bănică jr. ("Numele tău / Your name") - MTV Romania Musical Awards

2006 and 2007 - TV Mania magazine - Best TV-show for ordinary people - „Dancing for you” -Pro TV

2007 - MTV - Best song - Stefan Banica Jr featuring Stefan Banica Senior - How did I get to love you; Best solo artist/performer - Everybody's dancing; Best live performance

2008 - Radio Romania Actualitati - best performer ; best pop album – Together

2008 – “The Celebrities of the year Gala”– Stefan Banica – The singer of the year

2009 – VIP Awards – the best theatrical production for “Barefoot in the park”

2009 – “The Celebrities of the year Gala”– Stefan Banica - The singer of the year

2009 – VIP Awards – the best musical show in Romania – Stefan Banica

Notes

External links

Official site Unofficial site

Ștefan Bănică, Jr. on IMDb.

Stefan Banica Jr: Eu cred ca scena inseamna emotie.

Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:People from Bucharest Category:Romanian film actors Category:Romanian pop singers Category:Romanian television actors

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