Woody Allen has proven himself to be one of the fathers of the American film industry and the media in general. He helped shape the standard of modern cinema through many films covering a wide range of styles, from comedy to drama, romance to tragedy. He starred in 28 of the 36 films he produced and is also famous for his writings. Allen is best known as the creator of films containing self-deprecation and intellectual mockery. His films typically parody the social class neuroses of New York sophisticates. Most of his films were about sex. Woody Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 1, 1935 as Allen Steart Koinsberg to Martin and Nettie Konigsberg. Allen briefly attended New York City College, though he never graduated. During college, he wrote jokes for columnist Earl Wilson. It was around this time that he changed his name from Allan Konigsberg to Woody Allen. Shortly thereafter he began writing for television and worked as a stand-up comedian in the early 1960s. In 1964, Woody Allen, a comedy album featuring his stand-up material, was nominated for a Grammy Award. In 1965 he wrote his first screenplay, What's New, Pussycat, a film in which he also starred. After the success of this film, he directed What's Up, Tiger Lily? in 1966, a James Bond parody that wasn't as commercially successful as What's New, Pussycat, but still established Allen as a cutting-edge humorist. The stars he selects for his films are often the most established or emerging actors of the day and he often works with the same actors and technical crew. Dianne Wiest, for example, appeared in Radio Days in 1987 and Bullets Over Broadway in 1994. Judy Davis, another Allen favorite, appeared in Husbands and Wives released in 1992, Deconstructing Harry in 1997, and Celebrity released in 1998. Additionally, Allen has a history of casting his significant others for his films. Louise Lasser, to whom Allen married in the late 1960s, starred in numerous film and theater projects written by Allen. Work with Diane Keaton, whom Allen dated in the 1970s, included Sleeper, 1973; Annie Hall, 1977, which earned Allen an Oscar for best director; Manhattan, 1979; and Radio Days, 1987. Mia Farrow, for whom Allen wrote numerous roles during their longtime relationship, appeared in The Purple Rose of Cairo, released in 1985, and Hannah and Her Sisters, in 1986, with Wiest; Published Alice, 1990, Shadows and Fog, 1992 and Husbands and Wives 1992.