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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK

Homepage: http://alanwatts.com/

Movie Involvements: 7

TV Involvements: 2


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Biography

Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.

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Flow of Zen
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Flow of Zen

(1969) Narrator
Zen Dog
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Zen Dog

(2016) Alan Watts (voice)
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(2018) Self (voice recording)
Zen and Now
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Zen and Now

(1969) Narrator
Until There Was Nothing
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Until There Was Nothing

(2020) Narrator
Buddhism, Man and Nature
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Buddhism, Man and Nature

(1968) Narrator
Time and the More It Changes
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