Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Homepage: http://alanwatts.com/
Movie Involvements: 7
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Flow of Zen
(1969) NarratorZen Dog
(2016) Alan Watts (voice)Play
(2018) Self (voice recording)Zen and Now
(1969) NarratorUntil There Was Nothing
(2020) NarratorBuddhism, Man and Nature
(1968) NarratorTime and the More It Changes
(1972) SelfActing
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2020 | Narrator | |
2018 | Self (voice recording) | |
2017 | Himself | |
2016 | Alan Watts (voice) | |
1994 | Himself | |
1973 | Himself | |
1972 | Alan Watts | |
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1971 | Himself | |
1969 | Narrator | |
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1968 | Narrator | |
1959 | Alan Watts | |
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1959 | Creator | |
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