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.
Filmography
all 14
Movies 12
self 9
Narrator 5
TV Shows 2
Narrator
Until There Was Nothing (2020)
Movie
Self (voice recording)
Play (2018)
Movie
Narrator
Everything (2017)
Movie
Alan Watts (voice)
Zen Dog (2016)
Movie
Himself
Zen: The Best of Alan Watts (1994)
Movie
Himself
Work as Play (1973)
Movie
Alan Watts / Creator
The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts (1972)
TV
Self
Time and the More It Changes (1972)
Movie
Himself
Conversation with Myself (1972)
Movie
Himself
The Art of Meditation (1971)
Movie
Narrator
Flow of Zen (1969)
Movie
Narrator
Zen and Now (1969)
Movie
Narrator
Buddhism, Man and Nature (1968)
Movie
Alan Watts / Creator
Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life (1959)
TV
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Birthday1915-01-06
Deathday1973-11-16 (58 years old)
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