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Alan Watts

Alan Watts

Known for
Acting
Born
January 6, 1915, Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Died
November 16, 1973
Movies
13

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.

Upcoming Alan Watts Movies

Best-Known Movies

Filmography

2024The Monkey ConflictStoryteller
2020Until There Was NothingNarrator
2018PlaySelf (voice recording)
2017EverythingNarrator (archive footage)
2016Zen DogAlan Watts (voice)
1994Zen: The Best of Alan WattsHimself
1973Work as PlayHimself
1972Time and the More It ChangesSelf
1972Conversation with MyselfHimself
1971The Art of MeditationHimself
1969The Flow of ZenNarrator
1969Zen and NowNarrator
1968Buddhism, Man and NatureNarrator

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