- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 6, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
- Died
- November 16, 1973
Alan Watts
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
movieThe Monkey Conflict
2024 · Storyteller
movieThe Great Stream
2024 · Original Story
movieUntil There Was Nothing
2020 · Narrator
moviePlay
2018 · Self (voice recording)
movieEverything
2017 · Narrator (archive footage)
movieZen Dog
2016 · Alan Watts (voice)
Zen: The Best of Alan Watts
movieZen: The Best of Alan Watts
1994 · Himself
Work as Play
movieWork as Play
1973 · Himself
tvThe Essential Lectures of Alan Watts
1972 · Alan Watts, Creator
Time and the More It Changes
movieTime and the More It Changes
1972 · Self
Conversation with Myself
movieConversation with Myself
1972 · Himself
The Art of Meditation
movieThe Art of Meditation
1971 · Himself
movieThe Flow of Zen
1969 · Narrator
Zen and Now
movieZen and Now
1969 · Narrator
Buddhism, Man and Nature
movieBuddhism, Man and Nature
1968 · Narrator
tvEastern Wisdom and Modern Life
1959 · Alan Watts, Creator
Exhale
movieExhale
— · (voice)
movieTRUST THE UNIVERSE: The Philosophy of Alan Watts
— · Himself - Voice