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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Zen Dog (2016) — Alan Watts (voice)
- The Art of Meditation (1971) — Himself
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Everything (2017) — Narrator (archive footage)
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The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts (1972) — Alan Watts
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Play (2018) — Self (voice recording)
- Work as Play (1973) — Himself
- Conversation with Myself (1972) — Himself
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The Flow of Zen (1969) — Narrator
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Until There Was Nothing (2020) — Narrator
- Buddhism, Man and Nature (1968) — Narrator
- Zen: The Best of Alan Watts (1994) — Himself
- Zen and Now (1969) — Narrator
- Time and the More It Changes (1972) — Self
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The Monkey Conflict (2024) — Storyteller
- Exhale — (voice)
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TRUST THE UNIVERSE: The Philosophy of Alan Watts — Himself - Voice
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Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life (1959) — Alan Watts