Alan Watts

Alan Watts

Person

Alan Watts

Actor 1915-01-06 Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK

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.

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY

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Zen Dog

Zen Dog

2016 · Alan Watts (voice)

Everything

Everything

2017 · Narrator (archive footage)

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

1972 · Alan Watts

Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

1959 · Alan Watts

Play

Play

2018 · Self (voice recording)

The Flow of Zen

The Flow of Zen

1969 · Narrator

The Monkey Conflict

The Monkey Conflict

2024 · Storyteller

Until There Was Nothing

Until There Was Nothing

2020 · Narrator

The Art of Meditation

1971 · Himself

Work as Play

1973 · Himself

Zen: The Best of Alan Watts

1994 · Himself

Buddhism, Man and Nature

1968 · Narrator

Time and the More It Changes

1972 · Self

Zen and Now

1969 · Narrator

Conversation with Myself

1972 · Himself