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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.

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Storyteller

The Monkey Conflict

2024

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Narrator

Until There Was Nothing

2020

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Self (voice recording)

Play

2018

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Himself

Everything

2017

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Alan Watts (voice)

Zen Dog

2016

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Himself

Zen: The Best of Alan Watts

1994

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Himself

Work as Play

1973

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Alan Watts

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

1972

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Self

Time and the More It Changes

1972

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Himself

Conversation with Myself

1972

Credits

The Monkey Conflict

as Storyteller

2024

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Until There Was Nothing

as Narrator

2020

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Play

as Self (voice recording)

2018

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Everything

as Himself

2017

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Zen Dog

as Alan Watts (voice)

2016

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Zen: The Best of Alan Watts

as Himself

1994

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Work as Play

as Himself

1973

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The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

as Alan Watts

1972

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Time and the More It Changes

as Self

1972

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Conversation with Myself

as Himself

1972

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The Art of Meditation

as Himself

1971

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The Flow of Zen

as Narrator

1969

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Zen and Now

as Narrator

1969

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Buddhism, Man and Nature

as Narrator

1968

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Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

as Alan Watts

1959

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