Alan Watts

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.

  • Title: Alan Watts
  • Popularity: 0.76
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1915-01-06
  • Place of Birth: Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
  • Homepage: https://alanwatts.com/
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Alan Watts Movies

  • 2018
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    Play

    Play

    1 2018 HD

    A dance music theatre piece that evokes the world of childhood and its careless pleasures. But beyond pure entertainment, this performance...

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  • 1972
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    Conversation with Myself

    Conversation with Myself

    1 1972 HD

    Alan Watts talks about our perception of the world, and how we derive metaphysics from it. Watts recorded this video in 1971 as a pilot for a public...

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  • 1971
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    The Art of Meditation

    The Art of Meditation

    7 1971 HD

    This VHS video includes two short documentaries by Elda Hartley. In the first, THE ART OF MEDITATION, Alan Watts gives us techniques and advice for...

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  • 1973
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    Work as Play

    Work as Play

    1 1973 HD

    Alan Watts discusses the Western dichotomy of work and play, and explains that when you take the play out of work life becomes joyless drudgery.

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  • 2016
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    Zen Dog

    Zen Dog

    6 2016 HD

    Trapped by daily routine, a man experiences complete freedom by dreaming himself across the country in a psychedelic Volkswagen with the guiding...

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  • 2024
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    The Monkey Conflict

    The Monkey Conflict

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1969
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    Flow of Zen

    Flow of Zen

    1 1969 HD

    Alan Watts illustrates in this elegant meditation on Buddhism the nature of reality using the paradigm of flowing water. It is one of his best. "The...

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  • 2020
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    Until There Was Nothing

    Until There Was Nothing

    1 2020 HD

    A philosophical video and art exploration of the Earth's passage through a black hole.

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  • 1994
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    Zen: The Best of Alan Watts

    Zen: The Best of Alan Watts

    1 1994 HD

    A memorial anthology of Alan Watt's work. Watts (1915-1973), who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best known...

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  • 1969
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    Zen and Now

    Zen and Now

    1 1969 HD

    Gently experimental film introducing Zen concepts, narrated by Alan Watts.

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  • 1968
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    Buddhism, Man and Nature

    Buddhism, Man and Nature

    1 1968 HD

    Visualizes the mood of Buddhism as the oneness of man and nature. Includes commentary by Alan Watts.

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  • 2017
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    Everything

    Everything

    1 2017 HD

    It's a simulation of reality where you can see the world from everything's point of view - it's kind of a philosophy project in the form of a game....

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  • 1972
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    Time and the More It Changes

    Time and the More It Changes

    1 1972 HD

    Taped by his son shortly before Watts' death, this program captures the noted philosopher/mystic's ideas on the meaning of time and change, if they...

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  • 2024
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    The Great Stream

    The Great Stream

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

    The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

    10 1972 HD

    The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts video series was recorded in 1971 above Muir Woods, California, and in 1972 aboard the ferryboat the SS Vallejo...

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  • 1959
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    Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

    Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

    1 1959 HD

    Join Alan Watts in season one of On Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life. His inaugural season introduces and begins to break down our understanding of what...

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  • 1970
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    Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

    Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

    1 1970 HD

    Join Alan Watts in season one of On Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life. His inaugural season introduces and begins to break down our understanding of what...

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  • 1970
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    Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

    Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

    10 1970 HD

    The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts video series was recorded in 1971 above Muir Woods, California, and in 1972 aboard the ferryboat the SS Vallejo...

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