John Woo
Directing
Born 1946-09-22 · Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled and Red Cliff. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.
Known for
Once a Thief
1991 · Movie
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · Movie
Twin Dragons
1992 · Movie
Hard Boiled
1992 · Movie
Bullet in the Head
1990 · Movie
Rebel from China
1990 · Movie
The Founding of a Republic
2009 · Movie
The Banquet
1991 · Movie
Hand of Death
1976 · Movie
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003 · Movie
Happy Union 2
1985 · Movie
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022 · Movie
The Young Dragons
1974 · Movie
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987 · Movie
I Love Maria
1988 · Movie
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 · Movie
Follow the Star
1978 · Movie
Ken San
2016 · Movie
Love, Lone Flower
1985 · Movie
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011 · Movie
Itchy Fingers
1979 · Movie
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
1974 · Movie
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017 · Movie
Task Force
1997 · Movie
Sunset in Paris
1989 · Movie
Mission: Improbable
2001 · Movie
Cinema of Vengeance
1994 · Movie
Starry Is the Night
1988 · Movie
Kurosawa's Way
2011 · Movie
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982 · Movie
The Mandarin
1973 · Movie
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999 · Movie
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993 · Movie
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998 · Movie
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002 · Movie
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003 · Movie
From Riches to Rags
1980 · Movie
Dead Knot
1969 · Movie
Accidentally
1968 · Movie
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005 · Movie
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003 · Movie
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022 · Movie
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003 · Movie
Crossings: John Woo
2004 · Movie
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021 · Movie
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
2003 · Movie
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007 · Movie
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008 · Movie