Directing
John Woo
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
Mission: Impossible II
Face/Off
Paycheck
Broken Arrow
Windtalkers
Hard Target
Bulletproof Monk
Hard Boiled
Silent Night
The Killer
Red Cliff
A Better Tomorrow
The Killer
The Replacement Killers
Red Cliff II
The Big Hit
Movie credits · 118
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
The Killer
Silent Night
The King of Wuxia Part 2
The King of Wuxia Part 1
Life in 24 Frames a Second
A Better Tomorrow
Manhunt
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Ken San
The Crossing II
The Crossing I
Breaking the Waves
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Beginning of the Great Revival
Kurosawa's Way
Color Me Love
A Better Tomorrow
Reign of Assassins
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
My Fair Gentleman
The Founding of a Republic
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Red Cliff II
Red Cliff
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
Appleseed: Ex Machina
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
Blood Brothers
The Making of Hard Boiled
The Making of Stranglehold
All the Invisible Children
Crossings: John Woo
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
Paycheck
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
TV credits · 9
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