John Woo

Directing
BirthdaySep 22, 1946 (79 years old)
Place of birthGuangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
GenderMale

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS 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

Mr. Woo

Apr 16, 1992

Inspector Wu

Aug 2, 1986

Priest

Jan 15, 1992

Policeman

Aug 17, 1990

Stanley Wu

Feb 2, 1991

Zhang Yi

Jul 15, 1976

Liu Wenhui, National Army Officers

Sep 17, 2009

(archive footage)

Jul 17, 1998

Lin Sen

Jun 23, 2011

John Woo

Jun 2, 2001

Mar 10, 1988

Man on Stairs

Nov 30, 1991

Self

May 13, 2011

Self - Interviewee

Jun 1, 2002

Ling's Husband

Jul 2, 1987

Self

Jan 1, 2003

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Mar 19, 2017

Self (uncredited)

Jan 1, 1994

Mr. Woo

Apr 16, 1992

Inspector Wu

Aug 2, 1986

Priest

Jan 15, 1992

Policeman

Aug 17, 1990

Stanley Wu

Feb 2, 1991

Zhang Yi

Jul 15, 1976

Acting


Participated in 111 movies, 6 TV series

2024

Director, Producer, Original Film Writer


2023

Producer, Director





2017

Director, Writer


2017

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)


2016

Self


2015

Director


2014

Director


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