John Woo
Directing
Born 1946-09-22
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
127 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Directing
27 credits
Face/Off
Mission: Impossible II
Hard Target
Broken Arrow
The Killer
Silent Night
The Killer
The Hire
Windtalkers
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow
Paycheck
Red Cliff
Once a Thief
Reign of Assassins
A Better Tomorrow II
Red Cliff II
Bullet in the Head
Manhunt
Blackjack
Hand of Death
Heroes Shed No Tears
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Just Heroes
The Crossing II
The Crossing I
All the Invisible Children
Producing
21 credits
The Killer
Silent Night
Windtalkers
Paycheck
The Big Hit
Bulletproof Monk
The Replacement Killers
Red Cliff
Reign of Assassins
Red Cliff II
Bullet in the Head
Blackjack
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Appleseed: Ex Machina
The Private Eyes
Heroes Shed No Tears
Peace Hotel
A Better Tomorrow
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Red Skies
Acting
20 credits
Golden Horse Awards
Face/Off
Celebrity Talk Show
The Killer
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow
Twin Dragons
The Replacement Killers
Once a Thief
Bullet in the Head
The Founding of a Republic
The Banquet
Hand of Death
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
A Century of Light and Shadow
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Beginning of the Great Revival
Kurosawa's Way
Writing
15 credits
The Killer
Once a Thief
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow
Red Cliff
Once a Thief
A Better Tomorrow II
Red Cliff II
Bullet in the Head
Manhunt
A Better Tomorrow
Hand of Death
Heroes Shed No Tears
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
A Better Tomorrow
Other credits
10 credits
Voice
Be My Guest
Hard Boiled
Bullet in the Head
Blood Brothers
I Love Maria
Four Riders
Bokura no Jidai
The Water Margin
The Boxer from Shantung
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