Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 22, 1946
Place of Birth
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Credits
127 titles
John Woo
Biography
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
Filmography
The Killer
Director
Silent Night
Producer
The King of Wuxia Part 2
Self
The King of Wuxia Part 1
Self
大侠胡金铨
self
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Self
A Better Tomorrow
Original Story
Manhunt
Director
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ken San
Self
The Crossing II
Director
The Crossing I
Director
Breaking the Waves
Executive Producer
Voice
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Producer
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Producer
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Producer
Beginning of the Great Revival
Lin Sen
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Color Me Love
Producer
A Better Tomorrow
Executive Producer
Reign of Assassins
Producer
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
Self
My Fair Gentleman
Producer
The Founding of a Republic
Liu Wenhui
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Self
Red Cliff II
Screenplay
Red Cliff
Screenplay
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Producer
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
Self
Blood Brothers
Producer
The Making of Hard Boiled
The Making of Stranglehold
Bokura no Jidai
Be My Guest
All the Invisible Children
Director
A Century of Light and Shadow
Self
Crossings: John Woo
Self
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
Director
Paycheck
Director
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Self
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
As himself
Bulletproof Monk
Producer
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Self
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Self
Hostage
Director
Red Skies
Executive Producer
Windtalkers
Director