John Woo
Directing
Born September 22, 1946 · Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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 dire…
Known For · 40 titles
Voice
Golden Horse Awards
Be My Guest
Celebrity Talk Show
A Better Tomorrow
Once a Thief
Hard Boiled
Twin Dragons
Bullet in the Head
The Banquet
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
A Century of Light and Shadow
Hand of Death
Beginning of the Great Revival
Bokura no Jidai
The Making of Hard Boiled
The Founding of a Republic
Kurosawa's Way
I Love Maria
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Crossings: John Woo
Cinema of Vengeance
大侠胡金铨
Mission: Improbable
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Task Force
Ken San
Dead Knot
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
The Young Dragons
Plain Jane to the Rescue
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu