John Woo
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-09-22
Place of birth
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Cast
Hard Boiled
1992
7.50
Mission: Improbable
2001
7.50
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
8.00
Dead Knot
1968
4.00
Accidentally
1968
4.40
The Young Dragons
1974
6.70
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
4.56
I Love Maria
1988
6.30
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
1974
5.00
Once a Thief
1991
6.78
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
5.50
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
6.00
Sunset in Paris
1989
7.00
Starry Is the Night
1988
6.00
Rebel from China
1990
0.00
Kurosawa's Way
2011
5.40
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
4.80
A Better Tomorrow
1986
7.40
Happy Union 2
1985
0.00
Love, Lone Flower
1985
0.00
Task Force
1997
7.00
The Founding of a Republic
2009
5.23
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
8.70
Follow the Star
1978
10.00
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
6.90
Ken San
2016
6.00
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
6.80
Itchy Fingers
1979
6.30
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
5.40
The Banquet
1991
5.27
The Mandarin
1973
7.00
Bullet in the Head
1990
7.60
From Riches to Rags
1980
4.00
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
0.00
Twin Dragons
1992
6.70
Hand of Death
1976
6.00
The Founding of a Republic
2009
5.23
Crossings: John Woo
2004
0.00
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
0.00
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
0.00
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
0.00
