John Woo
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 ForDirecting
- Born22 September 1946 (age 79)
- Place of BirthGuangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
John Woo
- Known ForDirecting
- Born22 September 1946 (age 79)
- Place of BirthGuangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
The Killer
6.386
2024
Silent Night
6.194
2023
The King of Wuxia Part 1
8.7
2022
The King of Wuxia Part 2
-
2022
Life in 24 Frames a Second
-
2021
Manhunt
5.6
2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
7.3
2017
Ken San
6.0
2016
The Crossing II
5.281
2015
The Crossing I
5.5
2014
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
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2012
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
7.3
2011
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
8.0
2011
Beginning of the Great Revival
4.6
2011
Kurosawa's Way
5.4
2011
Reign of Assassins
6.904
2010
Color Me Love
6.3
2010
Red Cliff II
7.313
2009
My Fair Gentleman
4.8
2009
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
8.0
2009
The Founding of a Republic
5.3
2009
Red Cliff
7.1
2008
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
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2008
Appleseed: Ex Machina
6.454
2007
The Making of Stranglehold
8.0
2007
Blood Brothers
5.3
2007
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
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2007
All the Invisible Children
7.1
2005
A Century of Light and Shadow
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2005
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
5.2
2004
Crossings: John Woo
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2004
Bulletproof Monk
5.507
2003
Paycheck
6.214
2003
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
-
2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
6.0
2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
6.8
2003
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
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2003
Windtalkers
6.305
2002
Hostage
6.6
2002
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
5.7
2002
Mission: Improbable
7.5
2001
Mission: Impossible II
6.126
2000
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
5.5
1999
Blackjack
5.32
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story
6.2
1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
5.4
1998
Face/Off
7.042
1997
Task Force
7.0
1997
Broken Arrow
6.064
1996
Once a Thief
4.8
1996
Somebody Up There Likes Me
7.0
1996
Don't Cry, Nanking
7.0
1995
Cinema of Vengeance
5.4
1994
Hard Target
6.447
1993
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
7.3
1993
Hard Boiled
7.5
1992
Twin Dragons
6.744
1992
Once a Thief
6.729
1991
The Banquet
5.2
1991
Bullet in the Head
7.564
1990
Rebel from China
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1990
The Killer
7.593
1989
Just Heroes
6.614
1989
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
6.4
1989
Sunset in Paris
7.0
1989
I Love Maria
6.2
1988
Starry Is the Night
6.0
1988
A Better Tomorrow II
7.1
1987
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
6.9
1987
A Better Tomorrow
7.4
1986
Happy Union 2
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1985
Run Tiger Run
8.8
1985
The Time You Need a Friend
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1985
Super Citizen
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1985
Love, Lone Flower
-
1985
Ghost Bustin
-
1985
Heroes Shed No Tears
6.364
1984
Happy Union
-
1984
To Hell with the Devil
5.5
1982
Plain Jane to the Rescue
4.75
1982
The Idiot Assassin
-
1981
From Riches to Rags
4.0
1980
Laughing Times
4.7
1980
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
7.0
1979
Itchy Fingers
6.3
1979
Hello, Late Homecomers
7.0
1978
Follow the Star
10.0
1978
Money Crazy
6.0
1977
Hand of Death
6.0
1976
Princess Chang-Ping
7.0
1976
The Private Eyes
6.2
1976
The Dragon Tamers
6.7
1975
The Young Dragons
6.7
1974
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
5.0
1974
The Mandarin
7.0
1973
Dead Knot
4.0
1968
Accidentally
4.375