John Woo
Directing
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.
As actor 58
Voice
2012
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Celebrity Talk Show
1989
Hard Boiled
1992
Twin Dragons
1992
Be My Guest
2006
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Bullet in the Head
1990
Once a Thief
1991
The Banquet
1991
Hand of Death
1976
I Love Maria
1988
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
2026
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
The Founding of a Republic
2009
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
Bokura no Jidai
2007
Kurosawa's Way
2011
Rebel from China
1990
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
The Young Dragons
1974
大侠胡金铨
2022
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
1974
From Riches to Rags
1980
Dead Knot
1969
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
Starry Is the Night
1988
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
Task Force
1997
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Crossings: John Woo
2004
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
2010
Ken San
2016
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
The Making of Stranglehold
2007
Love, Lone Flower
1985
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Happy Union 2
1985
Mission: Improbable
2001
Itchy Fingers
1979
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
Follow the Star
1978
The Mandarin
1973
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
2003
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
Sunset in Paris
1989
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
Accidentally
1968
On the crew 84
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Face/Off
1997
Hard Boiled
1992
Broken Arrow
1996
Hard Target
1993
Paycheck
2003
Red Cliff
2008
The Killer
1989
Once a Thief
1996
Silent Night
2023
The Killer
2024
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Bullet in the Head
1990
The Hire
2001
Once a Thief
1991
Windtalkers
2002
The Replacement Killers
1998
Red Cliff II
2009
The Big Hit
1998
Bulletproof Monk
2003
Reign of Assassins
2010
The Private Eyes
1976
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
Just Heroes
1989
Hand of Death
1976
Manhunt
2017
Peace Hotel
1995
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989
The Boxer from Shantung
1972
Appleseed: Ex Machina
2007
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1996
Blackjack
1998
Hostage
2002
The Water Margin
1972
Heroes Shed No Tears
1984
Blood Brothers
1973
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
1979
Four Riders
1972
The Crossing II
2015
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
2011
The Crossing I
2014
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
2011
Blood Brothers
2007
The Dragon Tamers
1975
Red Skies
2002
The Young Dragons
1974
Money Crazy
1977
A Better Tomorrow
2010
A Better Tomorrow
2018
To Hell with the Devil
1982
Fist to Fist
1973
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
All the Invisible Children
2006
From Riches to Rags
1980
Don't Cry, Nanking
1995
Dead Knot
1969
Run Tiger Run
1985
Laughing Times
1980
The Devils
1973
Ghost Bustin
1985
Once a Thief
1996
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012
Hello, Late Homecomers
1978
My Fair Gentleman
2009
Princess Chang-Ping
1976
Better Tomorrow
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
2004
Young People
1972
X-Crucior
The Making of Stranglehold
2007
Color Me Love
2010
Love, Lone Flower
1985
Happy Union
1984
Happy Union 2
1985
Breaking the Waves
2014
The Time You Need a Friend
1984
Follow the Star
1978
The Mandarin
1973
Gambino
The Idiot Assassin
1981
Super Citizen
1985
The Ruthless Heart
1970
Begging
1970
Accidentally
1968