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