Person
John Woo
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Sep 22, 1946
- From
- Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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.
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Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow
Twin Dragons
Bullet in the Head
Once a Thief
Hand of Death
The Founding of a Republic
Beginning of the Great Revival
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
I Love Maria
Mission: Improbable
The Banquet
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Kurosawa's Way
Dead Knot
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu