John Woo

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

55

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-22 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

John Woo

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.

Known For

  • Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

  • Voice

    Voice

  • Be My Guest

    Be My Guest

  • Celebrity Talk Show

    Celebrity Talk Show

  • A Better Tomorrow

    A Better Tomorrow

  • Hard Boiled

    Hard Boiled

  • Kurosawa's Way

    Kurosawa's Way

  • Twin Dragons

    Twin Dragons

  • Task Force

    Task Force

  • Bullet in the Head

    Bullet in the Head

  • Beginning of the Great Revival

    Beginning of the Great Revival

  • The Founding of a Republic

    The Founding of a Republic

  • The Founding of a Republic

    The Founding of a Republic

  • Once a Thief

    Once a Thief

  • The Banquet

    The Banquet

  • Crossings: John Woo

    Crossings: John Woo

  • Bokura no Jidai

    Bokura no Jidai

  • Hand of Death

    Hand of Death

  • How Bruce Lee Changed the World

    How Bruce Lee Changed the World

  • The Young Dragons

    The Young Dragons

  • The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

    The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

  • Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

    Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

  • The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'

    The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'

  • I Love Maria

    I Love Maria

  • Dead Knot

    Dead Knot

  • The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

    The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

  • Starry Is the Night

    Starry Is the Night

  • Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

    Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

  • Ken San

    Ken San

  • Rebel from China

    Rebel from China

  • John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

    John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

  • Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

  • Plain Jane to the Rescue

    Plain Jane to the Rescue

  • Follow the Star

    Follow the Star

  • Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

    Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

  • From Riches to Rags

    From Riches to Rags

  • Sunset in Paris

    Sunset in Paris

  • The King of Wuxia Part 1

    The King of Wuxia Part 1

  • Love, Lone Flower

    Love, Lone Flower

  • A Century of Light and Shadow

    A Century of Light and Shadow

  • Mission: Improbable

    Mission: Improbable

  • Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

    Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

  • The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

    The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

  • The King of Wuxia Part 2

    The King of Wuxia Part 2

  • Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

    Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

  • Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

    Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

  • The Mandarin

    The Mandarin

  • Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

    Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

  • Cinema of Vengeance

    Cinema of Vengeance

  • Happy Union 2

    Happy Union 2

  • Itchy Fingers

    Itchy Fingers

  • The Making of Hard Boiled

    The Making of Hard Boiled

  • Accidentally

    Accidentally

  • The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

    The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

  • Life in 24 Frames a Second

    Life in 24 Frames a Second