John Woo

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

54

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-22 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

John Woo

Biography

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 For

  • Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

  • Voice

    Voice

  • Hard Boiled

    Hard Boiled

  • A Better Tomorrow

    A Better Tomorrow

  • Be My Guest

    Be My Guest

  • Twin Dragons

    Twin Dragons

  • Bullet in the Head

    Bullet in the Head

  • Celebrity Talk Show

    Celebrity Talk Show

  • Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

    Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

  • 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

  • A Century of Light and Shadow

    A Century of Light and Shadow

  • Starry Is the Night

    Starry Is the Night

  • Hand of Death

    Hand of Death

  • The King of Wuxia Part 2

    The King of Wuxia Part 2

  • The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

    The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

  • Happy Union 2

    Happy Union 2

  • Follow the Star

    Follow the Star

  • The King of Wuxia Part 1

    The King of Wuxia Part 1

  • Mission: Improbable

    Mission: Improbable

  • Task Force

    Task Force

  • Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

    Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

  • From Riches to Rags

    From Riches to Rags

  • The Banquet

    The Banquet

  • 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

  • Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

  • The Young Dragons

    The Young Dragons

  • Plain Jane to the Rescue

    Plain Jane to the Rescue

  • Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

    Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

  • The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

    The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

  • Itchy Fingers

    Itchy Fingers

  • Love, Lone Flower

    Love, Lone Flower

  • Sunset in Paris

    Sunset in Paris

  • Rebel from China

    Rebel from China

  • The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

    The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

  • Ken San

    Ken San

  • The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

    The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

  • How Bruce Lee Changed the World

    How Bruce Lee Changed the World

  • Crossings: John Woo

    Crossings: John Woo

  • Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

    Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

  • Kurosawa's Way

    Kurosawa's Way

  • Cinema of Vengeance

    Cinema of Vengeance

  • The Mandarin

    The Mandarin

  • John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

    John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

  • Bokura no Jidai

    Bokura no Jidai

  • Life in 24 Frames a Second

    Life in 24 Frames a Second

  • Beginning of the Great Revival

    Beginning of the Great Revival

  • Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

    Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

  • Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

    Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

  • Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

    Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

  • Dead Knot

    Dead Knot

  • Accidentally

    Accidentally