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

  • 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

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

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

  • A Better Tomorrow

    A Better Tomorrow

  • A Century of Light and Shadow

    A Century of Light and Shadow

  • Life in 24 Frames a Second

    Life in 24 Frames a Second

  • Voice

    Voice

  • John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

    John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

  • Hard Boiled

    Hard Boiled

  • Twin Dragons

    Twin Dragons

  • Be My Guest

    Be My Guest

  • Bullet in the Head

    Bullet in the Head

  • The Founding of a Republic

    The Founding of a Republic

  • The Founding of a Republic

    The Founding of a Republic

  • Celebrity Talk Show

    Celebrity Talk Show

  • Once a Thief

    Once a Thief

  • Hand of Death

    Hand of Death

  • I Love Maria

    I Love Maria

  • Beginning of the Great Revival

    Beginning of the Great Revival

  • The Banquet

    The Banquet

  • The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

    The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

  • Mission: Improbable

    Mission: Improbable

  • The Young Dragons

    The Young Dragons

  • Task Force

    Task Force

  • Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

  • Happy Union 2

    Happy Union 2

  • The King of Wuxia Part 1

    The King of Wuxia Part 1

  • Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

    Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

  • The King of Wuxia Part 2

    The King of Wuxia Part 2

  • Starry Is the Night

    Starry Is the Night

  • Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

    Young Lovers on Flying Wheels

  • Rebel from China

    Rebel from China

  • Sunset in Paris

    Sunset in Paris

  • Ken San

    Ken San

  • The Mandarin

    The Mandarin

  • Kurosawa's Way

    Kurosawa's Way

  • Itchy Fingers

    Itchy Fingers

  • Bokura no Jidai

    Bokura no Jidai

  • From Riches to Rags

    From Riches to Rags

  • Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

    Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

  • The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

    The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

  • Follow the Star

    Follow the Star

  • Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

    Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

  • Cinema of Vengeance

    Cinema of Vengeance

  • Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

    Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

  • Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

    Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

  • Crossings: John Woo

    Crossings: John Woo

  • Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

    Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

  • Plain Jane to the Rescue

    Plain Jane to the Rescue

  • Dead Knot

    Dead Knot

  • Accidentally

    Accidentally

  • Love, Lone Flower

    Love, Lone Flower

  • The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

    The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian