John Woo
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
DirectingBirthday
September 22, 1946Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
111Place of birth
Guangzhou, ChinaAlso known as
吳宇森, Wu Yu-Sheng, Wu Yu-Shen, Wu Yao-Shen, John Y. S. Woo, John Y. Woo, Ng Yue-Sum, 吴宇森
Cast credits
Hard Boiled
Mr. Woo
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Self
The Young Dragons
Message deliverer
Jackie Chan: My Story
Self
Beginning of the Great Revival
Lin Sen
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Himself
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Himself
Starry Is the Night
Father Fan
Rebel from China
Kwong
Kurosawa's Way
Self
A Better Tomorrow
Inspector Wu
Task Force
Police Chief
Follow the Star
Miss Chen's father
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Ling's Husband
Ken San
Self
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Self
Itchy Fingers
Triad boss on lorry
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
HimselfCrew credits
Face/Off
Director
Mission: Impossible II
Director
Hard Target
Director
The Killer
Director, Screenplay
A Better Tomorrow
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Hard Boiled
Director, Editor, Story
Bulletproof Monk
Producer
All the Invisible Children
Director
Bullet in the Head
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Windtalkers
Director, Producer
Red Cliff
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Broken Arrow
Director
The Big Hit
Executive Producer
Paycheck
Director, Producer
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Director, Writer
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Producer
Red Cliff II
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Princess Chang-Ping
Director, Screenplay
Reign of Assassins
Producer, Co-DirectorImages
