John Woo
Directing
- Born:
- 1946-09-22
- Place of birth:
- Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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
Filmography
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
The King of Wuxia Part 2
The King of Wuxia Part 1
大侠胡金铨
Life in 24 Frames a Second
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Ken San
Voice
Beginning of the Great Revival
Kurosawa's Way
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
The Founding of a Republic
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
The Making of Stranglehold
Bokura no Jidai
Be My Guest
A Century of Light and Shadow
Crossings: John Woo
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
The Test of Time: The Genesis of Hard Boiled
Mission: Improbable
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Task Force
Cinema of Vengeance
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
Hard Boiled
Twin Dragons
The Banquet
Once a Thief
Rebel from China
Bullet in the Head
Sunset in Paris
Celebrity Talk Show
Starry Is the Night
I Love Maria
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
A Better Tomorrow
Love, Lone Flower
Happy Union 2
Plain Jane to the Rescue
From Riches to Rags
Itchy Fingers
Follow the Star
Hand of Death
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
The Young Dragons
The Mandarin
Dead Knot
Accidentally
Golden Horse Awards