John Woo
Known for: Directing
Born: September 22, 1946
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 Co…
Known for
Accidentally
1968
Dead Knot
1969
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993
Crossings: John Woo
2004
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
Rebel from China
1990
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
2003
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
Mission: Improbable
2001
Happy Union 2
1985
Follow the Star
1978
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
Sunset in Paris
1989
Ken San
2016
The Making of Stranglehold
2007
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
2010
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
Itchy Fingers
1979
A Better Tomorrow
1986
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
Hard Boiled
1992
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
Starry Is the Night
1988
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
Kurosawa's Way
2011
Love, Lone Flower
1985
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
I Love Maria
1988
Hand of Death
1976
Task Force
1997
From Riches to Rags
1980
Once a Thief
1991
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
The Mandarin
1973
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
The Young Dragons
1974
Twin Dragons
1992
The Banquet
1991
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
1974
The Founding of a Republic
2009
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Bokura no Jidai
2007
Voice
2012
Celebrity Talk Show
1989
Bullet in the Head
1990
Be My Guest
2006
大侠胡金铨
2022
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005