John Woo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (born 22 September 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Woo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Sep 22, 1946 In Guangzhou, China
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 44
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Accidentally 1968-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie The King of Wuxia Part 1 2022-10-24
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The King of Wuxia Part 1 | Self | 2022-10-24 |
| Movie | Life in 24 Frames a Second | Self | 2021-06-26 |
| Movie | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | Ken San | Self | 2016-08-20 |
| Movie | Kurosawa's Way | Self | 2011-05-13 |
| Movie | Beginning of the Great Revival | Lin Sen | 2011-06-23 |
| Movie | The Founding of a Republic | National Army Officers | 2009-09-17 |
| Movie | How Bruce Lee Changed the World | Self | 2009-05-17 |
| Movie | Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki | 2008-03-11 | |
| Movie | A Century of Light and Shadow | Himself | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Crossings: John Woo | Self | 2004-06-20 |
| Movie | The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary | 2003-06-04 | |
| Movie | Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia | Himself | 2003-01-02 |
| Movie | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Self - Interviewee | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | Kurosawa: The Last Emperor | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema | Self | 1998-06-04 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | (archive footage) | 1998-07-17 |
| Movie | Task Force | Police Chief | 1997-11-13 |
| Movie | Cinema of Vengeance | Himself (uncredited) | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Twin Dragons | Priest | 1992-01-15 |
| Movie | Hard Boiled | Mr. Woo | 1992-04-16 |
| Movie | The Banquet | Man on Stairs | 1991-11-30 |
| Movie | Once a Thief | Stanley Wu | 1991-02-02 |
| Movie | Bullet in the Head | Policeman | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Rebel from China | Kwong | 1990-10-25 |
| Movie | Sunset in Paris | 1989-06-14 | |
| Movie | Starry Is the Night | Father Fan | 1988-10-13 |
| Movie | I Love Maria | 1988-03-10 | |
| Movie | The Thirty Million Dollar Rush | Ling's Husband | 1987-07-02 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow | Inspector Wu | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | Happy Union 2 | 1985-01-01 | |
| Movie | Love, Lone Flower | 1985-06-22 | |
| Movie | Plain Jane to the Rescue | Self | 1982-10-21 |
| Movie | From Riches to Rags | [cameo] | 1980-07-10 |
| Movie | Itchy Fingers | Triad Boss on Lorry | 1979-01-26 |
| Movie | Follow the Star | Miss Chen's father | 1978-02-04 |
| Movie | Hand of Death | Zhang Yi | 1976-07-15 |
| Movie | The Young Dragons | Message deliverer | 1974-07-25 |
| Movie | Young Lovers on Flying Wheels | Man at Bike Reclaim Centre | 1974-09-20 |
| Movie | The Mandarin | 1973-06-28 | |
| Movie | Accidentally | Young Man | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Dead Knot | 1968-01-01 |