John Woo
- Directing
- September 22, 1946 · 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 · Self
- The Killer · Director, Producer
- Silent Night · Producer, Director
- The King of Wuxia Part 2 · Self
- The King of Wuxia Part 1 · Self
- 大侠胡金铨 · Self
- Life in 24 Frames a Second · Self
- A Better Tomorrow · Story
- Manhunt · Director, Writer
- John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood · Self
- Ken San · Self
- The Crossing II · Director
- The Crossing I · Director
- Breaking the Waves · Executive producer
- Voice
- Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale · Producer
- Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge · Producer
- Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag · Producer
- Beginning of the Great Revival · Lin Sen
- Kurosawa's Way · Self
- Color Me Love · Producer
- A Better Tomorrow · Executive producer, Screenplay
- Reign of Assassins · Producer, Director
- Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible · Self
- My Fair Gentleman · Producer
- The Founding of a Republic · Liu Wenhui, National Army Officers
- How Bruce Lee Changed the World · Self
- Red Cliff II · Screenplay, Director
- Red Cliff · Screenplay, Director
- Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
- Appleseed: Ex Machina · Producer
- The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off · Self
- Blood Brothers · Producer
- The Making of Stranglehold · Producer
- Bokura no Jidai
- Be My Guest
- All the Invisible Children · Director
- A Century of Light and Shadow · Self
- Crossings: John Woo · Self
- The Robinsons: Lost in Space · Director
- Paycheck · Director, Producer
- Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong · Self
- The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
- The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian · As himself
- Bulletproof Monk · Producer
- Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia · Self
- Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu · Self
- Hostage · Director
- Red Skies · Executive producer
- Windtalkers · Director, Producer
- The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies · Self
- The Test of Time: The Genesis of Hard Boiled
- The Hire · Director
- Mission: Improbable · John Woo
- Mission: Impossible II · Director
- Kurosawa: The Last Emperor · Self
- Blackjack · Director, Producer
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema · Self
- The Big Hit · Executive producer
- The Replacement Killers · Choreographer, Executive producer
- Task Force · Police Chief
- Face/Off · Director, Storyboard
- Once a Thief · Director
- Once a Thief · Creator
- Somebody Up There Likes Me · Producer
- Broken Arrow · Director
- Don't Cry, Nanking · Producer
- Peace Hotel · Executive producer
- Cinema of Vengeance · Self
- Hard Target · Director
- Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino · Self
- Hard Boiled · Mr. Woo, Director
- Twin Dragons · Priest
- The Banquet · Man on Stairs
- Once a Thief · Stanley Wu, Screenplay
- Rebel from China · Kwong
- Bullet in the Head · Policeman, Producer
- A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon · Producer
- Just Heroes · Director
- Sunset in Paris · Maggie's uncle