John Woo
Biography
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.
Acting (46 movies)
Hard Boiled
1992
Mission: Improbable
2001
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
The Young Dragons
1974
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
I Love Maria
1988
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
1974
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
Once a Thief
1991
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
Sunset in Paris
1989
Starry Is the Night
1988
Rebel from China
1990
Kurosawa's Way
2011
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Love, Lone Flower
1985
Happy Union 2
1985
Task Force
1997
The Founding of a Republic
2009
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
Follow the Star
1978
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
Ken San
2016
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
Itchy Fingers
1979
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
The Banquet
1991
The Mandarin
1973
Bullet in the Head
1990
From Riches to Rags
1980
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
Twin Dragons
1992
Hand of Death
1976
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
The Founding of a Republic
2009
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
2007
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
2003
Directing (42 movies)
Face/Off
1997
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Hard Target
1993
The Killer
1989
A Better Tomorrow
1986
All the Invisible Children
2005
Bullet in the Head
1990
Red Cliff
2008
Hard Boiled
1992
Broken Arrow
1996
Windtalkers
2002
Paycheck
2003
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
1979
Accidentally
1968
The Young Dragons
1974
The Dragon Tamers
1975
Money Crazy
1977
Hand of Death
1976
Hostage
2002
Red Cliff II
2009
Blackjack
1998
Once a Thief
1996
Princess Chang-Ping
1976
Once a Thief
1991
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
Heroes Shed No Tears
1984
Just Heroes
1989
To Hell with the Devil
1982
The Killer
2024
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
2004
Run Tiger Run
1985
The Crossing I
2014
From Riches to Rags
1980
Laughing Times
1980
Hello, Late Homecomers
1978
The Time You Need a Friend
1984
Follow the Star
1978
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
Silent Night
2023
The Crossing II
2015
Manhunt
2017
Dead Knot
1968