John Woo
Known for DirectingBorn 1946-09-22Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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
Hard Boiled
1992 · as Mr. Woo
Twin Dragons
1992 · as Priest
Bullet in the Head
1990 · as Policeman
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · as Inspector Wu
Once a Thief
1991 · as Stanley Wu
The Founding of a Republic
2009 · as Liu Wenhui
The Banquet
1991 · as Man on Stairs
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011 · as Lin Sen
Hand of Death
1976 · as Zhang Yi
I Love Maria
1988
Kurosawa's Way
2011 · as Self
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003 · as Self
The Mandarin
1973
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987 · as Ling's Husband
The Young Dragons
1974 · as Message Deliverer
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 · as Self
Task Force
1997 · as Police Chief
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)