John Woo

John Woo

9/22/1946 (79 years old)Guangzhou, 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.

Filmography (56 titles)

The King of Wuxia Part 2Movie

The King of Wuxia Part 2

Self · 2022

The King of Wuxia Part 18.7Movie

The King of Wuxia Part 1

Self · 2022

大侠胡金铨Show

大侠胡金铨

self · 2022

Life in 24 Frames a SecondMovie

Life in 24 Frames a Second

Self · 2021

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood7.3Movie

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) · 2017

Ken San6.7Movie

Ken San

Self · 2016

VoiceShow

Voice

2012

Beginning of the Great Revival4.7Movie

Beginning of the Great Revival

Lin Sen · 2011

Kurosawa's Way5.8Movie

Kurosawa's Way

Self · 2011

Movie

Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible

Self · 2010

The Founding of a Republic5.3Movie

The Founding of a Republic

Liu Wenhui · 2009

How Bruce Lee Changed the World8.0Movie

How Bruce Lee Changed the World

Self · 2009

Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji AramakiMovie

Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

2008

The Making of Hard BoiledMovie

The Making of Hard Boiled

2007

The Making of Stranglehold8.0Movie

The Making of Stranglehold

2007

Bokura no JidaiShow

Bokura no Jidai

2007

Be My GuestShow

Be My Guest

2006

A Century of Light and ShadowShow

A Century of Light and Shadow

Self · 2005

Crossings: John WooMovie

Crossings: John Woo

Self · 2004

Chop Socky: Cinema Hong KongMovie

Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong

Self · 2003

The Master: Chang Cheh DocumentaryMovie

The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary

2003

The Life and Times of Wu Zhong XianMovie

The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian

As himself · 2003

Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia6.0Movie

Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

Self · 2003

Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu7.1Movie

Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

Self · 2003

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies5.9Movie

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

Self - Interviewee · 2002

Mission: Improbable7.5Movie

Mission: Improbable

John Woo · 2001

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor6.2Movie

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

Self · 1999

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema5.2Movie

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Self · 1998

Task Force7.5Movie

Task Force

Police Chief · 1997

Cinema of Vengeance6.2Movie

Cinema of Vengeance

Self (uncredited) · 1994