John Woo
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 (58 titles)
MovieTwist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
Self · 2026
MovieThe King of Wuxia Part 2
Self · 2022
8.7MovieThe King of Wuxia Part 1
Self · 2022
Show大侠胡金铨
self · 2022
MovieLife in 24 Frames a Second
Self · 2021
7.1MovieJohn Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) · 2017
6.7MovieKen San
Self · 2016
9.0ShowVoice
2012
4.7MovieBeginning of the Great Revival
Lin Sen · 2011
5.8MovieKurosawa's Way
Self · 2011
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
Self · 2010
5.3MovieThe Founding of a Republic
Liu Wenhui · 2009
8.0MovieHow Bruce Lee Changed the World
Self · 2009
MovieTeam-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
Self · 2007
MovieThe Making of Hard Boiled
2007
8.0MovieThe Making of Stranglehold
2007
ShowBokura no Jidai
2007
ShowBe My Guest
2006
ShowA Century of Light and Shadow
Self · 2005
MovieCrossings: John Woo
Self · 2004
3.0MovieChop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Self · 2003
MovieThe Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
MovieThe Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
As himself · 2003