John Woo

Born: 1946-09-22, 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.

Filmography

• 开讲啦 (2012)
• Les enfants invisibles (2006)
• 今夜不設防 (1989)
• Face/Off (1997)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• 志雲飯局 (2006)
• 辣手神探 (1992)
• 辣手神探 (1992)
• Hard Target (1993)
• Paycheck (2003)
• 喋血雙雄 (1989)
• 赤壁 (2008)
• Silent Night (2023)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• The Hire (2001)
• 英雄本色 (1986)
• 英雄本色 (1986)
• 双龙会 (1992)
• 縱橫四海 (1991)
• 縱橫四海 (1991)
• 赤壁：決戰天下 (2009)
• 喋血街頭 (1990)
• 喋血街頭 (1990)
• 豪門夜宴 (1991)
• 英雄本色2 (1987)
• 剑雨 (2010)
• 追捕 (2017)
• 建国大业 (2009)
• 少林門 (1976)