John Woo

Directing · Born 1946-09-22 in 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

• Hard Boiled as Mr. Woo
• Mission: Improbable as John Woo
• How Bruce Lee Changed the World as Self
• Accidentally as Young Man
• Dead Knot as Boy
• The Young Dragons as Message Deliverer
• Beginning of the Great Revival as Lin Sen
• Young Lovers on Flying Wheels as Man at Bike Reclaim Centre
• I Love Maria
• Once a Thief as Stanley Wu