John Woo

Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Born
September 22, 1946 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Popular Genres
Action Documentary Comedy
Career Span
1968 – 2022

John Woo

43 nominations
49 credits

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS 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.

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Personal Info

Born
Sep 22, 1946
From
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Known For
Directing
Career
1968 – 2022

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Twin Dragons
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow
Bullet in the Head
The Founding of a Republic
The Founding of a Republic
Once a Thief
Beginning of the Great Revival

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