Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
September 22, 1946 (79 years old)
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Also Known As
- Wu Yu-Sheng
- Wu Yu-Shen
- Wu Yao-Shen
- John Y. S. Woo
- John Y. Woo
John Woo
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.
Known For
Acting
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
Kurosawa's Way
2011
The Founding of a Republic
2009
The Founding of a Republic
2009
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
Mission: Improbable
2001
Hard Boiled
1992
Twin Dragons
1992
The Banquet
1991
Once a Thief
1991
Bullet in the Head
1990
I Love Maria
1988
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Hand of Death
1976
Directing
The Killer
Director, Producer, Original Film Writer
2024
Silent Night
Producer, Director
2023
Manhunt
Director, Writer
2017
The Crossing II
Director
2015
The Crossing I
Director
2014
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Producer
2011
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Producer
2011
A Better Tomorrow
Executive Producer, Screenplay
2010
Reign of Assassins
Producer, Co-Director
2010
Red Cliff II
Screenplay, Director, Producer
2009
Red Cliff
Screenplay, Director, Producer
2008
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Producer
2007