John Woo
Born: 1946-09-22
Place of Birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Biography
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.
Known For
A Better Tomorrow
Hard Boiled
Bullet in the Head
Twin Dragons
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
The Founding of a Republic
The Founding of a Republic
The Banquet
The Mandarin
Hand of Death
Once a Thief
Mission: Improbable
I Love Maria
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
The Young Dragons
Itchy Fingers
Starry Is the Night
Happy Union 2
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Beginning of the Great Revival
The King of Wuxia Part 1
The King of Wuxia Part 2
From Riches to Rags
Ken San
Rebel from China
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Follow the Star
Cinema of Vengeance
Sunset in Paris
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Crossings: John Woo
Plain Jane to the Rescue
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Kurosawa's Way
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
A Century of Light and Shadow
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Love, Lone Flower
Task Force
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
