Directing
John Woo
EN, KO, ZH, FR cinema · 118 credits
Born
22 September 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Also known as Wu Yu-Sheng · Wu Yu-Shen · Wu Yao-Shen · John Y. S. Woo · John Y. Woo · Ng Yue-Sum
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
Filmography
X-Crucior
X-Crucior
Director
Better Tomorrow
Original Film Writer
Gambino
Gambino
Director
The Killer
Director, Producer, Original Film Writer
Silent Night
Producer, Director
A Better Tomorrow
Original Story
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Manhunt
Director, Writer
Ken San
as Self
The Crossing II
Director
The Crossing I
Director
Breaking the Waves
Executive Producer
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
Reign of Assassins
Producer, Director
A Better Tomorrow
Executive Producer, Screenplay, Original Story
Color Me Love
Producer
The Founding of a Republic
as Liu Wenhui, as National Army Officers
Red Cliff II
Screenplay, Director, Producer
My Fair Gentleman
Producer
Red Cliff
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Making of Stranglehold
Actor, Producer
Blood Brothers
Producer
Bulletproof Monk
Producer
Paycheck
Director, Producer
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Interviewee
Windtalkers
Producer, Director
Hostage
Director
Red Skies
Executive Producer
Mission: Improbable
as John Woo
The Big Hit
Executive Producer
Blackjack
Director, Producer
The Replacement Killers
Choreographer, Executive Producer
Task Force
as Police Chief
Face/Off
Director, Storyboard
Broken Arrow
Director
Once a Thief
Director
Don't Cry, Nanking
Producer
Peace Hotel
Executive Producer
Cinema of Vengeance
as Self (uncredited)
Hard Target
Director
Hard Boiled
as Mr. Woo, Director, Editor, Story
Twin Dragons
as Priest
Once a Thief
as Stanley Wu, Director, Screenplay, Story
The Banquet
as Man on Stairs
Rebel from China
as Kwong
Bullet in the Head
as Policeman, Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
Sunset in Paris
as Maggie's uncle
The Killer
Director, Screenplay
Just Heroes
Director
Starry Is the Night
as Father Fan
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
as Ling's Husband
A Better Tomorrow II
Director, Writer
A Better Tomorrow
as Inspector Wu, Director, Writer
Love, Lone Flower
Actor, Producer
Happy Union 2
Actor, Producer
Run Tiger Run
Director, Producer
Super Citizen
Producer
Ghost Bustin
Producer
Heroes Shed No Tears
Producer, Director, Writer
Happy Union
Producer
Plain Jane to the Rescue
as Self, Director, Screenplay
To Hell with the Devil
Director, Writer
From Riches to Rags
as [cameo], Director, Writer
Laughing Times
Screenplay, Director
Itchy Fingers
as Triad Boss on Lorry
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Director, Writer
Follow the Star
as Miss Chen's Father, Director, Writer, Screenplay
Hello, Late Homecomers
Director, Screenplay
Money Crazy
Director, Screenplay
Hand of Death
as Zhang Yi, Director, Screenplay
Princess Chang-Ping
Director, Screenplay
The Private Eyes
Producer
The Dragon Tamers
Director, Writer
The Young Dragons
as Message Deliverer, Writer, Director
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
as Man at Bike Reclaim Centre
The Mandarin
Actor, Second Unit
Fist to Fist
Assistant Director
Blood Brothers
Assistant Director
The Devils
Assistant Director
The Boxer from Shantung
Assistant Director
The Water Margin
Assistant Director
Four Riders
Assistant Director
Young People
Assistant Director
Begging
Thanks
Dead Knot
as Boy, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
Accidentally
as Young Man, Director, Writer, Editor