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.
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Full filmography
- Golden Horse Awards (1962) as Self
- Voice (2012)
- Celebrity Talk Show (1989) as 吴宇森
- Be My Guest (2006)
- Hard Boiled (1992) as Mr. Woo
- A Better Tomorrow (1986) as Inspector Wu
- Once a Thief (1991) as Stanley Wu
- Twin Dragons (1992) as Priest
- Bullet in the Head (1990) as Policeman
- The Banquet (1991) as Man on Stairs
- The Founding of a Republic (2009) as Liu Wenhui
- The Founding of a Republic (2009) as National Army Officers
- Bokura no Jidai (2007)
- I Love Maria (1988)
- Hand of Death (1976) as Zhang Yi
- Beginning of the Great Revival (2011) as Lin Sen
- The Thirty Million Dollar Rush (1987) as Ling's Husband
- Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu (2003) as Self
- The Young Dragons (1974) as Message Deliverer
- Young Lovers on Flying Wheels (1974) as Man at Bike Reclaim Centre
- Rebel from China (1990) as Kwong
- The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies (2002) as Self - Interviewee
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998) as Self
- Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982) as Self