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John Woo

Known for: Directing

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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Face/Off 1997Movie Director
Mission: Impossible II 2000Movie Netflix Director
Windtalkers 2002Movie Amazon Prime Video Director, Producer
The Killer 2024Movie Netflix Director, Producer
Hard Target 1993Movie Director
Broken Arrow 1996Movie Director
Silent Night 2023Movie Director, Producer
Bulletproof Monk 2003Movie Producer
Paycheck 2003Movie Director, Producer
A Better Tomorrow 1986Movie Plex as Inspector Wu
Hard Boiled 1992Movie as Mr. Woo
Red Cliff 2008Movie Director, Screenplay
The Killer 1989Movie Plex Director, Screenplay
Red Cliff II 2009Movie Director, Screenplay
Bullet in the Head 1990Movie Plex Director, Writer
A Better Tomorrow II 1987Movie Plex Director, Writer
Reign of Assassins 2010Movie Director, Producer
Once a Thief 1991Movie Plex as Stanley Wu
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon 1989Movie Plex Producer
Manhunt 2017Movie Director, Writer
Heroes Shed No Tears 1984Movie Director, Writer
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge 2011Movie Producer
Hand of Death 1976Movie as Zhang Yi
Just Heroes 1989Movie Director
Beginning of the Great Revival 2011Movie as Lin Sen
A Better Tomorrow 2018Movie Original story
I Love Maria 1988Movie
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag 2011Movie Producer
The Crossing I 2014Movie Director
The Crossing II 2015Movie Director
Last Hurrah for Chivalry 1979Movie Director, Writer
All the Invisible Children 2006Movie Director
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia 2003Movie as Self
The Private Eyes 1976Movie Producer
Cinema of Vengeance 1994Movie as Self (uncredited)
Blackjack 1998Movie Director, Producer
A Better Tomorrow 2010Movie Screenplay, Original story
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema 1998Movie as Self
Once a Thief 1996Movie Director
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong 2003Movie as Self
Laughing Times 1980Movie Director, Screenplay
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu 2003Movie as Self
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 2012Movie Producer