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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 NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsApple TV Store +3 Director
Mission: Impossible II 2000Movie Paramount PlusParamount+ Amazon ChannelCrave +8 Director
Windtalkers 2002Movie Amazon Prime VideoAmazon Prime Video with AdsHoopla +5 Director, Producer
The Killer 2024Movie NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsFlixFling +1 Director, Producer
Hard Target 1993Movie Apple TV StoreCosmoGoYouTube +1 Director
Broken Arrow 1996Movie Disney PlusHollywood SuiteHollywood Suite Amazon Channel +4 Director
Silent Night 2023Movie Paramount PlusParamount+ Amazon ChannelParamount Plus Premium +6 Director, Producer
Bulletproof Monk 2003Movie Tubi TVApple TV StoreGoogle Play Movies +1 Producer
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon 1989Movie Criterion ChannelWeTVCrave +3 Producer
Paycheck 2003Movie Apple TV StoreCosmoGoYouTube Director, Producer
A Better Tomorrow 1986Movie WeTVCravePlex +2 as Inspector Wu
Hard Boiled 1992Movie PlexApple TV StoreCosmoGo +1 as Mr. Woo
Red Cliff 2008Movie Director, Screenplay
The Killer 1989Movie WeTVCravePlex +1 Director, Screenplay
Red Cliff II 2009Movie Director, Screenplay
Bullet in the Head 1990Movie WeTVPlexApple TV Store Director, Writer
A Better Tomorrow II 1987Movie Criterion ChannelWeTVCrave +3 Director, Writer
Reign of Assassins 2010Movie Plex Director, Producer
Once a Thief 1991Movie Criterion ChannelWeTVCrave +2 as Stanley Wu
Manhunt 2017Movie NetflixNetflix Standard with Ads Director, Writer
Heroes Shed No Tears 1984Movie Criterion ChannelMUBIMUBI Amazon Channel +5 Director, Writer
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge 2011Movie Producer
Hand of Death 1976Movie ARROW as Zhang Yi
Just Heroes 1989Movie Director
Beginning of the Great Revival 2011Movie as Lin Sen
A Better Tomorrow 2018Movie WeTV Original story
I Love Maria 1988Movie Apple TV Store
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag 2011Movie Disney PlusHooplaTubi TV +3 Producer
The Crossing I 2014Movie Director
The Crossing II 2015Movie Director
Last Hurrah for Chivalry 1979Movie Criterion ChannelFlixFlingApple TV Store +2 Director, Writer
All the Invisible Children 2006Movie Director
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia 2003Movie ARROW as Self
The Private Eyes 1976Movie Producer
Cinema of Vengeance 1994Movie Tubi TV as Self (uncredited)
Blackjack 1998Movie Director, Producer
A Better Tomorrow 2010Movie Kocowa Screenplay, Original story
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema 1998Movie as Self
Once a Thief 1996Movie Director
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong 2003Movie ARROW as Self
Laughing Times 1980Movie Apple TV Store Director, Screenplay
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu 2003Movie ARROW as Self
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 2012Movie Producer