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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 Disney PlusViaplayApple TV Store +3 Director
Mission: Impossible 2 2000Movie NetflixSkyShowtimeAllente +6 Director
Windtalkers 2002Movie Amazon Prime VideoRakuten TVApple TV Store +2 Director, Producer
The Killer 2024Movie NetflixViaplaySF Anytime +2 Director, Producer
Hard Target 1993Movie ViaplayApple TV StoreRakuten TV +3 Director
Broken Arrow 1996Movie Disney PlusApple TV StoreRakuten TV +2 Director
Silent Night 2023Movie ViaplayApple TV StoreGoogle Play Movies +3 Director, Producer
Bulletproof Monk 2003Movie Amazon Prime VideoRakuten TVBlockbuster +1 Producer
A Better Tomorrow III 1989Movie PlexPlex ChannelViaplay +1 Producer
Paycheck 2003Movie Apple TV StoreBlockbusterSF Anytime +1 Director, Producer
A Better Tomorrow 1986Movie MUBIMUBI Amazon ChannelViaplay +1 as Inspector Wu
Once a Thief 1991Movie PlexPlex ChannelSF Anytime as Stanley Wu
Hard Boiled 1992Movie MUBIMUBI Amazon ChannelRakuten TV +2 as Mr. Woo
The Battle Of Red Cliff 2008Movie Blockbuster Director, Screenplay
The Killer 1989Movie MUBIMUBI Amazon ChannelApple TV Store +2 Director, Screenplay
Red Cliff II 2009Movie Director, Screenplay
Bullet in the Head 1990Movie MUBIMUBI Amazon ChannelPlex +2 Director, Writer
I Love Maria 1988Movie
Reign of Assassins 2010Movie FilmstribenRakuten TVBlockbuster +1 Director, Producer
A Better Tomorrow II 1987Movie PlexPlex ChannelViaplay +1 Director, Writer
Manhunt 2017Movie Netflix Director, Writer
Heroes Shed No Tears 1984Movie SF Anytime Director, Writer
Just Heroes 1989Movie Director
A Better Tomorrow 2018Movie Original story
Hand of Death 1976Movie ViaplayBlockbusterSF Anytime as Zhang Yi
Beginning of the Great Revival 2011Movie as Lin Sen
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge 2011Movie Producer
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 Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesBlockbuster +1 Director, Writer
Blackjack 1998Movie Director, Producer
De usynlige børn 2006Movie Director
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia 2003Movie as Self
The Private Eyes 1976Movie Producer
Cinema of Vengeance 1994Movie as Self (uncredited)
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 as Self
Laughing Times 1980Movie Director, Screenplay
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu 2003Movie as Self
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 2012Movie Producer