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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 Director

Windtalkers 2002Movie Director, Producer

The Killer 2024Movie Director, Producer

Hard Target 1993Movie Director

Broken Arrow 1996Movie Director

Silent Night 2023Movie Director, Producer

Bulletproof Monk 2003Movie Producer

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon 1989Movie Producer

Paycheck 2003Movie Director, Producer

A Better Tomorrow 1986Movie as Inspector Wu

Once a Thief 1991Movie as Stanley Wu

Hard Boiled 1992Movie as Mr. Woo

Red Cliff 2008Movie Director, Screenplay

The Killer 1989Movie Director, Screenplay

Red Cliff II 2009Movie Director, Screenplay

Bullet in the Head 1990Movie Director, Writer

I Love Maria 1988Movie

Reign of Assassins 2010Movie Director, Producer

A Better Tomorrow II 1987Movie Director, Writer

Manhunt 2017Movie Director, Writer

Heroes Shed No Tears 1984Movie Director, Writer

Just Heroes 1989Movie Director

A Better Tomorrow 2018Movie Original story

Hand of Death 1976Movie 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 Director, Writer

Blackjack 1998Movie Director, Producer

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)

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