Directing
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.
Movies with John Woo
Hard Boiled
1992
Twin Dragons
1992
Bullet in the Head
1990
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Once a Thief
1991
The Founding of a Republic
2009
The Banquet
1991
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
Hand of Death
1976
I Love Maria
1988
Kurosawa's Way
2011
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
The Mandarin
1973
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
The Young Dragons
1974
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
Task Force
1997
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
From Riches to Rags
1980
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
1974
Rebel from China
1990
Ken San
2016
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
Crossings: John Woo
2004
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
Follow the Star
1978
Starry Is the Night
1988
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
Mission: Improbable
2001
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
Sunset in Paris
1989
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
Itchy Fingers
1979
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
Love, Lone Flower
1985
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Happy Union 2
1985
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
The Making of Stranglehold
2007
Accidentally
1968
Dead Knot
1969
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
2003
