John Woo
Director
Biography
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS 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.
Filmography
Hard Boiled
as Mr. Woo 1992
A Better Tomorrow
as Inspector Wu 1986
Twin Dragons
as Priest 1992
Bullet in the Head
as Policeman 1990
Once a Thief
as Stanley Wu 1991
The Founding of a Republic
as Liu Wenhui 2009
Hand of Death
as Zhang Yi 1976
The Founding of a Republic
as National Army Officers 2009
Beginning of the Great Revival
as Lin Sen 2011
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
as Self 2009
I Love Maria
1988
Mission: Improbable
as John Woo 2001
The Banquet
as Man on Stairs 1991
Kurosawa's Way
as Self 2011
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Interviewee 2002
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
as Ling's Husband 1987
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self 1998