Biography
John Woo
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, pu…
Career works
56
Movies
50
Series
6
Career average
7.0/10
Birth date
09/22/1946
Place of birth
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Filmography highlights
Movies
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022 · 8.7
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017 · 7.3
Ken San
2016 · 6.7
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011 · 4.7
Kurosawa's Way
2011 · 5.8
The Founding of a Republic
2009 · 5.3
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 · 8.0
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
The Making of Stranglehold
2007 · 8.0
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
Crossings: John Woo
2004
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
Series
