John Woo
DirectingAlso Known As
Wu Yu-Sheng, Wu Yu-Shen, Wu Yao-Shen, John Y. S. Woo, John Y. 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
(50 total)
Hard Boiled
as Mr. Woo
A Better Tomorrow
as Inspector Wu
Twin Dragons
as Priest
Bullet in the Head
as Policeman
Once a Thief
as Stanley Wu
Hand of Death
as Zhang Yi
The Founding of a Republic
as Liu Wenhui
The Founding of a Republic
as National Army Officers
Beginning of the Great Revival
as Lin Sen
Mission: Improbable
as John Woo
The Banquet
as Man on Stairs
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Interviewee
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
as Ling's Husband
From Riches to Rags
as [cameo]
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
