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John Woo

Director • Born 1946

John Woo

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About

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.

Known for

Face/Off posterFace/OffMovie • 1997Mission: Impossible II posterMission: Impossible IIMovie • 2000Broken Arrow posterBroken ArrowMovie • 1996Hard Target posterHard TargetMovie • 1993Once a Thief posterOnce a ThiefSeries • 1996Bulletproof Monk posterBulletproof MonkMovie • 2003Paycheck posterPaycheckMovie • 2003Silent Night posterSilent NightMovie • 2023A Better Tomorrow posterA Better TomorrowMovie • 1986Hard Boiled posterHard BoiledMovie • 1992The Hire posterThe HireSeries • 2001Windtalkers posterWindtalkersMovie • 2002Red Cliff posterRed CliffMovie • 2008The Killer posterThe KillerMovie • 1989The Killer posterThe KillerMovie • 2024The Replacement Killers posterThe Replacement KillersMovie • 1998Red Cliff II posterRed Cliff IIMovie • 2009Bullet in the Head posterBullet in the HeadMovie • 1990Twin Dragons posterTwin DragonsMovie • 1992Manhunt posterManhuntMovie • 2017Once a Thief posterOnce a ThiefMovie • 1991Reign of Assassins posterReign of AssassinsMovie • 2010The Big Hit posterThe Big HitMovie • 1998A Better Tomorrow II posterA Better Tomorrow IIMovie • 1987