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.
Filmography
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
2026
as Self
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
as Self
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
as Self
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
as Self
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ken San
2016
as Self
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
as Lin Sen
Kurosawa's Way
2011
as Self
- No poster
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
2010
as Self
The Founding of a Republic
2009
as Liu Wenhui
The Founding of a Republic
2009
as National Army Officers
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
as Self
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
- No poster
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007
as Self
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
The Making of Stranglehold
2007
Crossings: John Woo
2004
as Self
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
as Self
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
2003
as As himself
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
as Self
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
as Self
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
as Self - Interviewee
Mission: Improbable
2001
as John Woo