John Woo
Directing Born: 1946-09-22 Age: 79 Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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.
Movies
A Better Tomorrow
Hard Boiled
The Founding of a Republic
The Founding of a Republic
Once a Thief
Bullet in the Head
A Century of Light and Shadow
Twin Dragons
I Love Maria
Mission: Improbable
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Hand of Death
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Beginning of the Great Revival
The Banquet
The Young Dragons
Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Task Force
Happy Union 2
