People
John Woo
- Name: John Woo
- Birthday: 1946-09-22
- Also known as: Wu Yu-Sheng,Wu Yu-Shen,Wu Yao-Shen,John Y. S. Woo,John Y. Woo,Ng Yue-Sum
- Place of birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
- Popularity: 5.868
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The King of Wuxia as Self | 2022-10-24 |
| Life in 24 Frames a Second as Self | 2021-06-26 |
| John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
| Ken San as Self | 2016-08-20 |
| Beginning of the Great Revival as Lin Sen | 2011-06-23 |
| Kurosawa's Way as Self | 2011-05-13 |
| The Founding of a Republic as National Army officers | 2009-09-17 |
| The Founding of a Republic as Liu Wenhui | 2009-09-17 |
| How Bruce Lee Changed the World as Self | 2009-05-17 |
| Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki | 2008-03-11 |
| A Century of Light and Shadow as Himself | 2005-01-01 |
| Crossings: John Woo as Self | 2004-06-20 |
| The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary | 2003-06-04 |
| Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia as Himself | 2003-01-02 |
| Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu as Self | 2003-01-01 |
| The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies as Self - Interviewee | 2002-06-01 |
| Mission: Improbable as John Woo | 2001-06-02 |
| Kurosawa: The Last Emperor as Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Jackie Chan: My Story as (archive footage) | 1998-07-17 |
| Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema as Himself | 1998-06-04 |
| Task Force as Police Chief | 1997-11-13 |
| Cinema of Vengeance as Himself (uncredited) | 1994-01-01 |
| Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino as Himself | 1993-01-01 |
| Hard Boiled as Mr. Woo | 1992-04-16 |
| Twin Dragons as Priest | 1992-01-15 |
| The Banquet as Man on stairs | 1991-11-30 |
| Once a Thief as Stanley Wu | 1991-02-02 |
| Rebel from China as Kwong | 1990-10-25 |
| Bullet in the Head as Policeman | 1990-08-17 |
| Sunset in Paris | 1989-06-14 |
| Starry Is the Night as Father Fan | 1988-10-13 |
| I Love Maria | 1988-03-10 |
| The Thirty Million Dollar Rush as Ling's Husband | 1987-07-02 |
| A Better Tomorrow as Inspector Wu | 1986-08-02 |
| Love, Lone Flower | 1985-06-22 |
| Happy Union 2 | 1985-01-01 |
| Plain Jane to the Rescue as Self | 1982-10-21 |
| From Riches to Rags as [cameo] | 1980-07-10 |
| Itchy Fingers as Triad boss on lorry | 1979-01-26 |
| Follow the Star as Miss Chen's father | 1978-02-04 |
| Hand of Death as Zhang Yi | 1976-07-15 |
| Young Lovers on Flying Wheels as Man at bike reclaim centre | 1974-09-20 |
| The Young Dragons as Message deliverer | 1974-07-25 |
| The Mandarin | 1973-06-28 |
| Dead Knot | 1968-01-01 |
| Accidentally as Young Man | 1968-01-01 |
