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John Woo

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: 8.517
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 Part 2   as  Self 2022-10-28
The King of Wuxia Part 1   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  Self 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  Self 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
Accidentally   as  Young Man 1968-01-01
Dead Knot 1968-01-01