John Woo
吳宇森
Also known as: Wu Yu-Sheng, Wu Yu-Shen, Wu Yao-Shen, John Y. S. Woo, John Y. Woo, Ng Yue-Sum
- Birthday
- September 22, 1946
- Age
- 80
- Birthplace
- Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Occupation
- Director
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.
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Filmography
Movies
TV Shows
Short Dramas
Crew Work
- A Better Tomorrow (director)
- A Better Tomorrow (writer)
- Red Cliff (director)
- Red Cliff (screenwriter)
- The Killer (director)
- The Killer (screenwriter)
- Reign of Assassins (producer)
- Reign of Assassins (director)
- Manhunt (director)
- Manhunt (writer)
- A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (producer)
- A Better Tomorrow II (writer)
- A Better Tomorrow II (director)
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